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: Sports
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
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
March Madness
Think about the things in life that you used to live for, but now you just can’t bring yourself to care about
1990s Professional Sports Jerseys: An Appreciation
The 1990s were a golden era of expansion, with all three major sports leagues adding teams. Unlike the Westward expansion
80s Baby 