Archive | Sports

08 July 2010 ~ View Comments

Open Letter To Bill Simmons – Lebron Can’t Play Soccer

Bill – Love the column and the podcast – read/listen religiously. I used to play soccer in college. I’m just stating so you can see i have some credibility to what i’m about to say. I had to write because one thing is driving me crazy. You and others keep claiming that Lebron James and [...]

Continue Reading

24 June 2010 ~ View Comments

Clinton. Bocanegra. Budweiser

Clinton. Bocanegra. Budweiser, originally uploaded by pescatello. Just a great picture.

Continue Reading

23 June 2010 ~ View Comments

Big Day for US Soccer

The score was 0-0.  The ref raised the sign indicating 4 min of extra time.  The US team has wasted chances all day and all tournament. They played both sloppy defense and potent attacking.  But it was all over.  The US had blown its chance.  It was the easiest group in its history.  I could [...]

Continue Reading

27 May 2010 ~ View Comments

What People Will Do for Laker Tickets

I have a friend, let’s call him “HotRod” who had tickets for this Thursday’s Laker game. Unfortunately, he couldn’t go. So, he put the tickets up on Craigslist. He was expecting some nice cash offers as it’s game 5 of a big series. Here was his favorite response: Whoa. You can guess what his response [...]

Continue Reading

20 May 2010 ~ View Comments

I’m SO ready for World Cup

Only 3 weeks away from The World Cup and the excitement inside my brain is building. If you’re not feeling it, watch the following video which is Nike’s three-minute World Cup short film which follows a match featuring the brand’s top footballers and shows how one play can lead to a future of success or [...]

Continue Reading

01 March 2010 ~ View Comments

Getting the Cheese

If this doesn’t inspire you to hit the gym, i don’t know what will.  It’s a good advertisement for cheese.  Thanks mom for sharing…

Continue Reading

14 January 2010 ~ View Comments

Just got a Fitbit

Sure i ordered it in October and it took forever, but it’s finally here. I now have a fitbit For those of you who don’t know what that is, it’s a little clip you were around. The clip (called a “Tracker”) contains a motion sensor like the ones found in the Nintendo Wii. The Tracker [...]

Continue Reading

16 November 2009 ~ View Comments

Adrian Peterson is Amazing

Check out some of the runs from last week’s game against Detroit. He’s getting more and more Barry Sanders-like

Continue Reading

17 October 2009 ~ View Comments

Things we’ll say to our grandkids

In the Oct. Wired magazine they had a small blurb about things we’ll say to our grandkids.  Some of the good ones were: Back in my day, we only needed 140 characters There used to be so much snow up here, you could strap a board to your feet and slide all the way down [...]

Continue Reading

28 August 2009 ~ View Comments

Digital Advertising and Nike

There’s a good article about digital advertising and Nike and how they are approaching the shifting landscape.  Some key points to the article: TV and traditional ad spending for Nike is down 80% over the past 4 years where as digital spend is up 200%.  They want to go where the consumers are and more [...]

Continue Reading

UA-9591692-1