Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at your nose Yuletide carols being sung by a choir Old time Christmas songs fill the air, the decorations, the food, the gifts, the excitement of children opening up presents, the smell of Christmas cookies from...
This is our last week with Shane Falco and Jimmy McGinty. We watched as Shane changed. He was a boat washer who wanted to be forgotten, a man who had lost his heart. Now he is a leader and a quarterback who wanted the ball in his hands with the game on the line. ...
We’re getting close to the end of The Replacements. The season has gone on and this team of losers, rejects and has-beens learned to play well together. We get to the last game of the season, with the playoffs on the line, and the star quarterback decides to return...
Last week, I introduced you to my guilty pleasure, The Replacements. The Sentinels, the team Gene Hackman’s character Jimmy coaches, came up just short of a win in their first game. His quarterback, Shane Falco (played by Keanu Reeves) called a run instead of trying...
I have a confession to make. It’s pretty embarrassing. I love the movie, The Replacements. Gene Hackman. Keanu Reeves. The football scenes aren’t close to accurate, and you can anticipate where the story is headed. But I enjoy how they get there, and whenever it...
When I was a boy, my father would often repeat the saying to me: “Choose your friends wisely. Because that’s who you will become.” In youth, we are often told that hanging out with the wrong crowd will get us in trouble. And on the flip side, we should seek out...