I am 49 years old today. I have a lot to think about on  this , the beginning of my last year of being in my 40’s.  I count my blessings that I am in good health(Hope to be off the blood thinner Coumadin so I can play rugby next year), I am happily married, [...]

I confess that this week has found me more stressed out and in a much more foul mood than usual. I think between the stress involving my wife’s accident, financial costs related to it, the time crunch having to drive my wife to multiple appointments every day, very busy and stressful evenings at work, and [...]

After my previous downer posting, I thought that I should comment on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to add golf(no real surpise) and rugby 7’s to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games that will be held in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. The final yes vote was a very pleasant surprise to me-Interestingly enough, rugby actually [...]

Wow….It has been awhile since I have been able to blog. it’s not for a lack of news in the world of the Oval ball:Rugby was added as an official sport in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. (The Seven’s version of the game), we had the first weekend of Heineken Cup matches this weekend(with [...]

Awhile back I did a posting about Maanihera, the young man from New Zealand for whom I am his AFS Liaison. Well, Maani made the sports section of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The young man who is a flanker playing rugby back in the North Island is among the leaders in the state of Minnesota [...]

Way back when I signed up for vacation time for 2009 with my job at the VA Medical Center, I had hoped to play in the Aspen Ruggerfest in September. More than a few members of my Metropolis Rugby club have been out there, and they assured me that a good time is had [...]

This past weekend I took part in another one of those most American of activities: My high school reunion. In my case, it was my 30 year high school reunion of the class of 1979 from Cooper High School, in New Hope, Minnesota.
My class was the last of what was called “The Baby Boomers”, [...]

Here in Minnesota, the winters are long and cold. It’s nice the good folks at Gilbert were able to come out with specially designed rugby ball for those rugby matches in the snow, ice and cold.
It has the extra advantage of making purring noises and cuddling with you after the game-win or lose. You also [...]

It’s been a very good last couple of days for sports fans in Argentina, after the soccer (Futbol) team losing last week at Asuncion to Paraguay. Yesterday, Juan Martin del Potro shocked the formidable Swiss, Roger Federer to win the US Open, but just as big was the announcement from SANZAR (South Africa, New [...]

With Saturday’s 32-29 win over the All Blacks, in Hamilton New Zealand,  South African Rugby ran the table with it’s third triumph out of three tries:  The Blue Bulls winning the Super 14, The Springboks winning the series against the touring British Lions, and now they have won their third Tri-Nations trophy. It’s been a [...]