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Nerds RULE!
I grew up in a town that really valued its athletes. Okay, so it wasn’t all Friday Night Lights and stuff. It wasn’t Texas. But still, it was stereotypically lame in that jocks/athletes were the cool kids and the real studious academics were, well, they were nerds. Teachers were notoriously pressured to give star athletes passing grads so they could still play in the big game. You know, crap like that.
I hate that. I hate that athletics are the cool thing to do and joining up with the audio visual club is a role Anthony Michael hall perfected in all the excellent 80′s romantic comedies.
You won’t catch me urging my son to try out for the football team. Screw that. In fact, that scares the hell out of me. What with all the head and neck injuries and kids dying on fields from over-exertion. Ain’t but a precious few kids making a career out of football, anyway. Continue reading »
A kid from Indiana moves to Louisiana. So when his school says wear your football gear in place of your uniform, is it any surprise he picked his Indianapolis Colts jersey?
Apparently it was for school staff – they called senior Brandon Frost into the office and gave him a dressing down for showing up in blue and white instead of celebrating the New Orleans Saints. Then they told him take it off or go home. Continue reading »
All the world’s a stage, but a new study says stage parents are the reason kids abandon their passions.
Looking at musicians and athletes ranging from six to thirty-eight, researchers at the University of Montreal wanted to determine how much autonomy kids should have in pursuing their hobbies.
The result? Continue reading »
She orders around two little boys at home, so it’s no surprise Sarah Thomas became the first woman to ref a college bowl game this week. She’s good at what she does.
The mother of Bridley and Brady has been making a name for herself in recent years doing things her son’s have an automatic right to based simply on their gender. Thomas has gotten there based on her skills and her talent. Continue reading »
When teen honor student Mackenzie McCollum got pregnant, she figured she’d work out the stress on the volleyball court. Then her school kicked her off the team.
Thanks to a mom who isn’t going to take the discrimination case lying down, McCollum’s Texas’ high school is under investigation for violating Title IX, which guarantees pregnant athletes protection under the law. Continue reading »
Wayne Rooney may be one of the England’s most celebrated soccer stars. He’s still a bit of a jerk.
Rooney told Sky News this week that he’s proud to be a dad, but ten days into the life of baby Kai, he still hasn’t changed one diaper. Continue reading »
The way it stands now, the Boston Bruins are eleventh in the eastern conference. Maybe they need to sign nine-year-old Oliver Wahlstrom.
The PeeWee hockey player made an amazing goal this week in a TD Bank 1-on-1 challenge – picking up the puck with his stick, spinning and shooting it around the goalie and into the net. Continue reading »
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