Playing to win
At our newsroom Christmas party Tuesday afternoon, a collection of us ended up in a fairly interesting discussion, at least to me: In a pickup basketball game, or similar “low-level” athletic...
View ArticleLundy: Throw, talk, thwack
On my way to handball Friday afternoon, I saw a simple sight that, laugh if you want, always warms my heart and brings a smile to my face: Two people playing catch. For the record, to me “playing...
View ArticleBearing down
I’ve always loved sports, watching them as well as playing them (and coaching them), and there’s a collection of teams I’ve rooted for: – Rex Putnam High, which educated all five of us Lundeberg kids,...
View ArticleFootball/stubble season
My old-guy baseball team wrapped up sort of an interesting season Monday night, losing 6-4 to get swept in our league’s best-of-3 championship series. The interesting part was that we entered that game...
View ArticleOn motivation
Watching Washington State, previously winless in the Pac-10, thump heavily favored but woefully ineffective Oregon State in Corvallis on Saturday, one conclusion that could reasonably be reached was...
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Lundy: Thursday Top 7
To yours truly, the calendar basically became basketball season as soon as OSU lost to Oregon in the Civil War, and it officially became hoop season over the weekend when the Beavers drilled Arizona...
View ArticleLeave no doubt
Walked into the living room the other day to find one of my favorite movies on the television, “Remember the Titans.” Unfortunately, I came in just following my favorite scene, the one in which Coach...
View ArticlePieces of real sports
I was talking the other day to a friend whose daughter is a high school track and field athlete, which reminded me of a couple things: – The many meets I’d more or less joylessly and somewhat...
View ArticleAccepting human error
Unwinding on Thursday night with a bottle of Fat Tire and the Major League Baseball Network, I was reminded of something I have thought about a lot over the last 20 years or so: I just don’t like the...
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