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Track & Field 2k21: Jesse Owens Invitational Recap
Ohio State's Emma Nwofor won the 100-meter hurdles at the Jesse Owens Invitational ... or was it the Jesse Owens Track Classic? It was referred to as both by its host, Ohio State. Whatever the meet was called, it was nice to see collegiate athletes competing on the campus of Ohio State for the first time since 2019, before our world was changed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Winners Only5 years ago in Unbalanced
In the shadow of Stalin
A Soviet fighter jet launches itself from the stand over the away team’s bench. Players warm up amid heavy artillery. Tanks patrol the car park and, legend has it, there’s a top secret metro line to the Kremlin down below. Amid the rusting military hardware there’s an eerie hum from a PA system long out of use. Welcome to Moscow’s forgotten stadium.
By Andy Potts5 years ago in Cleats
Hebburn Town's transformation
When Hebburn Town run out at Wembley on Monday in the FA Vase Final, it will be the latest memorable moment in a remarkable sporting turnaround. Less than five years ago, the Tyneside club was on the brink of collapse and the future seemed bleak.
By Andy Potts5 years ago in Cleats
Do I blame my coaches for my concussion issues/ My football career overview
I absolutely do not blame my coaches whatsoever, I greatly loved playing football and would do it all over again If I could. From the age of six until 20 my coaches were all incredible men. I hold a great deal of respect for them all and I chalk up my concussions issues to the way football was still being played in the 2000's. Having coached at a young age myself just after my own career ended, I got a first hand experience of just how difficult their job truly was. Back then the knowledge about concussions just wasn't there. ESPN was still promoting and airing football shows like "jacked up" that glorified big hits on the football field. The bigger the hit the bigger the excitement from your teammates. Best way to get a loud pop? Helmet to helmet. You could accomplish it with shoulder pads as well, but not quite as often. Becoming and being a harder hitter was something I strived a great deal towards when I played. I never accomplished being the hardest hitter on the team, but I like to think that I did a decent job improving as the years progressed, but with that came added concussions and issues stemming from them. I was truly blessed to have avoided any truly major physical injuries, besides the concussions, throughout the years, only missing one game I was eligible to play in due to a messed up knee my freshman year. I didn't know the issues that post concussions syndrome would cause me however after my career ended. I get asked a lot about how many concussions I suffered and played through and I truly don't know. I can say I've been knocked out roughly 3 or 4 times that I can remember. Most of the guys that I played with or against can recount a time they hit somebody and the lights went out for a moment or flickered momentarily. I can vividly remember one bad hit from my junior year, my teammate Cameron and I hit helmet to helmet during the Oklahoma drill and my lights went out and came back on like an old television coming back on. Strange colors and all. I had no clue the repercussions those hits would have on my life. Back then it was "you have a headache, quit being a puss and man up." Plus being a lineman we all made it a point to show how many battle marks we had on our helmets from the other teams we played. The more battle marks you had meant the harder you hit and the tougher you were essentially. It was like the captain C for youth/ high school football, you know the more battle marks the guy had the better he probably was going to be and the harder he was going to hit. Not always the case, but enough to say it applied 80% of the time.
By Cody DeWeever5 years ago in Unbalanced
