 Fans of the Minnesota Vikings are not happy with the way that this year’s version of the Christmas Story is playing out. The “Baby Jesus”, or Brett Favre, is beginning to let everyone know who is really in charge. The “Three Wise Men”, Zygi, Brad and Rick Speilman, have recently proven that they may not be as shrewd as we once thought. Furthermore, it is clear that a level of hubris at Winter Park...
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 “Sometimes you just have to man up.” A captain of the varsity football team that I coach for, recently said these seven words to a teammate of his when he was questioned as to why he needed to lift weights if he hated it so much. I was in the middle of doing some work on my laptop when I heard this conversation start. I paused to listen. I was not only impressed by the way in which this senio...
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 If you are looking for a little insight as to whom the Kansas City Chiefs plan on selecting with the third pick in the NFL draft next weekend you have come to the wrong place. I’m not saying there won’t be anticipation, speculation or even some jubilation here at the Sports Page Network over the course of the next seven days, but don’t expect this football fan to take part in any of the pomp and c...
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 Pressure, (noun), the burden of physical or mental distress; the constraint of circumstance: the weight of social or economic imposition.
When doing a few searches on the internet for synonyms of pressure or to be more exact, “social pressure”, a few of the words that came up included but are not limited to the following; compulsion, urgency, persuasion, stress, affliction, coercion, troub...
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 When I was a young child there were only a few days every year that stood out to me as being special. On a personal level, one day would have been the last day of the school year. Now that I think about it, the first day of school brought equal amounts of anticipation and enthusiasm. When it came to holidays, Christmas morning and of course my birthday were neck and neck. In the wonderful world of...
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 Long before losing to the Eagles in the wildcard round of the NFL playoffs the consensus opinion around the Twin Cities and from the national sports wonks was that the Vikings were a quarterback away from being a true Super Bowl contender. With a sore back from two hours of shoveling a heavy Minnesota snow last night, I woke up this morning in dire need of a cup of Guatemala Peace Coffee, aspirin ...
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 Saturday’s news that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003 sent shockwaves through the sports world and may have delivered Major League Baseball its most devastating black eye yet. We are past arguing the fact that baseball is no longer America’s pastime. Now we are just hoping that the sport that we all grew up playing and watching doesn’t fall farther down mainstream society’s ladd...
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