An advice column for people who live with people who live for sports
Dear Readers, I’m thankful to everyone who has read, commented, asked a question, signed up for our email list or followed us on Twitter or Facebook, or otherwise supported Dear Sports Fan this year. Writing this blog has been a really great part of my year. I hope everyone has a wonderful day today whether … Continue reading “Happy Thanksgiving! How to Enjoy the Football as much as the Food”
As a companion to the recent post on why football is a special part of Thanksgiving for many sports fans, I’m going to explain some of the plot points of the three Thanksgiving day football games this year. Game 1 — Packers at Lions, 12:30 on Fox Game 2 — Raiders at Cowboys, 4:30 on CBS Game … Continue reading “Plot in Football, Thanksgiving Edition: Steelers at Ravens”
As a companion to the recent post on why football is a special part of Thanksgiving for many sports fans, I’m going to explain some of the plot points of the three Thanksgiving day football games this year. Game 1 — Packers at Lions, 12:30 on Fox Game 2 — Raiders at Cowboys, 4:30 on CBS Game … Continue reading “Plot in Football, Thanksgiving Edition: Raiders at Cowboys”
As a companion to the recent post on why football is a special part of Thanksgiving for many sports fans, I’m going to explain some of the plot points of the three Thanksgiving day football games this year. Game 1 — Packers at Lions, 12:30 on Fox Game 2 — Raiders at Cowboys, 4:30 on CBS Game … Continue reading “Plot in Football, Thanksgiving Edition: Packers at Lions”
As a companion to this post on why football is a special part of Thanksgiving for many sports fans, I’m going to explain some of the plot points of the three Thanksgiving day football games this year. Game 1 — Packers at Lions, 12:30 on Fox Game 2 — Raiders at Cowboys, 4:30 on CBS Game … Continue reading “Thanksgiving's Three Fs: Family, Food, and Football”
Race and basketball in America are inextricably linked. Of the four (or five) major sports leagues in the United States, the NBA is the most predominantly black league. This past weekend was the NBA All-Star game, a festivity that two of my favorite NBA writers, David Aldridge and Michael Wilbon, got in trouble for calling … Continue reading “Race and Basketball in the New York Times”
Dear Sports Fan, What’s up with the NFL football game on Christmas Eve and the five freaking NBA basketball games on Christmas Day? Are sports trying to ruin Christmas? Thanks, Bonnie Dear Bonnie, Sports leagues aren’t trying to ruin Christmas, but they are trying to profit off of them. At least, the National Basketball Association (NBA) is. … Continue reading “Are sports trying to ruin Christmas?”
Sports talk is frequently used as a common language but it’s far from universal. If you’re someone who doesn’t follow or even understand sports, you can find yourself at a disadvantage in common small-talk situations like in an elevator, waiting for a bus, sitting at a bar, or around the proverbial water cooler at work. Even if … Continue reading “One line to fool them all – 11.29.15”
If you are a sports fan or if you live with a sports fan then your weekly schedule becomes inextricably linked with what sporting events are on at what times during each week. The conflict between missing a sporting event for a poorly committed to social event and missing an appealing social event to watch a game is an important balancing act … Continue reading “How to plan for the week of Nov 23-29, 2015”
One of the most disconcerting aspects of traveling to a country whose language you don’t know is how the most commonplace things become indecipherable. Ask a stranger for directions and she may think to explain tricky vocabulary but she’ll almost never think to describe whether the place she just referred to is a city, train … Continue reading “What's special about the Dallas Cowboys?”
