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Category Archives: Sports
At What Price Victory?
As a teenager, DeSanto Rollins dreamed of playing SEC football and parlaying his experience into a career in the NFL. Then injuries piled up, his in-game speed slowed down, and he found himself on the scout team at Ole Miss. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Sports
10 Comments
The Thrill of Victory
As the father of a Division I football player, I know how much time it takes student-athletes to prepare their bodies to excel at the sports they play. Strength and conditioning, practice, and film review take at least 20 hours … Continue reading
Posted in MSMS Stuff, Sports
18 Comments
Rah, Rah, Sis-Boom-Bah
Most MSMS students have friends back home who will miss class time for pep rallies today. MSMS cannot field a football team for obvious reasons. We don’t have enough students to field a competitive team. Students do not have enough … Continue reading
Posted in MSMS Stuff, Sports
29 Comments
My Snow Day…
…was better than yours! This almost makes up for all the times I’ve biked or jogged up that hill to ward off the middle aged spread.
Posted in Sports
4 Comments
Numbers Game
Of the eight million student athletes who play high school sports, about 480,000 will compete in college–a whopping six percent. An even tinier portion of those student athletes will compete in a sport professionally. Parents go nuts at youth sporting … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Education, Sports
18 Comments
Most Painful Super Bowl Ad
Last night’s Super Bowl was just what the NFL needed: an exciting, well-played game, largely devoid of controversy, full of compelling drama. The ads, however, were duds. The Alexa commercial was clever. The NFL’s house ads with Eli Manning and … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Pop Culture, Sports
15 Comments
Football and Other Loves
I planned this week to have students think about whether or not they believed in the necessity of “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings” in education. I’m somewhat of a skeptic on the matter, and found myself applauding a recent letter … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Education, Sports
23 Comments
Mississippi Cliches
The Netflix documentary series Last Chance U offers a behind-the-scenes look at the players, coaches, and staff members at the most successful junior college football team in Mississippi, the East Mississippi Lions. The show sugar coats nothing: players’ troubled pasts, … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture, Sports
24 Comments
Help me help myself
It’s February. The second semester is in full swing. So I must be worried about all things academic, right? Not quite. The spring soccer season has also started, and if I have to hear the same pump music my kids … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture, Sports
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Now it’s time to PUMP my kids up
Yes, practices have started for fall soccer: it’s time to get suggestions from students regarding the music they think will get my kids’ adrenal medulla working overtime while they ride in the minivan to the soccer fields. ‘Cause hey, it’s … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture, Sports
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