Posts tagged sports
3 Spots to Grab a Drink (or Four) in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area

While paying a visit to our good friend Abe or taking in the magnificence of the World War II Memorial or reflecting quietly at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial are all perfectly good uses of your time in the nation’s capital, there is also a good selection of watering holes for those looking to wet their whistles after the sun goes down.

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Should You Take Advantage of Cheap Flights During a Global Health Crisis?

Such a widespread public health crisis undoubtedly reaches its dirty paws into economic affairs — and that includes the business of travel. Regardless of the tool you prefer, a search for most any flight right now will likely turn up fares that are far less expensive than you’re accustomed to. The natural question becomes: should you take advantage of them?

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The B1G Tour: Wending Our Way to West Lafayette

On Saturday, three hours or so past the crack of dawn, a friend, my brother, and myself squashed ourselves into my brother's black Ford Focus and took to the freeway, heading south for the great(ish) state of Indiana, America's Crossroads, as they say.

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A Completely, Truly, Totally Unbiased* Look at the Michigan-MSU Football Rivalry

To be perfectly honest, other than my first ever Michigan football game — a 31-13 drubbing of the Spartans on October 7, 2006 — I've never known a Michigan that was dominant over either Ohio State or Michigan State.

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Time to Throw in the Towel

It's that time, folks. It's finally come. For better or worse, I am here to admit — wait for it, this one's a real shocker — that I may not be the most adept athlete that has ever graced this earth. Now, I know what you're thinking: "Oh come on, he caught, like, nine passes during four seasons of varsity football, and surely he had at least a sub-.200 batting average in three seasons of varsity baseball... And didn't he *almost* win like four intramural volleyball playoff games during college?"

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