Time to switch to a more personal sports experience: golf.   This is a sport I have personally played for many years.  Though not for everyone, it’s extremely popular. According to the National Golf Foundation, 25.1 million Americans played golf on a course in 2021, and a total of 36.9 million Americans played golf either on a… Read more

Did you know that in the official rules of Major League Baseball, the “swing” is not defined?  That’s right, one of the basic tenants of the game is basically left unexplained.  I’ll borrow a 2019 quote from Matt Snyder of CBS sports: “Now, for decades and decades, fans, players, media, umpires alike have come to… Read more

One of the world’s oldest organized team sports, and perhaps the world’s most popular, is soccer, or football, or futbol as it is called elsewhere.  To Americans, it does have one rather odd rule, regarding how the games are timed.  I refer specially to “Added Time”. “Added Time” or “Injury Time” or “Stoppage Time” – … Read more

An admission: I love football.  It is undoubtably my favorite.  My Dad played Div 1 college football, and we watched and were taught the game when we were very young.   I remember being mesmerized, watching whole games start to finish, when I was 5. It is also a very complex sport, with many rules and… Read more

Fresh off watching the excellent basketball at the Paris Olympics, it was interesting to see some of the rule changes in international basketball from the NBA and NCAA.  No goal tending after the ball touches the rim, the lack of the defensive 3 second rule, different game lengths, foul limits, ball size, and 3 point… Read more