Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Feb 9, 2012, 5:53 am
History repeats itself. Last Sunday, in Indianapolis, the New York Giants captured their fourth Super Bowl championship by yet again knocking off the New England Patriots for the second time in four years. Eli Manning shined, as he earned his second Super Bowl MVP award. A couple of days ago Kurt W...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Feb 4, 2012, 10:05 pm
Ah, tomorrow… it’s all very so ironic, isn’t it? My last post was about the Tom Petty song “Runnin’ Down a Dream” and about how it reminds me of Super Bowl XLII. Here we are, about three months after that post was written, and the grand rematch of 2008 will be going down tomorrow evening...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Nov 5, 2011, 11:44 pm
I was driving around town today, and Tom Petty’s “Running Down a Dream” came on the radio. Nostalgia slapped me in the face. February 3, 2008 — the day the New England Patriots fell 17-14 to the New York Giants. Tom Petty performed “Running Down a Dream” and “Free Fallin” during th...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Oct 28, 2011, 11:24 pm
How in the hell did they get there? At the beginning of the year, injuries consumed the St. Louis Cardinals. The media delivered an absolute shit storm of spew about Albert Pujols and where he’d be heading following this season. This Cardinals team is a lot like the NFL’s Green Bay Packers from...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Oct 28, 2011, 1:46 pm
In arguably the greatest (or most bizarre) World Series game of all time, David Freese (0-3 at the time), with one strike away from walking back to the dugout while the opposing team (the Texas Rangers) celebrates their first World Series title, hit a deep shot that knocked in Albert Pujols and Lanc...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Oct 21, 2011, 11:41 am
“How did we get here?”, the St. Louis Cardinals ask. It’s absolutely amazing that the Cardinals are actually in the World Series, let alone going into the top of the ninth inning of game two up 1-0 against the Texas Rangers in the game while also being up 1-0 in the series. Jason Motte. Jas...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Oct 17, 2011, 1:19 pm
Was Jim Harbaugh in the wrong yesterday, when he overzealously shook Lions coach Jim Schwartz’s hand and then aggressively shoved him in the back? I don’t think so. First and foremost, I’m a St. Louis Rams fan (as made obvious by the sports banner of four years above) and I despise the San F...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Oct 16, 2011, 5:12 pm
After Green Bay Packers’ linebacker AJ Hawk sacked St. Louis Rams’ quarterback Sam Bradford, he extended his arm and gave the sky a middle finger. People are raging, calling him a goofball, a classless and insolent jerk, a realistic depiction of today’s American athletes compared to the athle...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Oct 2, 2011, 6:14 pm
I love the St. Louis Rams. I really do. But the porous effort being delivered when playing a game of football has to stop somewhere. Last year, I thought the improvement would carry over, but just as I thought in 2006-2007, I was wrong. Now, they are 0-4, and they play in the NFC West, so all is no...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Sep 27, 2011, 11:07 pm
ESPN ran its 2-hour documentary “Catching Hell” as a part of its 30 for 30 series earlier tonight. The documentary focuses on Steve Bartman and his involvement in game six of the 2003 NLCS between the Florida Marlins and Chicago Cubs. Bartman, along with about four or five other fans, reached t...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Sep 12, 2011, 11:54 pm
On Monday morning, Steve Spagnuolo checked out his Rams’ injury report and subsequently told the good ol’ media that it was the worst he’s seen in his three years with the Rams. Quarterback Sam Bradford has a bruised right index finger, but he’s expected to play next Monday night against th...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Aug 21, 2011, 3:04 pm
The feed I watched wasn’t great so I’m not going to be as detailed this time around, but here are some thoughts on the Rams’ pre-season win over the Titans: – The first team offense was stagnant aside from the opening play. Sam Bradford had to love the sight of Brandon Gibson streaking wide...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Aug 14, 2011, 3:06 am
The Rams just finished mopping the turf with the Colts, so without further ado… allow me to talk about some of the things I saw from the team! – Sam Bradford looked solid but doesn’t yet seem to be as comfortable in this offense as he may say he is. He was staring down his receivers at times ...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Aug 4, 2011, 9:52 am
Through the good and the bad, Marc Bulger valiantly wore the number 10 blue and gold St. Louis jersey on Sundays for over seven years. From being touted as one of the best quarterbacks in the league after his solid 2006 season to being dubbed one of the absolute worst at starting that position, Bul...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Aug 2, 2011, 12:25 pm
With all of these BS Miami Heat/Philadelphia Eagles comparisons, I feel that it’s worth mentioning the 2004 Philadelphia Eagles, the forgotten team that won the NFC and lost to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 39 by three points. Nobody remembers that team now. I blame the generation of NFL...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Jun 19, 2011, 1:37 pm
My father was 49 when he passed away seven days before Christmas in 2003. He wasn’t a tall man,  but he was burly. Every day he would grab a glass of milk filled with scraps of cornbread and eat it. In addition, he’d eat a cheese sandwich to top off dinner. All of this while he helped me with ...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Jun 10, 2011, 9:30 am
I like baseball — I don’t love it. I never had the emotional/sentimental connection most kids experience when they are young and they play catch with their fathers. I passed a football with my dad. I shot hoops in the driveway with my dad. As for baseball, I always liked it, but I never felt a r...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Jun 10, 2011, 12:33 am
You can buy a lot of things in life, and I mean a lot of things. Whether you’re talking about a tricycle, an ice cream shop or even sex in Nevada, asides from any illicit ‘purchases’ that will go unspoken of… What can never be bought is mental toughness, and not any kind of mental toughness...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Jun 9, 2011, 2:25 pm
Michael Jordan does no wrong, he has no flaws… he’s superman. The number 23 Chicago Bulls jersey was a guise for his clandestinely celestial, un-human Godlike superpowers. Folks, let’s cut the crap. Everybody quits. Everybody quits. Let me repeat it for the third time: everybody quits. If y...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Jun 8, 2011, 3:19 pm
Before last night’s game four, LeBron James and his Miami Heat teammates gathered around. The teammates encompassed LeBron in a circle as he fabricated deft prevarications. LeBron deserves to be scrutinized. He lamented his emotions to his teammates, calling last night’s game a must win (it was...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Jun 7, 2011, 3:06 pm
Colin Cowherd raised one hell of a point this morning on “The Herd” (ESPN Radio/ESPNU). Dirk Nowitkzi’s call out to the media on Jason Terry’s lack of being clutch in the NBA Finals was a showcase of leadership, not of a player throwing another player under the bus. Derrick Rose won’t do...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - May 19, 2011, 10:49 pm
Let me put this in a simple way: 2008 and 2009 have been the best years of my life so far. I often find myself reminiscing about the two years listed above (’08 and ’09)  every day. Quiet moments of the day bring these deep reveries in which my mind consciously and subconsciously wallows in....
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - May 19, 2011, 6:02 pm
The power of the mind cannot be measured. It’s an underestimated facet of the body that people do not take into account when doing things that daunt them. In addition to the weight training I do throughout the week, I complete a rigorous routine that all reroutes and leads up to the mind, emanati...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - May 15, 2011, 11:48 am
I always laugh when people make a big deal about food that contains a ‘simple’ carbohydrate or a ‘complex’ carbohydrate. If a food contains carbs, it doesn’t matter how much fiber is included or what the ingredient makeup is, your body is going to convert it into glucose in the long run. ...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - May 15, 2011, 11:15 am
During his senior season of high school in 2007-2008, Friday nights were comprised of opposing schools’ crowds constructing signs that ridiculed Richlands Blue Tornado wide receiver Austin Fuller. He made other teams pay for it. Fuller set school records at Richlands for yards (1,963), career cat...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - May 15, 2011, 12:22 am
The loss of safety OJ Atogwe coerces St. Louis Rams fans to raise their eyebrow over the safety position and how they can compensate for his loss, given the myriad of contributions he gave on the field while in a blue and gold Rams jersey every Sunday. There’s a batch of people expecting somethin...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - May 14, 2011, 9:36 pm
BYU’s Jimmer Fredette is overrated. BYU plays in the Mountain West against a bunch of forgettable, nameless, talentless jokes (yes, I harshly went that far). Jimmer Fredette is like the poor man’s Adam Morrison. He plays against a bunch of otters, has an offensive game that shines against the ...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - May 13, 2011, 8:18 pm
While they don’t have anyone on their roster who could by any definition be considered a number one receiver, Mike Sando of ESPN.com reports that there are enough wide receiver candidates on the St. Louis Rams roster to create a lot of competition if and when training camp starts. Teams tend to k...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - May 13, 2011, 7:55 pm
The Miami Heat are under America’s colossal Heat-Hatin’ microscope. Every time LeBron James has gastrointestinal stress (not sure if he does), it’s reported in the news. After putting away the Celtics in five games on Wednesday night, the Heat had a gigantic celebration on the court that saw ...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - May 12, 2011, 8:41 pm
Earlier today I was ready to write a post about how damn ‘Alpha’ Brock Lesnar’s beard was. I was ready to emit word after word about how he should have kept it, even if he lost his world heavyweight championship to Cain Velasquez while rockin’ it. Then reports were released over how he’s ...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - May 12, 2011, 12:36 pm
The Miami Heat haters of the world are outrageous. They are making me chortle harder and harder, day by day, and I’m a Celtics fan! Typical Heat hater vociferation: “Herp derp! LeBron James ain’t gonna prove his’uhh validation for leavin’uhh cold-ass Cleveland for beautiful Miami till he ...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Apr 29, 2011, 9:06 pm
A win tonight for the Memphis Grizzlies could shut down any talk about the San Antonio Spurs going any farther in the 2011 NBA playoffs. Bigger, stronger, faster — that’s the Grizzlies’ side of the contrast compared to the Spurs’ veteran awareness. Tonight could spell the end for San Anton...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Apr 28, 2011, 10:48 pm
If you are an American taking off work tomorrow so that you can watch the Royal Wedding, I’m automatically judging you as a royal dumbass. Some woman, somewhere in America, asked her employer if she could have the day off tomorrow for the wedding that’s deemed so royal. Her employer basically s...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Apr 27, 2011, 11:19 am
I have been anticipating the NBA playoffs ever since February, when Melo was traded to New York. Because of every major market having a team that was attractive to watch play (stars influencing marketability), I knew the playoffs were going to be the best since the Michael Jordan era. They have bee...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Apr 22, 2011, 3:58 pm
After a two month hiatus, I am back on the prowl in the blogging world, and ready to deliver a horde of incendiary words that will make your mother scream a noise that will be heard 10,000 miles away. This year has been hellacious, and describing that statement in words would be damn near impossibl...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Feb 19, 2011, 7:02 pm
My buddy “Tooler Ooler” sent me a text to let me know about this fella named Paul Anka and his performance of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, so I checked it out. This is a non-sports, non-training, non-nutrition related post. But at any rate, the performance is pretty damn good.
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Feb 19, 2011, 1:19 pm
Regardless of the evolving mock drafts from Mel Kiper and the other draft pundits, it’s hard to get away from the idea of the St. Louis Rams drafting anyone but Alabama wide receiver Julio Jones. That depends entirely on whether or Jones is available at #14 when the Rams pick. Jones-to-the-Ram...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Feb 18, 2011, 8:13 pm
The St. Louis Rams have released free safety O.J. Atogwe due to discrepancies over not wanting to pay him a due $8 million bonus from a contract he received in June 2010 that spanned 5 years worth $32 million. Fortunately, the Rams are looking into restructuring a new contract that will keep him in...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Feb 18, 2011, 10:02 am
Ten years ago today Dale Earnhardt, Sr. passed away. February 18, 2001. Every time I think of Dale Earnhardt, I think of my father. My father was a Sr. and so was Earnhardt. They both passed away on 18ths (my dad passed away on December 18, 2003). They both died at the age of 49. When I was a kid...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Feb 18, 2011, 9:55 am
“This one coach tried to put me on a weight training program, and I was all like, “You and your weights can fuck off somewhere. I’m not lifting that shit. It’s heavy. You tell me why I need strength training when I’m strong enough to throw a 100 mile per hour pitch. Fuck that.” – Kenn...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Feb 17, 2011, 10:00 am
Whole grains a staple in a human’s diet (as recommended by the food pyramid) at 6-11 servings? What a joke! These ‘whole grains’ will cause all the same health problems that 6-11 servings of potato chips or pure sugar will do to you. I think it depends on where someone is at metabolically. S...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Feb 16, 2011, 8:23 am
REAL? That’s funny. It’s also funny the size of the people in line buying this stuff. Talk about an uphill battle. Eating well these days is like trying to tell people that you can heal all soft tissue injuries in one-third of the time with the ARP. Nothing says good morning like some high-...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Feb 15, 2011, 6:36 pm
Have a seat. Now that I have your attention, let me tell you that ADD/ADHD are not fake/pseudo illnesses. I added that title to merely attract you to read this post. A post titled “My Thoughts on ADD/ADHD” would not attract jack squat. With that said, hold off before you blow a gasket over my t...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Feb 15, 2011, 5:18 pm
C.C. Sabathia, New York Yankees pitcher, as well as full-time junk food enthusiast that pridefully displays his love for edible crap evident by his belly, has cut Cap’n Crunch out of his daily diet. This guy just represents the case of another professional athlete who’s clueless when it comes t...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Feb 15, 2011, 1:29 pm
The St. Louis Cardinals and Albert Pujols may not reach a deal, and if they don’t, he may wind up in Chicago (as a Cub), Los Angeles (as a Dodger) or New York (as a Met). Awesome. The Cardinals won’t skip a beat. Yet all of these people keep telling me that the franchise will falter and people ...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Feb 15, 2011, 9:25 am
So I’ve trained a person (Girl A) at school two times but filled her head with my training/nutrition shit more times than she’d like… But she told me the other day that after doing a bunch of strength work – that included bodyweight squats, iso lunges for three minutes, glute ham for three ...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Feb 14, 2011, 11:15 pm
After seven years Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has returned to the WWE. Not to wrestle and not to commentate. Nothing regular. The Rock has come back to guest host Wrestlemania 27 in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Growing up, The Rock — alongside Stone Cold Steve Austin — was my favorite wrestle...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Feb 14, 2011, 4:54 pm
Not only am I the most handsome man on the face of the earth, and everywhere I walk the citizens of the area bow down to my omniscient, all-knowing awareness and collectively admire my rugged, masculine, testosterone-fueled good looks, but I also have a good taste in non-cruddy songs, and here’s o...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Feb 13, 2011, 11:46 pm
I’ve been reading a few rumors about Albert Pujols rejecting the St. Louis Cardinals’ offer to keep him in St. Louis. If the rumors are true and he’s rejecting the deal, he can get the fuck out of dodge for all I care. Why the cavalier attitude? Well, I’m not bitter, for one, although it s...
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Troy Sparks posted an article on Troy’s Thoughts on Sports - Feb 13, 2011, 10:45 pm
I was just reading this bullshit about Rajon Rondo and Derrick Rose, and I’ve come to a mighty conclusion. Before I announce this ‘conclusion’ that has elucidated me, I want to tell you a quick story. I used to avidly post on forums ‘back in the day’. By the end of the year 2008 I had sto...
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