by Michael Leppert | Apr 11, 2024 | Pop/Life, Sports
Standing on the 17th tee on Saturday, England’s Lottie Woad was one shot behind American golfer, Bailey Shoemaker in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Shoemaker had finished her bogey-free 66 about an hour earlier and was staying loose on the range in case anyone...
by Michael Leppert | Oct 1, 2021 | Politics/Government, Sports
I briefly considered writing about sports this week. Indiana University’s football team was expected to have a great season following last year’s breakout run. That hasn’t happened yet. The Colts are 0-3 and in the middle of a road-game heavy stretch...
by Michael Leppert | Sep 3, 2021 | Sports
The Baltimore Colts drafted John Elway with the first overall pick in the 1983 draft. He never bothered to even pack his bags for Baltimore, demanding to be traded before the dust even settled on the draft. His Hall of Fame career started and ended in Denver instead....
by Michael Leppert | Aug 6, 2021 | Pop/Life, Sports
Simone Biles is the greatest gymnast of all time. She had earned that rank before the Tokyo Olympics, and solidified it this week by merely adding a single bronze medal to her war chest. She had been favored to win the all around gold, but withdrew from the bulk of...
by Michael Leppert | Feb 5, 2021 | Pop/Life, Sports
Politics has had its turn, and villains seem to be everywhere. So, lets all take America back for one night and unite against a familiar villain, Tom Brady. For those of you who don’t have good enough reasons to root against the “greatest of all...
by Michael Leppert | Jul 19, 2019 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life, Sports
Sometimes timing is everything. I took my first trip to Europe last year, and it was a big deal to me. My wife and I used the study abroad program our youngest son was experiencing as an excuse to see Spain. It was not high on my list of must-sees, but the excuse was...
