Look around you, take it in. Just look, please, just look. Peak out the window, step outside; marvel at whatever nature is presenting. The golden splotched tree leaves fluttering in the breeze, cars passing by on the freeway, animals grazing a swatch of pastureland. Maybe it’s none of those. But you don’t need me to […]
Continue ReadingGrit. It’s what drove a team that lost seven of their last nine games in 2015 into one that was 90 minutes away from playing on the national stage. It’s what turned skeptics – outsiders who discarded a Cougar team with 17 freshman and a rookie coaching staff at the collegiate level – into believers. […]
Continue ReadingWith a rookie head coach and a roster consisted of 17 freshman, expectations at the beginning of the season were relatively unknown for FCC men’s soccer. After all, they were fresh off a pedestrian 9-8 season. How could things possibly get better with an untested head coach and a team that lacks overall experience? Statements that cast […]
Continue ReadingSitting in the post-game presser before stumped reporters, Buck Showalter was engulfed by the one confounding question that baffled millions of baseball fans in Orioles’ 5-2 loss in the American League Wild Card game on Tuesday night. Why didn’t he pick up the phone and call Zach Britton’s number? Why was baseball’s most dominant reliever […]
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