Archive for March, 2011



RISING STARS IN COLLEGE COACHING SHARE SIMILAR TRAITS

Sam Obitz / March 31st, 2011 / No Comments »

Brad Stevens of Butler, Shaka Smart of Virginia Commonwealth and Chip Kelly of Oregon are arguably the three hottest coaches in major collegiate sports right now. Stevens lead Butler to the 2010 Championship final in basketball and Kelly led Oregon

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TALENT, STEROIDS AND CHARACTER

Sam Obitz / March 23rd, 2011 / No Comments »

With Barry Bonds’ perjury trial relating to his use of steroids at the front and center of this week’s news, I figured it would be a good time to wade into this problem. Successes that are earned through your own personal

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DEPRESSION MAY BE A BIGGER THREAT TO SERENA WILLIAMS THAN PHYSICAL AILMENTS

Sam Obitz / March 17th, 2011 / No Comments »

Clearly Serena Williams has gone through a lot in the past year and a half. From the confrontation with a line judge at the US Open, to cutting her foot on glass last summer, (and the two surgeries that followed),

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CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS: WHY ARE THERE SO MANY UPSETS EVERY YEAR?

Sam Obitz / March 9th, 2011 / No Comments »

Obviously there is no single reason that applies to all the upsets we see. One common denominator is that some of the teams that finish in the lower half of their conference begin to gel and play their best basketball

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WHY DO GIMMICK PRODUCTS SEEM TO WORK FOR SOME PEOPLE?

Sam Obitz / March 3rd, 2011 / No Comments »

Whether it’s the snake oil of days gone by, the modern day Power Balance bracelets or Phiten titanium necklaces, people are always trying to get an edge. Occasionally people will get results from these products, but it has nothing to

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