Let's All Root-Root-Root for the Home Team
I did not realize how badly I want an NFL team to call my own until I went to a Los Angeles Dodgers game in Dodgers Stadium Saturday night. Not that I’m a big Dodgers fan, having grown up in Chicago going to Cubs and White Sox games (yes, both, due to a “mixed marriage”). …
Read MoreWill You Beat the Odds?
If it is true, as I write in my book, “Opportunity and intention are what football is all about,” where does “beating the odds” come into play? Last week was week 2 of the NFL season, and I heard these “odds” many times: Teams that start the season 0-2 have a 12% chance of…
Read MoreEGO Loses the Game
Week 2 of the NFL season is over after tonight’s Monday night game. And what a week it’s been! A business lesson jumps out at me. It’s called DO YOUR JOB! It’s a recurring mantra among football coaches, as well as among corporate CEOs, presidents of volunteer boards, and soccer moms in charge of assigning…
Read MoreNew Season: ALL is Possible!
Yesterday was the First Football Sunday of the 93rd season of the NFL. I must admit, the thumping fanfare on CBS did bring tears to my eyes. This sport does not only move ME—it moves Americans as no sport ever has. I think it’s because times are tough. In the face of this inevitably-not-as-fast-as-we-want-it economic…
Read MoreEnjoy The Day!
MimiSpeaks is on vacation this week, enjoying the three day weekend and gearing up for some great football this week! I wonder what lessons we will learn in Week 1? Have a great day and a terrific rest of your long weekend. Check back next Monday for my new post!
Read MoreAuspicious August for Women
August was an exciting breakthrough month for women in many areas. Olympics: Every participating country had at least one woman on its team. For the first time in Olympic history, there were more U.S. female athletes competing than males. Forty years after its passage, Title IX came…
Read MorePreseason 2012: What We Can Learn
Last year at this time, I wrote a blog called “My Love/Hate Relationship with NFL Preseason Football.” And it’s that happy time of year again and I still feel pretty much the same way. Yesterday, I watched my Chicago Bears lookin’ good! The first quarter anyway . . .Cutler to Devin Hester; Cutler to Matt…
Read MoreFirst Female NFL Referee Takes the Field!
NFL Preseason AND the Olympics on my TV last week . . .ahhhh . . .music to my eyes and ears. The coolest thing about the NFL Preseason (maybe the ONLY cool thing) was the first female NFL referee on the field for the first Preseason game last Thursday night! The regular officials are in…
Read MoreNFL Hall of Fame: Attitude of Gratitude
Another NFL Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony did not disappoint. Huge, strong, accomplished football men baring their souls, sharing their hearts, choked up with love and gratitude for their mothers, grandmothers, coaches, teammates, and more! Everything a football girl could love. And love it I did. I did find a recurring theme this year. It’s…
Read More“You Go Girls!”: U.S. Women Take the Gold
So I’m sure many of you watched the Opening Ceremonies for the Olympic Games on Friday night, and I’m sure many of you were as underwhelmed as I was. Even if I felt like being generous, what chance did the Brits have after the Chinese choreographed 10,000 people in perfect harmony in Beijing four years…
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