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What do Dodgeball and Musical Chairs have in common?

Like most of us, Web Watch remembers the joys and the horrors of grade school gym class.

Remember that annual tradition of learning square dancing during the cold winter months?  Nobody liked doing that, but it was something for the gym teachers to foist upon their charges and hope for the best.

Anything was better than running laps, typically.  Square dancing wasn’t it.

Duck Duck Goose
Duck Duck Goose

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If you want to survive high school, don’t play lacrosse, soccer, or water polo

High school athletics are nothing to sneeze at.

For some, it’s a required part of the curriculum, intended to encourage healthy living and the strong development of young bodies still growing.

For others, it’s a way out of a podunk town and into a major university or professional career.

But if you participate in a solid high school sports program, there’s a good chance that you’ll end up hurt…. or even dead.

Lacrosse Street Sign
Lacrosse Street Sign

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The Dallas Cowboys are “America’s Team”. But who’s number two on the list?

It’s been oft-said that the DALLAS COWBOYS are “AMERICA’S TEAM”, at least when it comes to football.

The Atlanta Braves claimed the same title for themselves for their ubiquitousness of games seen nationally on SUPERSTATION TBS back in the day.

Dallas Cowboys Duck Tape
Dallas Cowboys Duck Tape

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Compare your SAT score to a celebrity’s SAT score

How well did you do on your SAT as you were applying for college?

For some, their SAT scores were pitiful – often discussed in subsequent college or job interviews by someone who “just doesn’t test well”.

Yes, the SAT can be a numbing experience, and there can be a lot of pressure on folks to do well as a lot of future plans rely on the SAT for advancing beyond mediocrity.

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Should the Washington Redskins change their team name?

Over the years, there has been more and more calls to the NFL and the Washington Redskins organization about the offensive name “Redskins” for the Washington team mascot.

Even President Barack Obama has voiced his opinion on the subject.

In the Game: Race, Identity, and Sports in the Twentieth Century
In the Game: Race, Identity, and Sports in the Twentieth Century

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Where do the NFL Fans Live?

Have you ever wondered where your favorite football team’s fanbase really was located?

Especially as we’re now in the middle of the Playoffs, sports-minded folks are singularly focused on one of the eight remaining NFL Playoff teams this season:

  • Carolina Panthers
  • San Francisco 49ers
  • San Diego Chargers
  • Denver Broncos
  • New Orleans Saints
  • Seattle Seahawks
  • Indianapolis Colts
  • New England Patriots

Run To The Playoffs (The Theme to Thursday Night Football)
Run To The Playoffs (The Theme to Thursday Night Football)

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Business insights learned from jumping on the Carolina Panthers bandwagon

With the Super Bowl around the corner, there are the usual suspects playing in this year’s playoffs: the Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, Denver Broncos… and the Carolina Panthers?

Seemingly forgotten as a viable team this year, the Panthers started off the season at 1-3 before going on a winning tear through their opponents – finishing the season at the top of their division, the number 2 seed in the conference, and with a first round bye.

Carolina Panthers Sir Purr Official NFL Football Mascot winter Dangle Hat
Carolina Panthers “Sir Purr”
Official NFL Football Mascot winter Dangle Hat
(listed at $600!)

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Who are the Worst Football Announcers on TV?

We all watch football every weekend, right?

And if not football every week, you at least watch the Super Bowl with your friends or family.  And who can’t remember the classic sounds of Howard Cosell calling a sporting event that big?  It was magic, wasn’t it?

Definitely memorable.

Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN
Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN