Tag: Football

  • Reason Number 632 Why Baseball is Better Than Football (or anything else)

    “Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal.” (George Will) Spring training beckons!

  • Why Baseball is Better Than Football

    As I watched part of the Lions/Bears debacle yesterday that some would call a “football game,” I reflected on why baseball is better than football. Seeing the refs have to pile on to break up numerous fights in this game (which the typical Bears fan will now rage about the nastiness of the Lions, and the Lions fan in turn…

  • American Christianity, Patriotism, and Misused Bible Verses

    I struggle with stories like this one where it seems so silly to ban Bible verses. Yet, when I read how they used a verse, I get frustrated as well: One of the signs that was banned from the football field was a “run-through” banner displayed before a game on Sept. 18. It read: “I press on toward the goal…