Last week, when Brigham Young University suspended Brandon Davies from its basketball team for having sex with his girlfriend, many nodded in approval. For good reason. In fact, if there were a class on Good Discipline 101, BYU would be at the head of it. After all, the university -…  [more]

Did you see yourself in any of this year’s Super Bowl commercials? Because advertisers are trying to give us what we want - or convince us we want something - their commercials often work like mirrors. When we look into them, we can see the people that (advertisers think) we…  [more]

It’s been a rough year for quarterbacks in the NFL. Jay Cutler of the Chicago Bears and Kevin Kolb of the Philadelphia Eagles have each already missed games because of concussions. David Garrard of the Jacksonville Jaguars will be out this Sunday and Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers…  [more]

As a Chicago Bears fan, it pains me to admit that one rival Green Bay Packer has inspired me to think. Recently, ESPN the Magazine ran a fascinating profile of Aaron Rodgers that focused on the quarterback’s “scars of disappointment.” Though now one of the NFL’s most widely respected starters,…  [more]

I'm a sucker for the Olympics.  I'm not sure why, but for several weeks every two years my evenings consist of my wife and I sitting on the couch and watching an evening full of events.  Like every Olympic year, NBC rolls out a whole shlew of stories featuring athletes…  [more]