Sports

Quick Thots From Moneyball

October 8, 2011

My wife and I pulled off a miracle and actually went to a movie together this weekend. We hit Moneyball which came on the recommendation of several folks. I really enjoyed the movie. I’m a baseball fan and I lived in the Bay Area during the time frame in which this movie covers so I [...]

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Leadership That Knows What You CAN’T Do

August 15, 2011

I heard an interview a few days ago from the NFL world that I found to be a clear and insightful description of leadership in helping others succeed. Former All-Pro receiver Cris Carter and current ESPN analyst offered this analysis in discussing what beleaguered wide receive Roy Williams was going to benefit from in returning [...]

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My Trip to Paradise

May 18, 2011

While in Chicago a couple weeks back for some organizational meetings related to theological development, the Cubs were in town! I hadn’t been in about a decade, but it worked out to get to a game and I was in heaven. There was a rain delay for about an hour with crazy lightning so we [...]

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What’s the Opposite of a Cheerleader?

March 3, 2011

I hear all the time in discussions about leadership or community how it’s super important to be cheerleaders of one another. Leaders need to be their people’s biggest fans, their biggest supporters and encouragers. And I’m not going to disagree with that. There’s a great discussion to be had regarding people who think they are [...]

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Wanting Something That’s Just Not There

January 25, 2011

So my wife after reading my blog post on Jay Cutler yesterday and after reading some of what’s out there online said the following line to me today, “It’s pretty evident that a lot of people really want something from him that he’s not able to give.” She’s genius always, but really loved her assessment [...]

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Scapegoating – 2011 Chicago Bears Style

January 24, 2011

I’m still recovering from the chaotic and roller coaster of a game that was the NFC championship yesterday between the Bears and Packers.As a third generation Bears Fan I really wanted that one bad for the Bears and it didn’t happen. And now Chicago is in the middle of a Chernobyl-esque meltdown. Bears fans on [...]

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Things That Are Out of Place

December 12, 2010

Every once in a while you come across things that are blatantly just out of place. I was in a Target recently in Anaheim, California near my neck of the woods where I walked by the sports apparel section. There’s Lakers to the Left, USC to the right, and of course in between them was….Buffalo [...]

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Great Cub Illustration Today

July 20, 2010

Another masterful illustration from cubby-blue.com that captures what so many of us Cub Fans are feeling these days:

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A Team’s Last Line of Defense Pt 2

July 13, 2010

Now that I’ve laid out the metaphor and context of “A Team’s Last Line of Defense” in Part One, I want to point out that in a team setting there are always (or usually) one or two people that are the “goalkeepers” – they see when the values and vision are being compromised and they [...]

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