During last weekend's game between the Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints, the Wife observed on the striking resemblance between Brad Childress, the Minnesota head coach, and Les Grossman, Tom Cruise's character from Tropic Thunder. I had to...

My efforts at astrophotography have been rough lately. The best convergences of the last few months have been cloud obscured. This included Friday night, when the full moon was only a few degrees away from Mars, which was at opposition to the...

Going into the BCS championship game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Texas Longhorns, if you had told me that with four minutes left in the game, we would be down by three points and have the ball, I would have said I liked our chances. If you...

BCS National Championship Game Texas Longhorns vs. Alabama Crimson Tide January 7, 2010, 7pm Central Pasadena, California Network: ABC/ESPN Radio I'm the first to admit that I'm biased when it comes to the Texas Longhorns. But after countless hours...

Alamo Bowl Michigan State Spartans vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders January 2, 2010, 8pm Central San Antonio, Texas Network: ESPN/ESPN Radio Fourteen Michigan State players suspended. One Texas Tech head coach fired. Two programs in turmoil. The winner will...