After a considerable absence, you can thank my professors, I am back. A lot has happened in the time I've been gone...lets recap. Our country is now more conservative after the midterm elections, the San Francisco Giants played the Texas Rangers in possibly the most boring World Series Ever...and if Josh Hamilton is still on the Wagon after going 2 for the World Series I am convinced he has jedi mind powers because I don't know how you don't drown your sorrows after that...also the Vikings traded for, and then released Randy Moss...which brings us to today's topic, the implosion of the Minnesota Vikings Franchise.
HOW, HOW, HOW do you give up a third round pick for Randy Moss in the first place? Yes he is still a deep threat but every NFL defense has clued into the fact that the Vikings offensive line is made of swiss cheese...and the quarterback that was supposed to throw him the ball is going to have alzheimers by the end of the season. Ok, maybe they wanted a playmaker, I can buy that. Next, you make no effort to incorporate him into the offense so he has less than 20 receptions in four games...for an elite NFL receiver that is awful. Then you decide to cut him while your on the hook for your salary, congrats Brad Childress, you gave up a draft pick and 4 million dollars for two touchdowns and less than 20o yards receiving...solid month of October.
Brad Childress wonders why people in Minnesota want him fired, when asked if he thought he had lost the locker room he said "I don't even know what that means"...um, I do it means that your cold and your players don't respect you which you can clearly see by their effort on the field, this would NEVER happen in New England under the sleevless sweatshirt reign of double B. Brad Childress...you deserve to be fired, with the exception of Adrian Peterson you've had terrible drafts, for the past two years you've given Brett Favre a leash that a grey hound could use to run a full race around a track with some slack leftover, and you've turned players in the locker room against eachother...a head football coach doesn't do things like that...have fun next season as an offensive coordinator somewhere with an offense that might work if it were the 1970's. Best of luck to you.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Bored on a Wednesday Night
As you can probably guess from my title, I have nothing to do this evening so I've decided to update my lovely sports opinion blog rather than pack it in at 9:00, what self respecting college student thinks of that...probably the kind who's roommate goes downstairs to watch a movie with a girl...wait a second???
Anyway, today's topic: Josh Hamilton
Anyone closely following baseball knows by now that the Texas Rangers have clinched the American League West with plenty of time to spare. Anyone who has ever seen a sports highlight show knows how the night ends after a team clinches a playoff birth...the team goes back into the locker room and pops $3.00 a bottle champagne from the closest wal-mart and showers beer all over everyone and their mother...or father, I don't judge. Personally I've always wondered how rookie phenoms who are under the age of 21 are allowed to take part in these sorts of celebrations...this is America and we follow the law, most of the times, ok sometimes, ok...almost never when it comes to those that Moses and his Ten Commandments didn't address.
But I digress, when the Texas Rangers clinched, Josh Hamilton stayed away from his teams celebration because he has a history of alchohol abuse that derailed his major league career once before. It takes some pretty strong character to not take fun in something that you've never experianced before, Hamilton's never made the playoffs, he doesn't know what that feels like. His bat is a big part of how the Rangers made the playoffs in the first place, and yet he stayed strong to his lifetime rehabilitation program and abstained from the drinking.
While I personally have never battled substance abuse of any kind, everyone knows someone who has been affected by someone who has a substance abuse problem. So everyone knows that straying from the path once can lead to a hard crash from a partially climbed ladder, and that temptation is something recovering addicts battle every single day. So while Josh Hamilton's post game celebration may not have been ideal, it was the right decision and I applaud him for doig so.
Anyway, today's topic: Josh Hamilton
Anyone closely following baseball knows by now that the Texas Rangers have clinched the American League West with plenty of time to spare. Anyone who has ever seen a sports highlight show knows how the night ends after a team clinches a playoff birth...the team goes back into the locker room and pops $3.00 a bottle champagne from the closest wal-mart and showers beer all over everyone and their mother...or father, I don't judge. Personally I've always wondered how rookie phenoms who are under the age of 21 are allowed to take part in these sorts of celebrations...this is America and we follow the law, most of the times, ok sometimes, ok...almost never when it comes to those that Moses and his Ten Commandments didn't address.
But I digress, when the Texas Rangers clinched, Josh Hamilton stayed away from his teams celebration because he has a history of alchohol abuse that derailed his major league career once before. It takes some pretty strong character to not take fun in something that you've never experianced before, Hamilton's never made the playoffs, he doesn't know what that feels like. His bat is a big part of how the Rangers made the playoffs in the first place, and yet he stayed strong to his lifetime rehabilitation program and abstained from the drinking.
While I personally have never battled substance abuse of any kind, everyone knows someone who has been affected by someone who has a substance abuse problem. So everyone knows that straying from the path once can lead to a hard crash from a partially climbed ladder, and that temptation is something recovering addicts battle every single day. So while Josh Hamilton's post game celebration may not have been ideal, it was the right decision and I applaud him for doig so.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Switching It Up
I started this blog as a required component for an online journalism class that I was taking my sophomore year of college. To this point it was used specifically to inform my professor as to how I was doing in building my website for the class. Quite frankly, that's boring. So now I plan to convert it into my personal blog to comment on current issues in my favorite realm of discussion...sports.
Something I love about the job I'm training for is that it gives me something new to talk about everyday, however due to the busy life of a college student (what with class, running a newspaper section and playing the latest version of Halo) its amazing that I have time to sleep, which comes rarely let alone take time to look at my very first love...sports.
Today's Topic: Michael Vick and his chance at redemption.
We all know the story of how Vick fell from grace after it was discovered that he participated in a dog fighting ring run out of his Virginia home and even participated in the killing of dogs. I'll be the first to admit I jumped on the Anti-Vick bandwagon. Like everyone else I was horrified at the accusations made against him...not to mention the fact that I love puppies (how can you not love puppies, they are literally the sweetest things in the world) and like everyone else I felt the punishment passed down on Vick was justified.
That being said, he has done his time in jail and is in his second full year of reinstatement in the NFL and whats more impressive, after a two year layoff and a year as Donovan Mcnabb's ball boy...he's lighting it up.
Two games into the 2010 NFL season, Vick is the most exciting player under center, unless you love seeing Old Man River up in Minnesota try and guess who to throw to when he's going color blind in both eyes, here's a hint...its not a player who's number is below 80. When Vick takes a snap he commands the respect of everyone on the field and in the stands because of his pure athleticism that earlier in the decade electrified the NFL and gave it the jolt it was missing.
His stats are efficient, he still faster than 90 percent of the guys in the league which includes most of the defenses he's facing. When the Eagles signed Vick he was a last resort insurance policy, well in 2010 it was time for the Eagles to cash in the deductable because Kevin Kolb went down and was playing aweful. Vick stepped and brought his team close to beating the most hyped defense in the NFC, and the next week goes out and in his first start since 2006, passes for over 250 yards and two touchdowns to get his team a much needed W.
After reports that Kolb was going to regain his starting job in week 3, Eagles head coach appointed Vick the starter and put his eggs in what looks to be a rew0ven and very secure basket.
Andy Reid once said of his team, "your hearts are as big as my waste." If you've ever seen Andy Reid than you know his team has the heart of Andre the Giant with an enlarged heart, dude's a donut short of owning krispy kreame. But Reid showed that his team not only gets its heart from its head coach, but when making decisions like starting Michael Vick, it may be getting its brains and some jewelry to wear on their hands as well.
Something I love about the job I'm training for is that it gives me something new to talk about everyday, however due to the busy life of a college student (what with class, running a newspaper section and playing the latest version of Halo) its amazing that I have time to sleep, which comes rarely let alone take time to look at my very first love...sports.
Today's Topic: Michael Vick and his chance at redemption.
We all know the story of how Vick fell from grace after it was discovered that he participated in a dog fighting ring run out of his Virginia home and even participated in the killing of dogs. I'll be the first to admit I jumped on the Anti-Vick bandwagon. Like everyone else I was horrified at the accusations made against him...not to mention the fact that I love puppies (how can you not love puppies, they are literally the sweetest things in the world) and like everyone else I felt the punishment passed down on Vick was justified.
That being said, he has done his time in jail and is in his second full year of reinstatement in the NFL and whats more impressive, after a two year layoff and a year as Donovan Mcnabb's ball boy...he's lighting it up.
Two games into the 2010 NFL season, Vick is the most exciting player under center, unless you love seeing Old Man River up in Minnesota try and guess who to throw to when he's going color blind in both eyes, here's a hint...its not a player who's number is below 80. When Vick takes a snap he commands the respect of everyone on the field and in the stands because of his pure athleticism that earlier in the decade electrified the NFL and gave it the jolt it was missing.
His stats are efficient, he still faster than 90 percent of the guys in the league which includes most of the defenses he's facing. When the Eagles signed Vick he was a last resort insurance policy, well in 2010 it was time for the Eagles to cash in the deductable because Kevin Kolb went down and was playing aweful. Vick stepped and brought his team close to beating the most hyped defense in the NFC, and the next week goes out and in his first start since 2006, passes for over 250 yards and two touchdowns to get his team a much needed W.
After reports that Kolb was going to regain his starting job in week 3, Eagles head coach appointed Vick the starter and put his eggs in what looks to be a rew0ven and very secure basket.
Andy Reid once said of his team, "your hearts are as big as my waste." If you've ever seen Andy Reid than you know his team has the heart of Andre the Giant with an enlarged heart, dude's a donut short of owning krispy kreame. But Reid showed that his team not only gets its heart from its head coach, but when making decisions like starting Michael Vick, it may be getting its brains and some jewelry to wear on their hands as well.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Finishing Up
Today I expect to be done building my site and putting the content on it. I wrote my last two sidebar stories last night and they are in and saved on the server.
The only problem I'm having is even after I "put" some of the content on the web, various aspects will not show up even though all of the content has been posted. While my web photos won't open in firefox, my video won't play in safari. I'm not quite sure how to fix that.
This class has been a very valuable experience. Building something from scratch has given me a real sense of accomplishment and has given me a different skill set that I definitely did not have before.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Friday May 21
Today I shot my video for my website. Hope VanZinderen and Aly Kiracofe both shared their experiences through Wartburg.
Both girls had a lot of valuable insights and their comments made it an easy video to shoot.
After the interviews with Aly and Hope I edited the footage on the NLE's and exported to a flash drive and it will be ready to put on the website on Monday
Both girls had a lot of valuable insights and their comments made it an easy video to shoot.
After the interviews with Aly and Hope I edited the footage on the NLE's and exported to a flash drive and it will be ready to put on the website on Monday
Thursday, May 20, 2010
To this point
At this point in the journey of my website, I have conducted most of my interviews. I have written my story about the IS 201 class and their trip to New Orleans as well as my story about Wartburg's number one ranking due to its service trip record.
My two main interviews for both of these stories were Tyann Lindell for the service trip and Dan Kittle for the Break Away ranking. Kittle was very helpful in providing me with information about the growth of Wartburg service trips over the past few years.
Today is a big day for the site. The main story has been posted which is very exciting. I will also be conducting my interview with Hilary Gerten to do my profile story on her. She has been very involved with service at Wartburg and plans to stay involved with helping others when she graduates at the end of May.
Tonight I will be writing my final two sidebar stories about Fall Break Service trips and Gerten's profile.
As far as the actual logistics of the site. The site is for the most part built and just waiting for its contents to be uploaded. Big weekend ahead.
My two main interviews for both of these stories were Tyann Lindell for the service trip and Dan Kittle for the Break Away ranking. Kittle was very helpful in providing me with information about the growth of Wartburg service trips over the past few years.
Today is a big day for the site. The main story has been posted which is very exciting. I will also be conducting my interview with Hilary Gerten to do my profile story on her. She has been very involved with service at Wartburg and plans to stay involved with helping others when she graduates at the end of May.
Tonight I will be writing my final two sidebar stories about Fall Break Service trips and Gerten's profile.
As far as the actual logistics of the site. The site is for the most part built and just waiting for its contents to be uploaded. Big weekend ahead.
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