Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category

Top 25 Sports Movies Of All Time (& 50 More)

Posted by Chad on March 11th, 2010 under Entertainment, Opinion, Sports Tags: , , , , ,  •  3 Comments

I’ve always been disappointed in other people’s lists of great sports movies. After thumbing through the movie database in my brain for a recent post, I decided I’d compile my own list. To begin, I decided on the criteria. I tried to be objective and strip the films of personal nostalgia and [...]

Nationals Park

Posted by Chad on January 26th, 2010 under Sports, Travel Tags: , ,  •  No Comments

The wife and I drove up to DC recently to explore our old haunts and visit some friends. Some things looked different and some things looked the same, but the biggest change was in the Navy Yard area where the new Washington Nationals stadium was built:

We moved away from DC just before the stadium [...]

Hincapie Wins the 2009 USA Cycling Championship

Posted by Chad on September 1st, 2009 under Cycling, Greenville, Sports Tags: , , ,  •  No Comments

Greenville native George Hincapie won the 2009 USA Cycling Professional Road Race Championship on Sunday. It was an amazing race and we got really lucky with the weather. It was overcast and in the mid-80s all day, and the only rain was a light drizzle. My wife and I watched the first [...]

Redskins Season Tickets

Posted by Chad on April 27th, 2009 under Funny, Sports Tags: , ,  •  No Comments

Look at what just popped up in my inbox:

Well, it only took me seven years to get off the waiting list, the last three of which have been spent in SC. As much as I’d love to go to the home games, there’s no way I can do a nine hour drive every other [...]