Several years ago, when I was the volunteer rugby coach at New Mexico State University, I was approached by a young man after practice who said he was interested in playing rugby. He explained that he was still in high school, but would be coming to NMSU in the fall and asked if I couldContinue reading “Giving someone a chance…”
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They aren’t doing the Haka in Hatch
As a rugby player and coach for many years, I learned about the New Zealand tradition of performing the Maori warrior Haka dance before matches. The dance, which involves the players standing in a semi-circle facing their opponent, is performed prior to the start of the game as a way of intimidating the other team.Continue reading “They aren’t doing the Haka in Hatch”
Beyond Kiss-Cam…
I never cease to amazed at how fans at various sporting events clamor to grab t-shirts, mini footballs, baseballs and other trinkets tossed into the stands during breaks in the action. I’ve long suspected that if a cute cheerleader with a bucket of dead rotting fish started throwing them into the stands, fans would fallContinue reading “Beyond Kiss-Cam…”
A World Series gem it wasn’t…
My wife and I try to make a few NMSU Aggie baseball games each spring. This year has been a little harder than usual because the wind gods seemed to show up on several of the nights we were thinking of attending at game at Presley Askew field. The wind at one game that weContinue reading “A World Series gem it wasn’t…”
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