Florida Today – Feb 5, 2006 – Carl Kotala – Let’s face it, some Super Bowls are just flat out boring. Take Super Bowl XXIV: San Francisco 55, Denver 10. Or Super Bowl XX: Chicago 46, New England 10. Both games were over so fast, you barely had time to work up a good heartburn because you just had to have those extra three or four buffalo wings with the five-alarm hot sauce.… Read the rest
Mental Equipment Syndicated Column – Oct 1, 1996 – Dr. John F. Murray – This month we examine the painful topic of athletic injuries (ouch!) … and offer some tips for successful coping. Injuries were recently described as the greatest source of stress, and single most important issue in sports.… Read the rest
Sun Sentinel – Apr 3, 2005 – Mike Berardino – Watching the Boston Red Sox end the Curse of the Bambino last October, Ryne Sandberg couldn’t help but smile. You know Sandberg as the former Chicago Cubs second baseman, maybe the greatest ever to play the position.… Read the rest
Memphis Commercial Appeal – Jul 29, 2007 – Scott Cacciola – Ole Miss coach Ed Orgeron’s voice boomed inside a large conference room at the Memphis Botanic Garden, where he addressed more than 500 fans and alumni at the annual summer meeting for the Rebel Club of Memphis on July 19.… Read the rest
Charleston Mercury – May 7, 2009 – Spencer Broom – Three seconds on the clock. Your team is down by two against your hated rival, and Joe the Kicker is lined up 42 yards away on the right hash, wind barely brushing against the flags in the distance, the crowd tantalizingly silent.… Read the rest
Ventura County Star and Knoxville News Sentinel – Feb 06, 2006 – Rhiannon Potkey – Joe Theismann doesn’t remember any of it” the plays he called, the passes he threw, the handoffs he made. It wasn’t until receiving a jolting hit midway through the first quarter that the Washington Redskins quarterback realized Super Bowl XVII had actually started.… Read the rest
Palm Beach Post – Feb 17, 2006 – Carlos FrÃas – Dwyane Wade was cruising down Brickell Avenue one day during his rookie season when a beautiful sight made him hit the brakes. A couple was strolling the sidewalk, each wearing Wade’s No.… Read the rest
{This article appeared several years ago and is a superb description of choking versus panic and several other performance-related factors. Great job Malcolm Gladwell!} The New Yorker – Mar 08, 2006 – Malcolm Gladwell – There was a moment, in the third and deciding set of the 1993 Wimbledon final, when Jana Novotna seemed invincible.… Read the rest
