Monthly Archives: May 2014

Phil Mickelson, golfer extraordinaire, is the kind of guy who anyone would look at and say, “Gee, this is a really great guy!  Seems perfectly honest too!” And we know a lot about him too.  A few years ago, both Mickelson’s wife and mother were diagnosed with breast cancer, literally within weeks of each other.  […]

Simona Halep, a Romanian tennis player who’s ranked a career-best #4 in the world, now stands as the highest seed at the French Open, following shocking upsets to Serena Williams, Li Na, and Agnieska Radwanska, the world’s #1, #2 and #3 women’s players, respectively.  To get to this pedestal, Halep has undergone drastic changes, not […]

Churchill Downs.  Pimlico.  Belmont.  The three tracks whose annual races make up the Triple Crown.  California Chrome’s already won the first two, with Belmont in his sights.  History won’t favor him though: no horse has won the Triple Crown since Affirmed did it 36 years ago.  Luckily for the prized colt, the Belmont Stakes approved […]

Unique.  Eccentric.  Energetic.  These all describe the enigma that is Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft.  Just this week, Ballmer signed a deal to buy the Los Angeles Clippers from the Sterling family trust for $2 billion.  What’s a tech guy doing buying a sports team?  Why is Steve Ballmer the guy who just laid […]

There has been an epidemic of star players making early exits at the French Open tourney.  But what’s been particularly worrisome is how badly these elite players have been beaten.  Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki and Stanislas Wawrinka are three of the most prolific and formidable players in the game today, yet all three have already […]

No matter how much we want it to, nothing can last forever. Landon Donovan found that out today after being left off the USMNT’s World Cup soccer (or ‘football’ as it’s know internationally) squad.  Manager Jürgen Klinsmann said that he decided to leave Donovan off of the squad because he was a few steps behind […]

With the World Cup a little more than a month away, it’s surprising to see two of the best French footballers omitted from the national squad.  Samir Nasri and Yoann Gourcuff are touted as two of the best playmakers in the world, let alone among French nationals.  But when French national coach Didier Deschamps announced […]

In the world of the NHL, Martin St. Louis is a unique warrior.  He’s one of the best players in the game–but also one of the smaller players on the ice. The 5’8” right-winger weighs 180 lbs, but the average NHL player is 6’1” tall and weighs 205 lbs.  This makes St. Louis’ accomplishments all […]