Heavy Hearts
On the eve of this past weekend’s launch of the Barclay’s Premier League in England, devastating riots and destruction swept through parts of the UK, primarily in London itself. Police and governmental...
View ArticlePlayoff Pressure
With the English Premier League season having begun just two weeks ago, the NFL and college football seasons yet to begin, and Major League Baseball postseason still over a month away, it seems an odd...
View ArticleTension and Anxiety
Last Saturday night, amid patriotic tributes and cheering fans, was one of the most tense evenings of the NASCAR season. Richmond International Raceway was the scene of the final race before the Chase...
View ArticleAnxious Moments
This past Sunday night, I was in Melbourne, Australia, where I had been doing some Bible teaching. That night, the New Zealand All Blacks played against France in the finals of the Rugby World Cup—the...
View ArticleFear of Failure
Fear of failure is one of the most diabolical mindsets an athlete or team can have. We’ve all seen it, and we see it especially this late in the NFL season when there is so much at stake. As the...
View ArticleSeason of Change
For the National Football League, this has been a season of change. New teams and new stars have stepped up to energize the game with a level of excitement not seen in years. What Tim Tebow has done...
View ArticleCourage and Fear
In the realm of sports, we often hear courage discussed and applied to athletes in high-pressure game situations. But I wonder about that. Is that really the best way to think about those things?...
View ArticleGroup of Death
As a soccer fan, it has been exciting these past few days to watch the kickoff of Euro 2012, arguably the top soccer event in the world after the World Cup. National teams from all over Europe played...
View ArticleWhat’s Next?
One of the most difficult moments for a professional athlete is when they finally come to the time when they must leave the game. Athletes will talk about the different aspects of this life transition...
View ArticleDesperate Times
It was the 1993 NFL Playoffs where you’re in if you win or you lose and you go home. The Buffalo Bills were locked in a very one-sided battle with the Houston Oilers and their star quarterback, Warren...
View ArticleHot Stove
For fans of major league baseball, this is a strange time of year—the hot stove league. It is the season of player movement through trades, arbitration, and free agent signings. During the hot stove...
View ArticleTime for Reflection
Today marks one week since the bombings at the Boston Marathon, and we continue to find ourselves filled with questions for which we have no answers. Though not an event on the same scale as 9.11, as...
View ArticleFear of Failure
Failure is part of life, and it is also part of sports—even at the highest levels. The best NFL quarterbacks throw incomplete passes more than 30% of the time. The best NBA players miss 50% of the...
View ArticleThe Best Kind of Fear
As we prepare for tomorrow and round one of The Open Championship from Muirfield in Scotland, a useful subject to consider is fear. Fear means different things to different people. To professional...
View ArticleWhere Do You Turn?
We are now in the NFL’s equivalent of NASCAR’s silly season, and players are moving from team to team so quickly that it seems impossible to keep up. Some of this is because a certain number of players...
View ArticleThe End Of An Era
This past weekend, longtime New York Yankee shortstop and captain Derek Jeter concluded his storied career at Fenway Park, home of the Yankees’ fiercest rivals, the Boston Red Sox. In spite of that,...
View ArticleFear and Trust
Opinions were strongly divided last week when a young NFL player suddenly announced his retirement from pro football—citing concerns for the game’s possible impact on his long term health. Some...
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Fear Of Failure
Fear of failure is one of the most diabolical mindsets an athlete or team can have. We’ve all seen it, and we see it especially this late in the NFL season when there is so much at stake. As the...
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