Sports Illustrated in the 1980s
I owe my childhood football, basketball, and baseball fandom to growing up in Ohio, where sports allegiance is a food
Category: Fashion
Baggy Suits and Rayon Shirts
Last Monday I went to the barber shop to get my hair cut and the televisions in the shop were
My Weird Collection of Favorite Childhood Athletes
I grew up during a golden era for the big three professional sports leagues. My childhood coincided with the primes
Singled Out: A Problematic Fave
For today’s final entry in Game Show week I’m fast forwarding a few years to the halcyon days of 1996,
Major League Baseball Players Who Looked Like Your Weird Uncle
I was born in 1980, and started following the Cleveland Indians when I was six. Like most boys who grew
Greatest Nintendo Games of All Time (According to Me): Baseball Stars
(Happy birthday to my younger sister Melissa! Congratulations on making it to adulthood in one piece after I spent years
The Pinnacle of 1990s Fashion and Music: Starter Jerseys and Kris Kross
I nearly subtitled this “a meditation on being white and 12 in suburban Ohio,” but I feel like that’s already
Local Athlete Branded Fast Food
One of my favorite things is regional fast food variation. A lot of people have dream vacation destinations; I have
Indoor Soccer and Final Fight
Soccer came to South Amherst, Ohio in 1985 and my parents signed me up for it. It was the first
Fashionable (12 Year Old) Male
Late 1980s through mid 1990s mall culture was very important to me (if you’d like to read more mall memories from me,
