The Bad Ash Blog

Every sports-enthusiast has a personal Mount Rushmore, right?  I sat down to create mine because I have never documented one... Well, I quickly began to realize how difficult it was to justify just four athletes.  Now my Mt. Rushmore is dedicated to the athletes of MY lifetime. There is no Michael Jordan, Jessie Jackson, Bill Russell, Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, Jerry Rice, or Jim Brown on my mount. I may have been alive while MJ was playing, but I was not old enough to appreciate what he gave to the game.  Now many athletes may come with some sort of baggage, we all know that. Professional athletes are human, too. As I was stating a few of my Mt. Rushmore candidates I was chatting with a good friend of mine and former professor, Dr. Goldsmith. He brought up the scandals that may have went with these candidates and could possibly tarnish them being on the mount.  Sorry... He was my first thought. Therefore, I must clarify before I justify. The on...

How Understated Athletes Are Often Overshadowed for Abstaining from the Public Eye  (Shoutout to Andrew Goldsmith for the title) Sports are never-ending so when I say, "This year in sports..." I do not even know where it begins and where it ends. But I will say this, I hope you all have appreciated these last few months that we have had.  Now this is not a blog post of reflection, but I feel as though some things that have happened within our sports world should be touched upon. What drew me to write this you may ask? Well, Serena Williams just won her 22nd Grand Slam and Tim Duncan just announced his retirement. (As if Kobe was not hard enough, Timmy. How could you do this now?) This should look familiar.  It was time for Serena to tie the record for most-Grand Slams and it was time for the great Tim Duncan to hang it up... And it is time that we appreciate what has always been right in front of us.  Is this what the kids call a 'bro...