A common misconception among people back in the U.S. is that we are not aware of what happens in the country’s major sports. We are not swimming in a sea of chatter about what is going on in the NBA and NFL, and we do lose track of some of what happens back home (college […]

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I was reading a piece about quarterbacks and the NFL draft, and the name Art Schlichter came up. In, of course, a negative light. Schlichter was a quarterback who came out of Ohio State 30 years ago, and now is remembered pretty much only as a train wreck of a football player and person. And […]

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The things you learn on Twitter. Well, from links posted on Twitter. With 140 characters, you can’t divulge much information on the site. In this case, it was a link to a site ranking sports teams globally by the number of their Facebook followers. And guess who was No. 4. (Did the headline tip that, […]

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Time for a little reminder of the best play from the best Super Bowl. Sure, you could search it, but since I have the link right here, you can look at it with one click. I wrote about Super Bowl 42 (Giants 17, Patriots 14) for The National, declaring it the best of the big […]

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And you thought Costco was supposed to be about bargains. The scary part of this is … these might be bargains. If you hope to attend the Super Bowl, in Indianapolis next week, Costco has packages for you. Yes, the same people who sell you massive quantities of peanut butter, corn flakes and paper diapers […]

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Seems like time for a list. I’m pretty sure I’ve noted on this blog that I am among a rapidly shrinking fraction of Americans who have seen every Super Bowl. Either in person or on television. Do the math. The first Super Bowl was played on January 15, 1967. Even if we cast a wide […]

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As someone who watched NFL games as a professional observer … well, I pretty much took a generation off. The Rams and Raiders left Los Angeles after the 1994 season, and the 18 years I worked in the same media market as at least one NFL team has since been nearly equaled by the 17 […]

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I have witnesses to this. Two days before the New Orleans Saints — and the quarterback who enjoyed the most productive season in NFL history — played in San Francisco, I was warning a couple of NFL fans here in Abu Dhabi about Candlestick Park. I have spent many days in Candlestick, particularly in the […]

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It was about 5 a.m. at this end of the Arabian Peninsula when Tim Tebow hooked up with Demaryius Thomas on the 80-yard scoring pass on the first play of overtime, beating the Pittsburgh Steelers 29-23 in the playoffs. By the time I got to the offices of The National later in the morning, something […]

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We interrupt this Paris travelogue to weigh in on Tim Tebow. Yes, I may be the last person holding U.S. citizenship to be heard on the topic. In part, that’s because so many others reacted so quickly and so vociferously that I felt no need to join the shouting. I like Tim Tebow. I admire […]

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