Archive for September 2006
Al Saunders: Why He’s So Good at What He Does
Posted by: mindoversports on: September 16, 2006
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Washington Redskins Head Coach Joe Gibbs made a wise choice when he decided to hand off the play calling to his new offensive coordinator, Al Saunders. Saunders ran the Kansas City Chiefs’ offense from 2001-2005 and according to USA Today: “Over the last four years, no team scored more points than the Chiefs.” One of [...]
How Anna Benson Helped The Mets
Posted by: mindoversports on: September 15, 2006
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A sports columnist for USA Today recently wrote about The New York Mets and why they are in first place, but focused on the wrong issue: their pitchers. It isn’t the pitchers that should be receiving attention, but rather Anna Benson, wife of pitcher Kris Benson. Last year, when the former stripper went public about [...]
Going Long for Jesus
Posted by: mindoversports on: September 15, 2006
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I recently came across an article on the Internet called “Going Long For Jesus” that was written by Tom Krattenmaker. It is essentially about how pro football and basketball teams are hiring “Team Chaplains” who are Evangelicals and who are bringing to the locker rooms a potentially divisive brand of conservative Christianity, and how these [...]
Cubans and Major League Baseball
Posted by: mindoversports on: September 15, 2006
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A story in USA Today not long ago pointed out that when Cuban baseball players defect from their homeland and come to America, their performance levels drop. One of the reasons (in fact, it could be THE reason) is that many of them leave their families behind and are constantly concerned about their safety. A [...]
Coaches Who Get In the Faces of Their Athletes
Posted by: mindoversports on: September 15, 2006
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Some parents have told me that they’re concerned about how a coach’s behavior might damage their child’s psyche, but based on my experience, it will have little or no effect if that child is coming from a loving, nurturing home environment. But if that child isn’t getting love and nurturing at home, and has a [...]
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