Watching from home last night and nearing the end of the first half—with the Pacers cruising to a 9,000-point lead and Bankers Life Fieldhouse on the verge of evaporating into a mushroom cloud of euphoria—my kids were ecstatic. They were joyous and confident and in fine spirits, drunk on revenge and wild cherry Capri Suns. […]
As parents, we have trouble explaining life’s more complicated issues to our kids. Sometimes it’s astronomy. Other times it’s FISA warrants or the infield fly rule or the many plot holes in Blade II. Today it’s Lance Stephenson. The Dadball Era is here to help when the kids come a’questionin’. Because they certainly will. Who […]
If you, like many spectators, suffered from fencing withdrawal after the end of the Rio Olympics, you’re in luck. You can see live, competitive fencing in person this week at the 2017 NCAA National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Fencing Championship hosted by the University of Notre Dame and Indiana Sports Corp. This is the first year […]
As we grow older, our individual parenting styles become—whether we want them to or not—our parents’ styles. This can be good or bad, depending on your own circumstances, but mainly it just is. If your mom stressed Bible-learning and puritanism, then you will too at some point, even if you spent your 20s and 30s […]
• Schedule home plumbing work for the third Thursday in March. • St. Elmo’s Beefsteak—which is organized for March Madness viewing, and mostly men-only—takes place March 16. • The ladies’ version is the same day at the northside Harry and Izzy’s. Both events are sold out already. Kiss up to your boss for an invitation. […]
If Paul George were to get traded today or if he is simply allowed to up and leave at some point hereafter, his Pacers tombstone would be brutally plain and to-the-point, if Sports Radio Guy had his way: 2010–2017 Paul George was, by some accounts, a superstar in the NBA. He was breathtakingly talented on some […]
