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Posts Tagged ‘Sports’
Gossip Boy
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Gossip, gossip, gossip. It’s what girls do, right? Wrong. Just like the inaccurate “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned,” (remember which gender usually says “If I can’t have her, nobody will”), there is the equally inaccurate “gossip like an old lady”. Who gossips more than anyone? Men do. But they call it “sports talk”. (more…)
Tags: men and sports, men over 40, Sports, sports commentators, sports radio, Super Bowl, why do men talk sports, women over 40
Posted in Socializing, Sports | 1 Comment »
Cultural Differences
Friday, January 20th, 2012
I don’t hate sports. Yes, I know many of my readers think I do, because I’ve railed against the high cost of college athletics, the public financing of sports arenas and so on. But I really like some sports. In fact, I spent Sunday afternoon watching the movie “Eddie” where Whoppie Goldberg – a rabid Knicks fan – gets the job as their head coach. Okay; not the same as watching a game, but the point is, I really enjoyed the basketball scenes and it made me remember all the bball games I’ve attended – and loved. Hey, I was a cheerleader for about 100 years. So, what’s my problem with sports? I don’t have one. My problem is with the culture of sports. And that is a whole ‘nother story. (more…)
Tags: athletes as heros, men over 40, Sports, the culture of sports, violence in sports, women, women over 40
Posted in Sports | 5 Comments »
Rules were made to be. . .
Saturday, November 12th, 2011
Girls follow the rules. Boys don’t. When you were a kid, following the rules meant you’d be rewarded . . . I think they called it being a “teacher’s pet”. Growing up, we women over 40 were praised for being “little ladies” while those bad, bad boys had to stay after school. But, boys played sports so they had coaches, and when you play sports you’re taught to break rules – as long as you can get away with it – because the most important thing is winning. Just ask Joe Paterno. (more…)
Tags: equal pay for equal work, fairness in the work place, female whining, following the rules, joe paterno, men over 40, pay equity, rules, Sports, team work, women over 40, work equity
Posted in Career | 17 Comments »
One, Two, Three Strikes You’re Bored
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
Is there anything more boring than baseball? I truly doubt it. Maybe you didn’t have to listen to baseball non-stop when you were a kid, forced to keep quiet on the weekly one hour drive to Jersey City while your father listened intently to the play by play and cursed the missed catches, strike outs and bad calls. My dad, Ang was actually more entertaining than the pontificating sportscasters who filled in the interminable dead time between the rare excitement of a hit with even deader time. You know, even writing about this is boring me. Which brings me to my point: why are we subjected to baseball (and every other possible sport) when we go out to eat? (more…)
Tags: Babedom, baseball, beyond babedom, dinner without sports, listening to sports, men over 40, people who don't like sports, Sports, sports in restaurants, women over 40
Posted in My Pet Peeves | No Comments »
Stop Spending My Money on Sports
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
You think colleges are for providing higher education? Grow up. These days, their real job is to provide entertainment for the masses of sports fanatics and spend billions of dollars on coaches, stadiums and players. . . who, quite often, don’t graduate (or “pass” without ever having to go to class).
The numbers are ridiculous. Hundreds of millions are spent on new stadiums. The football coach at U.S.C. makes over $4 million a year while (more…)
Tags: athletics, college athletics, high school, how much does Rutgers spend on athletics, men over 40, professional sports, Sports, stadiums, tax money for building stadiums, the cost of college sports programs, women over 40
Posted in My Pet Peeves, Sports | 2 Comments »
