Here is my first ever YouTube uploaded video. This was taken with my new point-and-shoot Casio Exilim S880 (More on this later).

The wife and I headed down to West Lafayette to watch The Ohio State Buckeyes take on the Purdue Boiler Makers. The near shut out ended in a 23-7 OSU victory. The smallish stadium was packed with OSU fans evidenced by the sea of scarlet. On the walk in a Purdue fan glanced in our direction and muttered to his friend “Is this a Purdue home game?”.

While I am not sure why the Dallas Cowboys need a new stadium this thing is incredible.

(hat tip: Wakley)

While I am not a huge baseball fan (I reserve my fanatical attention to a sport with wheels) I do live on the north side of Chicago which by default makes me a Cubs fan. Living 4 blocks away from Wrigley Field places me amongst some pretty hardcore fans. Evidenced last night with the hanging of a sacrificial goat (warning: graphic) from the Harry Caray statue to rid ourselves of the Curse of the Billy Goat. It appears the CPD had fun cutting it down as well.

I love sporting extremism.

Update: Well the goat didn’t work.

I was quite shocked to hear of Collin McRae’s passing today. The World Rally Champion (WRC) legend crashed in his Squirrel helicopter in a field near his home in Scotland. It appears as though his son and other guests have all perished in the accident. It is just so ironic how these types of accidents happen to people that earn a living in such a high risk profession. For those of you not familiar with WRC here is a video of the motorsport; a tribute to McRae.
Update: Helicopters are trouble as of late. Prodrive chief executive David Richards had to crash land his helicopter.

It’s a whole other ball game now.

After putting in long hours to get through a tough week the wife and I played host to a former coworker, Stark and his three friends from Ohio. The weekend started out a little rough with an unbelievable thunderstorm for this time of year (on may way home I witnessed a guy get knocked off his bike by a strong wind burst). Once the guys navigated through the storm, threw down their gear, we headed out to a local watering hole, Kincades for a lengthy Lite session. The next day entailed a limo ride to Evanston to watch the Buckeye’s beat the pants off of the Northwestern Wildcats. It is always fun to walk into a stadium that is overcome with a sea of red chanting O-H-I-O. Game ended (more…)

ESPN zoom Gallery of the French Open. Phenomenal photos presented in a fantastic slide show presentation.

What a tough day for Lefty, Phil Michelson. As not to be overlooked, Monty and Furyk also blew up on the last few holes but Phil’s demise is inexcusable. ESPN’s Gene Wo. really hit the nail on the head with his harsh commentary of the blowup on the final hole of Winged Foot. Phil’s lack of mental toughness is a lesson for all of us – never think it is over until it is over (where was the fat lady). This lack of concentration that Phil found is what separates Tiger Woods from Lefty.