Nike soccer

Justin was right - this is awesome.  However, this is the longer version (twss):

Some sweet soccer

Check out this video which has some pretty amazing moves:

My 3 Favorite Moose Posts

My cousin Sam Lewis (aka: “Moose” is pure genius. He’s one the of the funnier writers you’ll ever meet. For your reading pleasure, i thought i’d introduce you to my favorite 3 blog posts of his.  His blog is called “Van Dusen Speaks” and you should make it your home page.
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Here they are [...]

Newspapers, The Wire, Star Tribune, and the T-Wolves

Newspapers are on the way out. My friend Jules has been telling me this for years. I saw two more big pieces of evidence this week.
First, i read the fantastic article in Esquire called “A Newspaper Can’t Love You Back” by David Simon, the creator of The Wire. The article is a [...]

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth” were the words spoken by Mike Tyson. Probably the smartest thing he’s ever said
As Giants lineman Michael Strahan pointed out after the game, this is exactly how you describe Super Bowl 42. The Patriots had a great offensive plan until Tom Brady [...]

Amazing Basketball Kid

This kid is incredible. From Channel 4 - click on the image below:
Lots of kids dream of playing in the pros. Some kids get completely obsessed by the sport, but most importantly, they work on it. The kid you’re about to see just turned 11, and his talents will blow you away.

So long Santana

About 7 years ago, there was a “Free Johan Santana” movement in Minnesota that wanted the Twins to move the young left-handed phenom into the starting rotation. After Santana spent the majority of four years in the bullpen and another half-season at Triple-A, the Twins finally gave him a permanent spot in the rotation [...]

Patriots Perfect? Don’t Talk to Me About iIT.

I am pretty sick of hearing about the Patriots, their quest to perfection and all that.  I am forever destined to curse the entire Boston area for stealing all of the good Minnesotans.  First is was David Ortiz and Doug Mientkiewicz going to the Red Sox, then it was Moroney going to the Pats and Kevin [...]

10 ground rules for women when watching football

I was hanging out with some girls this weekend who were pretty clueless about the football games going on.  Thus, i thought it’d be a good time to replay an oldie but goodie. Here are The Sports Guy’s 10 Ground Rules for women when watching football with guys.  (i can’t find his link otherwise i’d [...]

Running in Kenya

There’s a Sports Illustrated article this past week about running in Kenya profiling Alberto Salazar.
As big as we are, we have fewer people to draw on. In Kenya there are probably a million schoolboys 10 to 17 years old who run 10 to 12 miles a day. . . The average Kenyan 18-year-old has [...]