Brother Jon,
Forget about it. The bottom line is, we need to live closer together. I imagine that will happen someday. If not, we’ll just have to do the best we can.
Now, about the Red Wings: Woohoo! That was an exciting final. Took me right back to seminary. Do you remember the time we listened to the game between the Wings and the Flyers on the radio because they wouldn’t show it on TV in Jackson?
You’ve inspired a hockey post. I don’t think I can manage a top-ten list, but here are some reasons that hockey is a great sport:
1. Whereas basketball players cry and get carried off in wheelchairs when they’re not even really hurt, hockey players don’t cry when they get their faces smashed in, and keep playing. Why? Because they’re hockey players.
2. Are there any better all-around athletes than hockey players? Speed, endurance, agility, amazing hand-eye coordination, and incredible toughness. Every skater has all of these things in high measure.
3. I imagine soccer is the only game that has more international participation. Pretty fun to listen to a game filled with names like “Datsyuk”, “Zetterberg”, “Malkin”, and “Dupuis”.
4. There is no other sport that will make Kiersten scream at the television like hockey will. Not even K-State basketball or football.
5. And last but not least: the beards, brother. The beards.
4 responses so far ↓
Lisa // June 10, 2008 at 1:30 pm |
I’m pretty sure that this post needs a picture of Kiersten yelling at the T.V.
Mandy // June 10, 2008 at 7:26 pm |
I agree with Lisa. We wanna see a picture of Kiersten.
Keith // July 16, 2008 at 6:36 pm |
Tennis has more international participation. (Can you name any hockey teams in Cyprus?)
But it’s not a team sport.
So.
Sean Brandt // July 26, 2008 at 4:21 pm |
No, that’s right, Keith. There are probably lots of sports that have more international participation than hockey does. A little too much hyperbole there, I expect.