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Posted by Sportsgooru on May 8, 2012

The Laws of Attraction

*Disclaimer: This is an article written strictly as a belated birthday present for Maria Carmichael, my ever-enthusiastic law school classmate who is only willing to visit my site if I am constantly peppering my posts with pictures of shirtless men (yes, Cat Taschner, this applies to you too). So, Maria, let this be evidence that I am a man of my word. I just wanted it to be known (to the rest of the...

Posted by Sportsgooru on May 1, 2012

UH Football Post-Spring Depth Chart Released!

Being the UH football fan that I am, I feel like this deserves its own dedicated post. You see, nothing signals the beginning of football season like Spring Practice. Or wait is that the depth chart release? Oh wait no or is it national recruiting signing day? Okay okay you got me, football is a year-round thing. But still, with the release this evening of the current post-spring Depth...

Posted by Sportsgooru on Apr 9, 2012

The Impossibly Possible

Let me start by asking, did anyone possibly luck out more this weekend then CBS? I mean really, with Tiger melting down in a rapid flurry of club-kicks and curses, live on ESPN on Friday, executives at the network must have been praying to Lord Tebow for something, anything to save their weekend ratings. And, looking back on how the events ultimately unfolded, I can say without a doubt that their...

Posted by Sportsgooru on Apr 9, 2012

Inches and ACL’s

When the Gregg Williams’ speech was first released on the internet by Documentarian Sean Pamphilon, my first instincts was a mixture of shock, awe and anger. Shock, awe and anger that someone could so recklessly encourage endangering the lives and livelihoods of the athletes in the sport I hold so dear. Thus, I began to write. Angry, passionate, “ban him for life and throw his ass in...

Posted by Sportsgooru on Apr 5, 2012

Masters’ Magicians: A Preview For The 2012 Masters Tournament

By: Harrison Goo Great golfers, like great magicians, work with a very definitive sort of grace. Everything seems smooth and easy, even when they’re standing awkwardly on a hill, or behind a tree, or in the sand. Yet, as anyone who has ever held a club can tell you, simply getting the ball off the ground is extremely difficult. And, unlike swinging a bat, even if you do make contact with the ball, it’s...

Posted by Sportsgooru on Feb 16, 2012

Hawaii’s “Ohana” Tailgates Rival Stateside Tailgates

Hawaii is a cultural melting pot. Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Authors and scholars have long since associated this term with the local culture here in Hawaii, championing the state as a mecca of racial and cultural integration. And, to a certain extent, they are right. A long history of such integration has led to the locals here developing a reputation for embracing everyone, regardless of...

Posted by Sportsgooru on Feb 16, 2012

Social Media Collides With Traditional Tailgating

Much has been made in the last decade of how this generation lacks the focus and work ethic of generations past. And, to that end, studies have been done to offer some tangible proof as to these widely accepted assertions. There was a great article in the New York Times about a year ago (I love the NYT and will reference it constantly), by Matt Richtel, titled “Growing up Digital, Wired for...

Posted by Sportsgooru on Feb 16, 2012

Taking Advantage Of Tailgate Networking

Have you been to a networking event before? Please take a second to think about this before we move on. Can you visualize it? For those of you who can’t, I have just a few questions: Are you between the ages of 0 and 115? Have you at least heard about/seen on TV/read about, any sort of networking event? Do you remember how it was portrayed? Let me try to paint you a picture. In my 26 or so years of life,...