Sports
Baseball Bible Bobbleheads, June 02, 2004
I really don't know what to say about this:The Nashville Sounds, who received national recognition and widespread positive response throughout Middle Tennessee last year by organizing the first Christian-based sales program in professional baseball, have added three unique collectible giveaways...
Anticipation, April 28, 2004
I may be blogging a bit less in the future - yesterday I ordered and paid for a new road bike, a Trek 2100, which I purchased from Allanti!, a fine bicyle shop in Brentwood, Tenn. I haven't had a...
Hero, April 23, 2004
Pat Tillman, 1976-2004...
Gone in 62 Seconds, March 22, 2004
It's gone. Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium, where I watched probably 30 or more Phillies games back when I was growing up in the Philadelphia suburbs, was imploded Sunday in a 62-second series of demolition explosions. The Philadelphia Inquirer has nice photo...
The Open Road, March 17, 2004
Are you a blogger and an avid bicyclist? I'm looking for you to become a contributor to Open Road, a new blog about bicycling that I'm launching here at www.billhobbs.com. It will be hosted, temporarily, as a subdomain of my...
Bicycle Bloggers, March 10, 2004
I'm buying a new bike this month - click the picture to see which one - and after a four-year hiatus from regular road cycling, I intend to prepare over the next couple of years to eventually ride across the...
Blogs in the News: Baseball, Blogads and More, March 08, 2004
Reporter Michael Silence of the Knoxville News Sentinel is one reporter who understands blogging and writes about it intelligently. He's back with two more stories today. This one offers brief profiles of some East Tennessee bloggers. (For my non-Tennessee readers,...
Football Economics, February 02, 2004
This is not your typical Super Bowl story. Fascinating even if you think economics is boring....
Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet, January 15, 2004
If you like baseball and like country music - and I do - you might be interested in a new book, Baseball and Country Music, by Don Cusic, a music business professor, songwriter and country music historian in Nashville. It...
Next Year, January 10, 2004
Thanks for a great season, guys. No complaints here. You'll get 'em next year....
Go Packers., January 09, 2004
I grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, a big Eagles fan. Ron Jaworski, Harold Carmichael. Wilbert Montgomery, and then, later, Randall Cunningham, Cris Carter, and Buddy Ryan's awesome defense. Now I live in Nashville and root for the Tennessee...
How to Fix the BCS, January 06, 2004
Okay, admittedly I'm wading into a controversy waaaay outside my area of expertise. I don't spend all day mulling college football and debating the pros and cons of the bowl system versus a playoff, or exploring the intracacies of the...
And Deservedly So, January 03, 2004
The toughest quarterback in the NFL has finally won the MVP award. Congratulations, Tennessee Titans QB Steve McNair....
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