Introduction

Welcome! This blog is my attempt at sharing the deeper-than-surface-discussion thoughts I have about sports when watching games, discussing trends, and running off the frustration that results from being a little too invested in sports. That more-than-appropriate investment in sports has led me to believe that sports often provides the most interesting conversation topics around - partly because, to a large extent, they're almost entirely inconsequential to everyday life, and therefore great entertainment to talk about. More than that, though, I think they reflect major components of everyday life, which adds that legitimacy to almost any sports-related discussion. Nowadays, with Congress involved in regulating most professional sports, the Olympics posing as a United Nations conference / global economy boost, and athletes taking prominent roles in government and business, that overlap seems to be that much more pronounced, and that's why I've decided to create a venue to share the best of my run-on thoughts on the subject.

A little about me: I'm a native Detroiter living in Southern California, having traded a city with a hopeless NFL team for a city in which the chances for an NFL team become more hopeless each day. I'm a die-hard University of Michigan and Detroit Pistons fan; a very big Detroit Tigers fan (the fact that they played under .500 ball from the time I was 11 until I was 27 took a toll, and I won't claim to have stuck with them for all sixteenish down years), a battered Detroit Lions fan who has taken to rooting for Michigan alumni and my fantasy players until Matt Millen is fired, and a casual Detroit Red Wings fan. I love the Tour de France, the Olympics, and endurance triathlon sports (swimming, biking, and running) in general. And, like many others, I've found that discussing sports has replaced actually watching sports as my second-favorite sporting activity (participating is, of course, number one).

Thanks for stopping by - I won't claim these thoughts to be organized or insightful, at least not always, but hopefully they're consistently thought- and discussion-provoking. After all, that's what I think sports are best at.