By: Jeffrey Newholm Much discussion has been made about notable defections from the US men's Olympic basketball team. The women's...

By: Jeffrey Newholm It was the situation baseball diehards dream about. Tie game. Bottom of the ninth. Winning run on...

By: Jeffrey Newholm In the classic musical Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie faces a lot of adversity in his...

By: Jeffrey Newholm Competition. It's held up as an ideal in our capitalistic economic structure. It's what drives us to...

By: Jeffrey Newholm Golden State was the team that set the NBA on fire. They were, without hyperbole, called the...

By: Jeffrey Newholm An old saying in life is that "there are no shortcuts to any place worth going". This...

By: Jeffrey Newholm Every year in sports, new champions are crowned and new records are set. The setting of a...

By: Jeffrey Newholm In the well-known window scene in Shakespeare's classic Romeo And Juliet, Juliet makes the famous argument that "that...

By: Jeffrey Newholm In sports as well as life, accomplishments are often seen as a matter of pride. But some...

By: Jeffrey Newholm In biblical times, the prophet Isiah observed that his people had an attitude of "Let us eat...