Addicting?

You decide… but I can’t stop watching this for some reason, and now the song is stuck in my head.  “Not a game, not a game, not a game… we’re talking ’bout practice.”
Thanks Shawn.

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Andre Johnson – Stud

Hey there sports fans.  As you may know I am a football fan (both of the em!).  And in American football my team is the Houston Texans, currently 3-3 and in 3rd place in the AFC South.  If not for near misses at Arizona and against the Jags we could be sitting pretty just behind [...]

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My Secret Love Affair with Capitalism

I’ve hinted at this in an earlier post, but I’ve never made the explicit jump into economics.  Whether a particular American likes it or not, America is primarily possesses a maket-based economy.  The consumer plays a vital role in the market-based economy.  For example, in such a way as to keep a business “ethical,” the [...]

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Do you know what I am?

Suddenly everyone is a Los Angeles fan.  I’m talking baseball, of course.
The Los Angeles Angels took the American League West division and faced-off against the wild card Boston Red Sox.
The wild card, for those who don’t know, is an opportunity for the number two teams in both the American and National Leagues to enter the [...]

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Travesty of the Decade

The Detroit Tigers (arguably the best team of any sport in world history – I couldn’t argue this in good conscience, but I wish I could) were in the lead in the AL Central (arguably the best division of any sport in world history – I couldn’t argue this in good conscience, but I wish [...]

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On Becoming A Chelsea FC Fan

I love sports.  But in my life I have typically never had teams that I followed specifically and of whom I would call myself a fan.  I have loved football (American) for as long as I can remember and just last year decided to follow the Houston Texans after a lifetime of having no team [...]

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Among The Thugs

I apologize for the lack of posts lately.  Grad school, work, and prepping for the arrival of baby #1 have conspired against my CAI writing time.  But rest assured that I am still here to pass along meaningful, affecting, and newsworthy items.
Such as turning your attention to a little American blog about English football (soccer [...]

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Sr. Rivera

As I mentioned in a post back in February regarding the breaking news that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for performance enhancing drugs, I detest the Yankees.  It’s just what you have to do when you like another team (the Tigers are still over .500 and in first place in the AL Central), but even some [...]

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Detroit Rock Recession City

The Tigers are over .500 (for the time being), all is well…or at least all should be well.  The fact that the Motor City Kitties are number one in the [measly] AL Central and that the Red Wings are in the NHL Western Semifinals are simply not enough to pick up the pieces in Detroit, [...]

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College Sports And Money

Every fall during college football championship games, and every spring during college basketball “madness” a discussion comes up about how much money colleges make from these sports, and how there is no doubt that this is business not athletics.  Some numbers for you: CBS paid $6 billion to the NCAA for the tv rights to [...]

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