Classic: Do you have the same name as an athlete?
Does sports need dominance?
Wall Street Journal
We forget how invigorating a dominant team or player can be. We're all conditioned by the parity-obsessed NFL to think it's awesome that anyone could beat anyone on Any Given Sunday. But sometimes it's better if the nobodies get smushed. We're amid an extended, fickle era of champions—of the past 10 titles in the NFL, NHL, MLB and NBA, there have only been two back-to-back winners, the Lakers in '08-'09 and '09-'10, and the '03-'04 Patriots. Forty possible titles have been won by 30 teams (thanks to the Lakers and San Antonio Spurs, the NBA has done the least sharing). Does anyone feel we're living in indelible, dynastic sports times? Years from now, is anyone going to prop a grandchild on his or her knee and say, "Let me tell you about the five years I saw the Angels, Marlins, Red Sox, White Sox and Cardinals win the World Series"?
It doesn't get much better than wathing your kids have fun and find success in sports.
Peyton
Peyton's soccer team rallied with two goals in the final 90-seconds to win Sunday.
The game winner was scored seconds before the final whistle sounded.
I will admit I jumped out of my seat and threw a fist into the air. I think I might be the same guy that a decade ago described soccer as a "communist plot designed to chip away at the very foundation of this country".
