From the Cheap Seats
Ten helpful hints to making your loved ones’ athletic experience the best it can be.
March is one of my favorite months out of the year because spring sports across the Northwest get going and I'm a big spring sports fan. I participated in four of […]
Why Mike Riley’s departure from Oregon State is a win all the way around
It wasn't shocking news today that the University of Nebraksa plucked its next head coach from an Oregon college. The shocking news was that it wasn't former Cornhusker national-champion quarterback […]
Ditch baseball’s “unwritten rules” and help save the game
It should come as no surprise to the loyal readers of this blog that baseball is my favorite sport. That’s why it stings a little bit that baseball is becoming less […]
Go big or go home? Not so much when it comes to high school athletics…
Yes, i know, it's been awhile since I've written...spingtime/early summer is a very busy time for our family. One of the topics we often discussed in the car rides to […]
What the Sterling mess is really all about, and how we can learn from it
My apologies for not having written in awhile...vacations, a busy spring sports season and a case of writer's block have contributed to the absence. But along comes Donald Sterling, a […]
The return of “Paul’s Potpourri”…
One of my favorite column formats when I was an “ace cub reporter” as my stepdad called me was a few short graphs on several different subjects. I used to […]
Take advantage of the good weather…switch baseball and football in the PNW
BLOGGER'S NOTE - I have decided to discontinue the three-part "Little League Lessons" blog posts. The subject matter as well as the blog format make this topic not a good […]
Little League Lessons – How a boy realized his dream (and let it slip away) – Part 1 – The Beginning
This blog post is part one of a three-part story about baseball and a boy, and a girl, and a boy, and then several boys, and then eventually men and […]
A Super Blog post….offering my thoughts/prediction on the big game…
Ahh….Super Bowl 48…the battle of the irresistible force (Denver’s offense) vs. the immovable object (Seattle’s defense)…the collision course we saw coming at around Thanksgiving has finally come to a head […]
Size does matter…but $$$$ matters more and should be a factor in school classifications
The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) just completed its every-other-year mission of re-classifying schools based on their grade 10 - 12 enrollment. It has been doing this for quite some […]