Posted by Zach Bigalke on July 28, 2011 · 1 Comment
Before there was Global Turnstile, there was A Non-Traditional Sports Fan in America. The column, formerly a staple of weekly coverage of international sports, is being revived at the new website as a depository for thoughts on various issues confronting sports fans. Be sure to tune in every Thursday as we take a look at sports in America from a different perspective…
Welcome back to the rebirth of the column that started it all. This week... Read More
Filed under Baseball, Columns, Football, Soccer · Tagged with allegiance, American League, Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Davor Suker, fanhood, Football, Green Bay Packers, Houston Astros, Houston Oilers, inter milan, Joe Carter, Milwaukee Brewers, Mitch Williams, National League, new york giants, New York Mets, Newcastle United, Oil Can Boyd, Paul Molitor, Real Madrid, Roberto Baggio, San Francisco 49ers, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Redskins, Wyoming Cowboys
Posted by Zach Bigalke on February 17, 2011 · 1 Comment
So I just finished reading Pete Rose’s memoir/confessional, My Prison Without Bars, and it got my mind spinning in a couple different directions. We’ll discuss the obvious one — gambling and sports — soon enough this week. First, though, I would like to go over the concept of sports retirements from a different angle. Ol’ Charlie Hustle, of course, was doomed to retirement from baseball in any meaningful capacity when he received... Read More
Filed under Baseball, Cycling, Featured, Hockey, More, Olympic Sports, Tennis · Tagged with 1994, 1998, 2002, Alberto Contador, Alessandro Petacchi, ANTSFIA, Australian Open, blood doping, brett favre, Caroline Wozniacki, CERA, Charlie Hustle, clenbuterol, Court of Arbitration for Sport, doping, Elisabeth Georgl, Elisabeth Görgl, EPO, FIFA, FIS, gambler, gambling, gold medal, Grand Slam, Green Bay Packers, Haile Gebrselassie, Justine Henin, Kim Clijsters, Lance Armstrong, Michael Schumacher, Minnesota Vikings, My Prison Without Bars, New York Jets, NFL, nhl, NTSF, PED, Pete Rose, Peter Forsberg, retirement, Riccardo Ricco, Ronaldo, salbutamol, tennis, Tour de France, U.S. Open, UCI, WADA, World Anti-Doping Agency, World Championships, world cup, WTA, Zach Bigalke
Posted by Zach Bigalke on February 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Much of my past week was spent waiting for Super Bowl XLV on Sunday and then on basking in the afterglow of the Green Bay Packers’ 13th NFL title. Yeah, I won’t withhold my full disclosure, if this is your first time stumbling along to my column. I was born a Cheesehead and I’ll die a Cheesehead. The times haven’t always been this good for Packer Nation — I was alive for just the most recent two championships, after... Read More
Filed under Cycling, Featured, More, Olympic Sports, Soccer · Tagged with Aksel Lund Svindal, Amy Williams, Benjamin Raich, blood, cameras, CERA, Christof Innerhofer, Cycling, Didier Cuche, doping, Elisabeth Görgl, EPO, FIFA, Football, goal line, Green Bay Packers, Ivica Kostelic, Julia Mancuso, kidney, lifetime ban, Lindsey Vonn, Lombardi Trophy, Maria Riesch, NFL, PED, Pittsburgh Steelers, replay, Riccardo Ricco, Sepp Blatter, Shelley Rudman, skeleton, skiing, Super Bowl XLV, technology, Ted Ligety, UCI, WADA, winter, World Championships, world cup
Posted by Zach Bigalke on February 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment
So the forty-fifth installment of that old NFL-AFL rivalry game gone gonzo is in the books, and stepping back from the fanatic in me that feels fourteen again made me want to get down my nickel’s worth on the five things that will last in my mind down the decades for this fourth Lombardi Trophy now enshrined alongside the others in the Packers Hall of Fame at Lambeau Field:
1. LOTS OF WHINING, BUT ONLY 400 HAD LEGITIMATE CAUSE…
The lead-up... Read More
Filed under Football, NFL · Tagged with aaron rodgers, Ben Roethlisberger, Charles Woodson, Clay Matthews, Cowboys Stadium, Donald Driver, Emmanuel Sanders, Green Bay Packers, Greg Jennings, James Starks, Jarrett Bush, jerry jones, Jordy Nelson, Maurkice Pouncey, Mike McCarthy, Mike Tomlin, Mike Wallace, NFL, Nick Collins, Pittsburgh Steelers, Sam Shields, Super Bowl XLV, Tramon Williams, Troy Polamalu
Posted by Zach Bigalke on February 3, 2011 · 2 Comments
I’ve been thinking the past few days about just how blessed I am as a sports fan. Perhaps it is just the glow after finishing the first draft of my first book, achieving the New Year’s resolution I set on the first of January 2010 of having this thing completed and ready to edit by the 31st of January 2011, that has me all aglow. If — nay, when – everything goes right, one way or another, the book is going to be in print before the... Read More
Filed under Football, Hockey, More, NCAA, NFL, Soccer · Tagged with Celtic, Champions League, EPL, Football, Green Bay Packers, hockey, inter milan, La Liga, Lombardi Trophy, Milwaukee Brewers, mlb, Montreal Canadiens, ncaa, Newcastle United, NFL, nhl, Oregon Ducks, Pittsburgh Steelers, Real Madrid, Rose Bowl, Serie A, Soccer, SPL, Stanley Cup, Super Bowl, Wisconsin Badgers, World Series, Wyoming Cowboys
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