Suicides Are Not “Valiant”

In some way, we continue to look at suicide as “someone else’s” problem. Until everyone is affected by it.  There are too many angles to deconstruct the suicide of former NFL All-Pro lineman Junior Seau for me to write about. As someone who has battled depression and had suicidal tendencies a decade ago, I feel that I need…

We Didn’t Miss Any Football…We Missed Talking About Football

There are a few things I need to address now that the NFL Players Association has ratified and agreed to the 10-year proposal that the owners passed 29-1 this past Thursday, thus ending the lockout this afternoon.  To those who are saying “football is back!”, I view it differently.  Football isn’t back…yet.  The season is…

Mel (and the Hair) Is Back

Tonight, the 2011 NFL Draft begins in New York City.  For non-sports fans, this is equivalent to a Royal Wedding, but this happens every April.  It’s a sight unlike no other, but the hoopla will be tempered, as the continuous Collective Bargaining Agreement has yet to be hashed out and legal wrangling with the owners…

If It Doesn’t Love You Back…

Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk made a comment that made sense to me when it comes to being calm and rational.  In writing about the NFL labor negotiations, Florio warned both the owners and the players association “there’s no point getting overly emotional about the ups and downs (during the negotiations).  They are inevitable.”…

Body Language

Body language can say a lot of about someone.  Shoulders slumped and head hanging low is someone who is sad and depressed; standing alone by a wall at a dance, may indicate shyness…or wanting to be left alone.  What if our inclination of a person’s behavior, attitude, or feelings based on their body language is wrong?    Jay Cutler…