I love watching movies based on comic book superheroes because there is nothing more interesting than the story of how they became who they are and why they fight the good fight. Bruce Wayne becoming Batman after the death of his parents, is a classic. Superman fleeing to Earth after…

It was set up so perfectly for my Giants : a 6-2 start, the annual swan dive in November/December, backs up against the wall heading into the last two weeks of the season with playoff destiny in their hands, and a relatively healthy squad. This has been the recipe for…

My girlfriend is a fierce competitor who bridges fitness, martial arts and philosophy into everything that she does, so it wasn’t challenging to explain some of the more subtle intricacies of football that she wasn’t familiar with. She had grown up with male cousins (in a way) excluding her from…

They had actually met before but she doesn’t know him the way that I do, and being that he was going to be taking up all of my Sunday’s, Monday nights, (and pretty much every other moment from now until the Super Bowl) I figured they should get to know…

I’m a tad bit speechless right now I have to be honest, for numerous reasons. Unless David Stern comes in to stop this trade for “basketball reasons”, we have been witness in two transactions this summer that have shifted the balance of power in the NBA and proved that the…

A friend of mine that lives in my building sometimes asks me for help with his homework in exchange for free Starbucks (he has dated or tried to date just about every girl that works a counter in our neighborhood). So, usually once a week I’ll write a paper for…

Kevin Kolb may have just ended the QB battle in Arizona on the first pass he attempted during Sunday nights Hall Of Fame preseason game against the Saints…which ended with an interception. Wasn’t he supposed to be back and healthier than ever? Welcome to the John Skelton era in the…

Outside The Box Exodus at Penn State Silas Redd is leaving Penn State for USC and for all of you Penn State die-hards calling this guy a traitor, you guys need to chill. Silas Redd isn’t leaving for Wisconsin, Ohio St, or Michigan…he’s not jumping ship for a division rival…

So I’ve been watching The Newsroom on HBO and I gotta say that I really like it! There are only a few things that kind of get in my nostrils about the dialogue (everyone is just a little too witty and on top of each others’ comments for my own…