• NFL: Who Will Win This Sunday – Atlanta or Pittsburg?

    NFL: Who Will Win This Sunday – Atlanta or Pittsburg?

    We are five games into the NFL season, and both the Pittsburg Steelers and the Atlanta Falcons only have one win each.  What’s interested is that these two teams play each other this Sunday.  Many have predicted that these two teams would play each other in the Super Bowl on February 3, but that’s unlikely to…

  • Is There a Specific Age When an Athlete Should Retire?

    Is There a Specific Age When an Athlete Should Retire?

    NHL Forward Scott Hartnell has announced his retirement after playing for 17 seasons.  That’s an incredibly long career.  Especially for an athlete.  It’s certainly more common these days, and the sport itself can dictate some of that as well, but overall, it’s still seen as lengthy.  Hartnell posted this news on Twitter, just a few…

  • MLB: How Are Foreign Players Actually “Recruited”?

    MLB: How Are Foreign Players Actually “Recruited”?

    It’s well known that Major League Baseball gets a lot of its talent from Latin America, and more specifically Cuba.  Baseball is unique in the way that it recruits players.  Or maybe it’s not, but it’s certainly one that seems a bit unstructured. They do get players from the NCAA, but a fair bit of…