Utter Chaos
Last week, the utter chaos that is NCAA conference realignment continued—to the relief of the West Virginia Mountaineers (who have secured a somewhat stable new conference home) and to the horror of...
View ArticleResolving Conflict
The images of the Bronx Zoo are still fresh in the minds of baseball fans who witnessed the constant brawling and bickering in the dugout of the New York Yankees in the 1980s. Billy Martin going at...
View ArticleAnybody’s Guess
After a really interesting weekend of FBS college football, the reality is that nothing is settled yet. It is still uncertain who will play in the national championship game, it is uncertain what teams...
View ArticleThe Calm Before the Storm
Today is one of those rarest of days for professional golfers. It’s a day of fun and relaxation before the battle begins tomorrow at The Masters. Today is the Par 3 Tournament at Augusta National,...
View ArticleStepping Up
Sometimes, as an athlete, you are thrust into a trying moment of challenge that comes at you unexpectedly—and you are expected to perform at a high level anyway. Such was the case this past Saturday...
View ArticleDesperate Times
It was the 1993 NFL Playoffs where you’re in if you win or you lose and you go home. The Buffalo Bills were locked in a very one-sided battle with the Houston Oilers and their star quarterback, Warren...
View ArticleDesperate Times
Going into Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race, the Pure Michigan 400, there were 6 drivers fighting it out for, basically, the one remaining spot in NASCAR’s version of the playoffs—the Chase for the...
View ArticleDangerous Games
The past week has been a vivid reminder of the fact that the games we love don’t always love us. Whether we like it or not, our games can be very dangerous—and sometimes we feel defenseless against...
View ArticleUnwanted Change
Today is New Year’s Eve and, with it, many of us will greet one another with wishes of a Happy New Year. It will not be that, however, for some key individuals in the NFL for, in addition to being New...
View ArticleSuper Bowl Streaks
There are a number of teams that have had terrific Super Bowl runs. In the 1970s, the Pittsburgh Steelers became the first team to win four Super Bowls, led by Terry Bradshaw, Lynn Swann, and the Steel...
View ArticleSetting a Course For Success
This weekend marks the close of the first week of the Major League Baseball season, but it is not only the end of the first week—it is the beginning of the long, long journey for which teams have been...
View ArticleCloser
Few positions in sports carry with them as much inherent pressure as being the closer on a Major League baseball team. Whenever the closer takes the mound, they know that the game is in their hands....
View ArticleUnpredictable
With the US Women’s Open golf tournament being played this past weekend, the golfing world was allowed to pause, look back, and celebrate the 10-year anniversary of one of the great underdog sports...
View ArticlePeacemakers
One of the best things about sports is the heated rivalries that add so much spice to the games we love. In baseball, it is the Red Sox-Yankees or Dodgers-Giants. In football, it might be Packers-Bears...
View ArticlePursue Peace With Everyone Podcast
We all face conflict, either on the job, at home, or in the church. So what does God’s Word say about dealing with these inevitable disagreements? On Sports Spectrum, Kansas City Royals General...
View ArticleUnhappy Endings
It wasn’t a terrible shock to the college football world when Mack Brown resigned as the University of Texas’ head football coach on Saturday. Rumors had run rampant for weeks, in fact ever since the...
View ArticleLive At Peace With Everyone Podcast
Whether it’s on the field, in the workplace, or within our home, competition can swiftly become fierce. On Sports Spectrum, we discuss what the Bible says about “Living at Peace with Everyone,” and how...
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