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THE NATIONAL ANTHEM FROM JIMMY TO MARVIN TO MADISON SHANLEY

Who would have guessed the National Anthem would be a hit at the Woodstock Arts and Music Festival in 1969? Was it an odd choice for guitar ace Jimmy Hendrix to play? Let’s ask the New Yorker magazine for an opinion:

CALMING DOWN AFTER TELLING OTHERS TO CALM DOWN

Calming down is hard when usually calm people start twitching. You know it’s going off the tracks when you have to tell the calm ones to calm down. Sensitive people have it worse because their radar picks up problems before they become problems. Ever try telling a sensitive person to calm down? How did that […]

SATURDAY FIGHTS: MMA BLOOD STAINS THE OCTAGON

Saturday fights on ESPN lined up match after match, finishing with title fights. Not boxing, not wrestling, but Mixed Martial Arts. If that’s not the Big Time for UFC, Ultimate Fighting Championship, what is?

CANCER TALK: ANOTHER VOICE IN WINNING THE HEALTH GAME

Cancer talk changes depending on who does the talking. Between one sort of cancer and the next, between terminal and curable, the talk changes. When it comes from a public figure, it can get loud, or disappear. Coach Ron Rivera of the NFL team in Washington D.C. adds his voice to the cancer talk.

FAKE PRESIDENT DONALD STERLING HELPS PRESIDENT TRUMP SHINE

    Donald Sterling isn’t President of the United States, but he is a west coast version of the east coast Donald, President Donald J. Trump.   What if the west coast Donald wanted it bad enough?   As a billionaire real estate man, fake President Donald Sterling would have introduced his own incredible cast […]

SUPER BOWL RECORD BREAKS ON MY DVR. OFFICIAL REVIEW

  One Super Bowl record goes to the top of the list. No spoilers.   Every modern sports fan has a back up plan, as in DVR back up. Especially on Super Bowl Sunday. At least that’s the plan. Since every commercial isn’t Super Bowl grade, or even close when you can actually figure out […]

COLIN COWHERD IN PORTLAND

When a man moves from east coast to west, two things happen. One if you’re Colin Cowherd. I am a fan of sports talk radio. Why? Because there’s no place in all of media that plays voices from all over America. Mostly man voices, and it was mostly men who attended Colin Cowherd’s book signing […]

OREGON DUCK FOOTBALL MISSION

Win The Game And Win The Hearts And Minds. Mostly The Minds. Oregon Duck football left Arizona with a triple overtime win last night. This is a team recognized in the past five years as a fashion trendsetter. Add two appearances in the college football finals, BCS and otherwise, and the Ducks come away looking […]

SPORTS TALK TAKES A TURN

That’s sports talk brand builder Colin Cowherd on the label of a Rogue beer. Dan Patrick has a beer with his name on it, not his picture, so score for Cowherd. Colin Cowherd is the ESPN guy who questioned Dan Patrick’s work ethic after the last Super Bow. Patrick answered by saying Cowherd was flexing […]

SPORT TALK RADIO

You Learn More Than Sports From Sport Talk Radio. Lots More. How many times have you started talking about the Blazers and got a blank stare in return? If it hasn’t happened, it will. When it does, that’s the time you convert non-fan into new fan if you’re fan enough. That NPR loving radio listener […]