SQJ Taipei

Those of you who know me personally (instead of digitally) and share my love of sports have probably heard me talk about the College World Series… hosted in my hometown of Omaha, Nebraska where the people are… friendly.
Here’s an article from ESPN that might help explain why it is such a great event… it isn’t [...]

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My goal was 40km.
Reaching that goal was seriously in doubt when, in my 2nd kilometer, I saw 2 dogs attacking a kitten. I have to admit that I really didn’t want to stop as I knew we couldn’t take another cat. We already have 1 which is probably twice as many as we should have.
However… [...]

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Long ago… on the detasseling crew… we’d eat bugs (mostly box-elder bugs) once in a while as part of our mind game strategy with the kids on our crew. It helped with discipline issues if they thought we were a little psycho.
But the most bugs I’ve ever eaten in my life was last Thursday night [...]

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www.sportsandenglish.com is now LIVE!
I’d like to see more pictures in the gallery… I’d like to have it translated in more places, but it seems ready for visitors.
 
The first Team Expansion Sports and English Camp was in the summer of 2006. I could not attend as we were in the USA at that time, [...]

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I had back surgery 2 months ago.
I’ve been trying to be a good patient. It is somewhat difficult here because you never know when what you are doing will be met with shock and horror by our Taiwanese friends.
Bananas… the PERFECT food, right?!?! One friend who shall remain nameless reminded me SEVERAL times how BAD [...]

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I’m a far bigger college football fan than a pro football fan… except for my beloved Pittsburgh Steelers.
Outside of the past 4 years, while Nebraska has played mostly sissy football, each team is known for tough defense, passionate play, overachieving, and crazy fans.
This Sunday, the Stillers have a chance to knock off the only remaining [...]

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Hopefully the nightmare is over!
Actually I *do* know that calling anything in college football a nightmare is shallow… but I’m gonna stick with that term for now.
I supported Frank Solich and Bill Callahan to the very end… because I’m a fan of the team and the school no matter who is the coach. Plus it [...]

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Bad day for all my teams.
Although I predicted that the 2nd most likely result would be a blowout Mizzou win… I’d rather be wrong than have my Huskers on the wrong end of a 41-6 game. NU’s defense was “as advertised” — bad. But NU’s offense was horrid… or MU’s D was great… not sure [...]

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Well last week’s game with ISU was one of the strangest games I’ve ever experienced. The initial look at the stats would lead one to believe that ISU had a chance… but the game really wasn’t in doubt. Because the NU offense and special teams either turned the ball over almost immediately OR scored very [...]

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Nothing like a game against Iowa State to cure what ails your favorite team.
I’m sure I’ll have to eat those words in a few hours after the Huskers allow several ISU players to look like All-Americans. That’s just the way it is going to be this year.
Although I keep trying to get really upset at [...]

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