(Note: This is the second of a three-part series on our trip to the 2016 MLB All-Star Game in San Diego, on the Home Run Derby. You can read Part 1 on the All-Star Futures Game here, and Part 3 … Continue reading
(Note: This is the first of a three-part series on our trip to the 2016 MLB All-Star Game in San Diego, on the MLB Futures Game. You can read Part 2 on the Home Run Derby here, and Part 3 … Continue reading
If you’re a diehard hockey fan in the United States, there’s no doubt a trip north of the border to Canada will enhance your love of the game. And not just because seven of the NHL’s 30 teams are in … Continue reading
I’ve been following the “Sport of Kings” since I was 10 years old. I can’t remember a time when I didn’t love horses, and a book series I read growing up only fueled my passion for Thoroughbred racing. I didn’t actually attend my first … Continue reading
I like to think of myself as a progressive, forward-thinking person. I love my iPhone and marvel at the many, many different tasks it can perform that once required a pen and/or paper. Whenever I travel, I insist on getting mobile boarding … Continue reading
You can call the NHL’s outdoor games a big ol’ gimmick (and by and large, you’d be right), but you also can’t deny the spectacle the league creates whenever it stages one of these events. The annual Winter Classic and its … Continue reading
Note: The latest in our series on sports venues no longer in use looks at The Forum in Inglewood, California. For more entries, click here. For sports fans of a certain age in Los Angeles, the Forum was a special … Continue reading
Two years ago I wrote a post for Mrs. Fan‘s sports blog, the Rebel State, called “When Your Team Does The Unthinkable And Wins.” And at the time, if you were a fan of the Los Angeles Kings, winning a … Continue reading
Note: The latest in our series on sports venues no longer in use looks at Munich Olympic Stadium, used for the 1972 Summer Olympics. For more entries, click here. During our recent trip to Europe for the Winter Olympics, we … Continue reading
Note: This is the first entry in a series we’re calling “Venues Past” — our way of honoring the stadiums and arenas of yore that hosted historic moments and entertained millions before being resigned to either tumbleweeds or the wrecking … Continue reading
