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OREGON DUCKS FOOTBALL THIS YEAR, NOT NEXT

Oregon Ducks football roster includes ninety-nine players, thirty-five transferring in from other schools. They came to Saturday ranked #3, one spot below their opponent. They woke up Sunday with a one point win over #2 Ohio State. And as the new #2. How sweet is that team?

GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP, THE MISSING INGREDIENT

Good sportsmanship crosses all boundaries in private and public life. It’s the public part we get judged on. Are we gracious in victory. Humble, even? Can we take defeat in stride and learn from the loss? Let’s say we’re that good for the sake of argument, instead of the small, bitter, people we secretly are. […]

HOW SPORTS LIFE GUIDES REAL LIFE

Sports life not about winning and losing, but how you play the game? Real life says sports life isn’t an accurate reflection, that winning is the reason, the only reason, to do anything. People in the winning camp like to say winners do what losers won’t do. They’re not wrong, they just don’t know what […]