Lebron James did what he wanted to do, in the way he felt it should be done. Big deal. His departure gave us a chance to hear him, see him and get a better sense of who he is as a human being. While he spoke, was sort of interviewed, he looked entirely uncomfortable, except when he [...]
July 12, 2010
Categories: Thoughts on Life, sports . Tags: basketball, Lebron James, NBA . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIYejgkqd0o This is a new Nike commercial that utilizes Tiger Wood’s dead father’s voice in the background, Tiger’s sad face and a message re. his most recent infidelity. Quite frankly, it is nauseating. C’mon Tiger. Nike exists to make money. If they can increase their profits by using dead people in their advertisements, or allowing a celebrity [...]
April 7, 2010
Categories: Humanity, sports . Tags: Commercials. Nike running shoes, Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods and Nike . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
Tiger Woods is a man who likely has a hard time being himself. He has been a showman all his life; he has been watched, studied and idolized. Inevitably he had to have moved into that role. So today when he apologized to pretty much the entire universe, cosmos and more, there was something about it [...]
February 19, 2010
Categories: Humanity, Simple Ideas, sports . Tags: Tiger Woods, journlism, Tiger Woods apologizes . Author: avrum . Comments: 2 Comments
What eventually happens to a fellow like Wayne Gretzky, a hockey player who put up more than 200 points in a few seasons, secured more points (2857) than any other player, and generally is considered to be one of the finest hockey players who ever lived? What does a Gretzky or more specifically Wayne do once his [...]
September 25, 2009
Categories: sports . Tags: Albert Einstein, Neil Armstrong, NHL, State of Israel, Wayne Gretzky . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment