Although I have mentioned my older brother here and there on my postings I have not yet told about the most cool experience a sport fan can have. Most of us who love sport dream of the diving catch, the game winning home run, the three to win. We imagine ourselves on the biggest stage rather that be the Olympics or the height of any other athletic profession. My older brother, Tyler Grisham, upon graduation from Clemson University began a three year career with the Pittsburgh Steelers. During his first season he played in a few games before inviting my family and I up for a December 26th game during everyone's Christmas break. Tyler had played sporadically the games before but saw an entire half of play during their game against the rival Baltimore Ravens. He looked open a few times to us but we did not care if Ed Reed, Ray Lewis and the rest of the Ravens D were covering him, we wanted a catch. It was more amazing than anyone could imagine. It was playing in the front yard with that guy, my brother, all over again, except he was the best in the world now. The game was close and in the fourth quarter a pass came his way on a big third down and four. He caught the pass on and out pattern for fourteen yards and kept the home team alive. The drive ended in a field goal by kicker Jeff Reid and eventually sealed the win for us after a few bonehead plays by the Ravens. Seeing him in the tunnel after the game, being surrounded by other professionals, it was as if he had made it. It is the most awesome thing to think about a middle school kid running around a large neighborhood with weights in a back pack worked hard enough in a stream of time in order to rise him to compete with the best football players on earth. Like many great and joyful things it can not be put into words but it was and is my most favorite sports memory by far and I can nearly guarantee it will stand for a lifetime.

Baseball Season

Baseball, with the NBA in the playoffs, will soon take center stage in sports and we will see ten plays in a row of mediocre level difficulty on ESPN for a few months.

Social Media in Sports

It has long been debated, well as long as social media has been around, if it is a good thing for high profile athletes to use social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. It is obviously a good way to let the community get to know you, to put a face with the player in a way. It can also be a negative thing considering the often bad judgement we see from these high paid young men. It is an interesting debate and like many ideas no side is all right. There are a number of positive and also negatives that come with these guys and girls using social media today. What do you think?



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College Sports Facilities

 

Look at these spectacular facilities in Division 1 College Football. Schools today are now making so much money in their football programs that they will gladly spend money in bettering their facilities in order to attract the best players to attend their schools. This alone shows how big of a busienss college sports really are. It is a big business where big dollars are spent to keep up. These nice, clean areanas of competition are where champions are made and the dollars follow too.

Outside Oregons Facility Doors

Nebraska Cornhusker Weight Room

Florida Gator Weight Room



Why Isn't Hockey at least A Little More Popular

Although I am no fan whatsoever, I still ponder why Hockey is not more popular in the States. I understand it is an "icy" game played with large padding but the game itself seems to be interesting. It of course will never rival the big three in football, basketball and baseball but will it ever gain popularity in the U.S? I don't know if it will.. what do you think?

 

NFL Draft

The annual NFL draft in April finished up this weekend after three long days of watching men talk and old football replays. Within the space of the blogworld we get to vent and talk about our troubles, and I act in the same way when discussing the off season of my beloved football. To show a real life event of what I mean when telling of the "blue" feeling I have within during the offseason one must only watch on draft weekend. People all over tune in to see where their favorite college kids go to play or who their favorite NFL team has newly acquired. Football season ends around December mostly, but we have the Superbowl in early February, meaning it has only been two months and we have to talk about the draft and team transactions because there is no games to watch. What a weekend it was and what a new NFL we will be watching in the year to come.

ESPN First Take Review

Having started watching the show a few years ago I started telling friends to give it a watch and they often started regular viewership themselves. The show includes Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith and a host of other sports writers, sports show hosts, and athletes. The discussion put on throughout the show has the depth and "realness" that many other shows don't even approach. It is an entertaining watch, and if one can handle anymore hectic screaming they should try it out.