Clashing swords, blood spilling on the ground, and soldiers rising from the grounds to fight their last breaths, quite indicative of a horrific war. This is the true nature of rivalries between opposing forces. The Legends Club, by John Feinstein highlights a rivalry between the three coaches, Jim Valvano, Mike Krzyzewski, and Dean Smith. …
In the latter half of the 20th century, there was a heated rivalry in the ACC division of college basketball, particularly between Duke, North Carolina State, and North Carolina. Duke was in a good place, but disaster struck when their coach said he wanted to leave. Now, they were on a hunt for a …
The A’s were, in one word, different, from virtually every other team in the MLB. With what would be considered pocket money for some other teams as their overall net worth, the team still proved to be a strong competitor, season after season. What kind of tricks were they pulling out from their sleeves? …
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The most frequently taken path is often not the best path to go down. This is clearly the case regarding how modern day baseball managers acquire new players. For the longest time, managers around the game looked for physically gifted players due to their high potential. Their thinking was that high caliber physical ability …
Talent can be loosely defined as a natural skill or a skill that you are essentially born with. Although talent can certainly grow your skill much faster than the average person, we still need to consider that sole talent isn’t actually what governs “skill.” Everyday, people are born with talent in certain activities and …
As the Super Bowl passes by, we start to forget the great season that just passed during these unprecedented times. The recent Super Bowl contained some of the best players in the league. Today, I’ll be talking about my thoughts after the game and before the game on Brady and Maholmes. Obviously, these two quarter-backs …