Do you ever think on something that you do constantly and ask yourself “why do I even bother”? Well believe it or not many of us do little things that we think is productive but it turns out to be merely an activity and not the purpose that we set out to accomplish. A great example of this that I can personally remember deals with athletics and more specifically: athlete parents. I had the privilege of teen-sitting my girlfriend’s daughter for a week and being that she’s a little warrior I was made to play athlete parent for her cross country event. While out there I did a bit of people watching and literally shook my head at some of the people I saw running (or trying to run) with their kids, screaming like maniacs and trying their best to motivate them as they ran the course to improve their time. When the race was… [Read more]

It’s funny how timing can tie two separate events. But last week, we saw the re-emergence of not one, but two, pro athletes looking to return to their craft. The return of one, Terrell Owens from an offseason injury, was expected. The return of the other, Allen Iverson from a season abroad, not so much. While a few of the details of their careers are as different as the sports they play, their pro lives have actually been eerily similar. AI’s journey began as a Virginia prep star in both football and basketball, where his bigger-than-life play dwarfed his diminutive stature. After being recruited by John Thompson, he chose to attend Georgetown for hoops, where he garnered Big East Rookie of the Year and two Defensive Player of the Year awards during his two years on campus. He then declared for the 1996 NBA Draft and was taken with the #1 pick by the Philadelphia… [Read more]

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Fellas, if you have a beautiful wife with twins – you may not want to be sneaking off into dorm rooms to dip your chips in some sour cream from next door… you get me? In June 2010, the New York Post reported that ex-Giants Running Back Tiki Barber (the dude with the 5-mile grin) was out of money and unable to pay his divorce settlement with his ex- wife. Now we learn that Tiki Barber will be returning to the NFL in order to cash in on a much-needed payday after going insane and letting his dick take over for his brain (was the booty THAT good Tiki?) I am not sure how well this will work out for Tiki as fans have booed him recently after he made some remarks about the Giants organization and Eli Manning. Tiki has a big mouth, and he apparently is a hardcore victim of “black man’s kryptonite”… [Read more]

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My name is Greg Dragon and I have Alpha Privelege. Having said that, you readers may be wondering what I mean by alpha privilege. Well alpha privilege is a state of being in a place where you are the least likely to get tried by anyone to fight and being the most likely to be picked by a woman for relations. While I do not claim to have both of these attributes, I will say that more often than not people back down from me if i am imposing enough and I have not had many issues with getting in relationships. Most guys won’t admit to having alpha privilege just like most men won’t admit to having male privilege. Denying one’s privilege seems to stem from the attitude that having privilege and admitting to it means that somehow you are cheating the game or you are given a free pass. People are born into privilege… [Read more]

If you were to ask me to define motivation, I would say that motivation is a methodology of psyching oneself out in order to stay the course in whatever one’s objective may be. When you think of the athlete that has to make the big play or the business man that has to go in there and convince the bank to give him a loan for his dream to come true, you can kind of envision those guys in the bathroom looking in the mirror telling themselves “you’re the greatest, you’re the greatest, you’re the greatest,  you can do it” etc. but it’s all the same because what they’re actually doing is psyching themselves out and letting themselves believe that they are the greatest, even though they may not be as great as someone else. Still, they need to believe that they are the greatest in that particular moment, in order to go out there… [Read more]

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Is it worth it to tarnish your name as a woman by going after an athlete that has given you “the business”? I am baffled by the random Barbie dolls who pop up every other month to oust a celebrity. The reason I am baffled is because I cannot imagine any amount of money that would make up for the reputation that you get as a Monica Lewinsky, a Rachel Uchitel and a Karla Knafel? Lets not forget Super Head Karrine Steffans who mastered the game of split n snitch… I mean honestly what do you get? A boatload of money which probably makes you more prostitute than anything else, the ridicule of the world (and bloggers like myself), unwanted cheers and jeers, and a legacy as a slut to anyone that can remember your name. Can you believe I forgot Monica Lewinsky’s name while writing this? thank you Google! We always go at the… [Read more]

For those of you who are not in the know, a LARP is a Live Action Role Player aka a nerd (many are female) who plays out an adventure using props, swords and armor. Yes people do this… This past weekend on my ritual sprint session, a couple friends of mine experienced LARPing for the first time and their reactions were shall I say entertaining? The huge field around which the 5k track ran is normally a place for people who wish to play soccer, walk dogs or attempt the picnic thing. On the day that we went however it was beyond hot and the park was empty except for 14 people with plastic swords, staves and shields running around in what I assumed was a form of melee. Question for the LARPs So being a huge fan of Sword and Sorcery (even the 100% white Middle Earth) and a former desktop Advanced Dungeons and… [Read more]

Starting a gym can be as intimidating as walking out of your house butt naked and many times folks fall into the same newbie pitfalls that brings unsolicited attention to them, and makes it worse in the long run. Prior to going into the gym I would advise you to find a good resource whether it’s through a gym rat friend (of the same sex), online or in a fitness magazine. Read and learn a bit about gym routines, what they are made to do and structure a plan based on it – this is if you want to avoid the price (and general trial/error of scoring a good one) a personal trainer costs. When you have your plan together, go into the gym and take it slowly and work your way up. If you have never been to a gym before, pull aside one of the monkeys working there (the border people in all… [Read more]