Last week we heard that Papa John’s pizza–the ubiquitous sponsor of NFL football–would no longer be affiliated with said sports league. Both parties seemed to agree the parting was mutual, and for once actually I believed that old line. Each … Continue reading
The date March 2 means only one thing for me. This was the day, 12 years ago, that I lost my best friend for all eternity, Joe Sullivan, killed in an automobile accident at the age of 23. I’ve talked … Continue reading
My hometown Washington Wizards keep rolling along (nice road win against the Bucks last night), though in my original hometown things don’t look so good. What else is new? The 2017-2018 basketball season ended last night for the Binghamton Bearcats … Continue reading
Talk around Washington these days centers on one question: Are the Wizards actually better off without John Wall? It seems preposterous. Wall’s their best player. He’s an all-star. A Wall-star. The face of the franchise. But he’s been out the … Continue reading
One of the world’s most well-known religious leaders died Wednesday at the age of 99. Calling Billy Graham a “preacher” hardly does his stature justice, the man who took his message to nearly 200 countries around the world and to … Continue reading
Wednesdays I usually like to write about politics. Here’s an oldie but a goody. There’s a weekly paper in my community called the Loudoun Times-Mirror, usually good for a laugh or two. This past week there was a piece about tax … Continue reading
If you watch sports long enough (I’m talking decades here) you’ll see that young’uns eventually become old-timers and heroes invariably become villains. Both of those phenomena occurred for Shaun White this past week. An “old man” in the snowboarding world … Continue reading
Gong Hey Fat Choy, friends! From the school of we celebrate everything comes this week’s third (or fourth) holiday… Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year was one of my favorite holidays growing up because, well, we made a big deal out … Continue reading
A page-one story in Sunday’s edition of The Washington Post describes the dealings of several new-ish members of Virginia’s House of Delegates. (Trivia bonus: it’s the oldest continuous law-making body in the New World.) The piece highlights some of the … Continue reading
Olympics? Yes, but that’s not all. This is a three-celebration week, remember. Tuesday? Mardi Gras. Wednesday? Valentine’s Day. (Oh, the delicious–sorry–irony in Valentine’s Day falling on Ash Wednesday.) Friday? Chinese New Year. As the kids would say, this week is … Continue reading