Spittin' Sports and History

Added to the Tokyo Olympic Games(if there ever are any) a new competition will be sport climbing. Are you kidding? Twenty-two million people climb regularly. In fact, every single day maybe 1000 people try it for the first time.  A modern climbing gym opened in San Antonio a year ago which can accommodate "vertical, overhang, crack climbing, bouldering, top rope, lead rope settings." Who knew? It is the third location for a company who believes climbing is the hottest of the new sports. It is a way to do something that is old but new again. Once at Wilson when we were doing a one act play for contest, I picked The Taming of the Shrew. It had a big cast which I always liked with some great ways that simple roles would stand out. Maybe you remember that time: Steph, Randy, David, Ricky, Sherri and others. David's mother went to all the upholstery shops she could find that would give her scraps, and she made some costumes that were killers at no cost for material. For an ope...

The NBA has played on Christmas Day since 1947, and families made their way to the courts and had a good time. Now the NFL has scheduled a rare Friday game(Christmas),too. The Christmas holiday has seen some amazing sports moments: the New York Knicks B. King scored 60 points in 1960; Phil Jackson won his 1000 win as a coach in 2008; the longest game in football history was between the Dolphins and Chiefs in 1971 when the overtimes went on and on; New Mexico's Kate Hnida was the first woman to play in a Division 1-A NCAA game in 2002. The Christmas party that Wilson High School had  on the day school was out for the holidays  was the best I've ever seen. Each class had certain responsibilities, and the order never changed. As soon as the last lunch had been served in the lunchroom, it was up to the sophomore class to get the room straight, tables set up for the party, chairs where they needed to be. Then they brought in the refreshments--miles of dip and chips and sandwiches a...