Everyone’s getting into MMA these days.

Kid’s now getting into MMA.

This weekend will be capping off, what is probably the biggest 8 day stretch in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) history. Last week UFC 84 took place with three big fights and many other good undercard fights. Tonight Elite XC will have their first fight night on CBS, which will [...]

OSU’s “Doin’ Work”

Do Work

If you’re a fan of OSU Football, you have probably heard that the defensive moto for next year is “Do Work” taken from MTV’s Rob & Big.  I love the show, so seeing two things I really enjoy come together made me think that I had to do something about it.  I made a [...]

At Oregon you can buy a job without a college education.

ESPN: Outside the Lines looks into u of o athletics

Because I think this is a very controversial issue that more people should look into. Glad to see ESPN doing a little “reporting” even though it’s tough for them to dig to deep in just under six minutes. There are way to many controversies [...]

Two of my favorite things should come together.

Tomorrow is the Starbucks Annual Meeting, which I really wish I was going to.  I’m a shareholder, but with just recently taking a vacation, decided I should be at work, rather than checking out what Howard talks about tomorrow.  He’s typically not rolling out as many new and noteworthy things as Steve Jobs, but since [...]

Is Steve Ballmer Seattle’s new Paul Allen?

Today, I received an email from Steve Ballmer. Yes, it was actually from him and in its entirety it read, “Thanks.” I had a few thoughts about Ballmer when I received the email back. First, I wonder what phone he sent that from? It wouldn’t be a Blackberry or an iPhone, [...]

Bowling is a sport

Since my blog has moved in the direction of debating what is and is not a sport, I give you this image.   If bowling requires defense, how is it not a sport?
Hat tip: Deadspin

An editor from the PI must read my blog

I saw that there was a story written today in the Seattle PI called, “What defines a sport? Like a ping-pong match, the debate goes back and forth.” Thought it was funny that my most commented on post as of late was about computer gaming being carried on ESPN. Well the comments have [...]