Sports Gaming: Athletic Glory for the Common Man
Posted on Friday, April 26, 2013 by Games_and_Sports
Some people are blessed with amazing physical gifts: blazing speed, astounding leaping ability, precise hand-eye coordination. These incredible human specimens often end up playing sports at high levels, and go on to become the athletes of legend, gaining immense fame and adoration for their skill and achievements ...and then there are the rest of us. Most of us will never know what it's like to . . . more »
I've been thinking about doing an ultra-marathon next year and have been reading a lot of good books on the subject. If you're interested here's a few that I've really enjoyed. These are fascinating books even if you're not a runner. This is a great book on what it takes to be a top level ultra runner. In this book Scott recalls his rough childhood . . . 
I can't wait for the new baseball movie, "42" to open April 12, 2013. It stars Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford as Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey, respectively. Here are a few interesting facts about Jackie Roosevelt Robinson. He was the son of a sharecropper and the grandson of slaves. Drafted into the army, Robinson managed to become an officer, and was court-martialed for refusing . . . 
Lance Armstrong is undoubtedly one of the most controversial sports figures in our recent history. Multiple sucesses at Tour de France seemingly secured his spot in bicycling history and yet his recent fall from grace has not diminished his notoriety. Want to see what made him so popular? Check out these titles: It's Not about the Bike Lance shares the difficult life and death struggle . . . 
In the Bay Area we're spoiled with a rich and varied sports history. We've been able to witness transformational moments of sports history such as the black power salute in the 1962 Olympics, to an early glimpse of Tiger Woods' competitive fire at Stanford in 1995, and Bill Walsh's genius in the late 1970's. It's always great fun to reminisce about past and recent champions: . . . 
Greetings fellow adventurers! The latest edition of Dungeons and Dragons is currently available to playtest, and I have been lucky enough to be part of a group of experienced gamers giving it a go. How experienced? Well, I remember when D & D first came out, something like 900 years ago. So far, it seems like a fun interpretation of classic rules with a lot . . . 
Undefeated Have you seen the dark horse 2012 Academy Award winning documentary feature about high school football? It's an amazing true story with compelling characters, exciting game action and a great urban gospel soundtrack. As with many documentary labors of love, this film has an fascinating back story. Four years ago, filmmakers Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin set out to film the odyssey of Manassas . . . 
The date for the Mavericks Invitational has been set. The contest will be held, Sunday, January 20th. This is the surfing event of the year. Only a select number of surfers are invited to this contest. Surfers from all over the world compete at Mavericks to win bragging rights to be called the best surfer at one of the best big wave surfing spots in . . . 
Latin American names are common on major league rosters these days, but how those players end up in a Dodgers or Giants or Red Sox uniform may not be something the casual baseball fan has given much thought. Ballplayer is a gritty documentary that examines that process in the Dominican Republic, a significant source of players. Forget feel-good boys-of-summer tales. The film follows two well-regarded . . . 
After months of anguish and hundreds of games missed, NHL hockey is finally back! For those who haven't been following the news, the NHL owners locked out the players due to an inability to agree on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the league and the player's union, which governs the players contracts, revenue splitting, and other rules (for more details on the lockout, . . .