A Football-less Sunday

The last Sunday we did not have a pro football game to watch was August 31st so if you suffered yesterday it’s just a preview of things to come. I was out most of the day and did not get home until late in the afternoon and it was strange to turn on the TV and not find a football game, although A&E did offer a Sylvester Stallone marathon. Of course there is one more game left in the season…that being Super Bowl 43 Sunday night. The Steelers & Cardinals arrive in Tampa today and it certainly is not like last year when there was so much buzz over the game with the Giants playing and of course winning. However there seems to be plenty of Pittsburgh fans in our area as I have seen numerous vehicles and even homes displaying logos and other signs of their allegiance.

If you ever wanted to know how fast one falls from the spotlight just think about President George Bush….for the most part gone and forgotten.

So Joe Torre has a book coming out next week in which he takes a couple of shots at Alex Rodriguez and Brian Cashman. When word of this got out yesterday many Yankee fans were quick to question why Torre would go negative when his stint in the Bronx was so successful. First you need to read the book before you draw any conclusions but let’s be honest...the Yankees pretty much ended the relationship between the two and did not even mention Torre during the closing ceremonies at Yankee Stadium. Of course this so-called controversy will help sell books and maybe that was the intent all along.

Of all the subjects I have talked about in my “Hometown View” the one that has generated the most feedback has to do with kids returning home from college either during the holiday break that just ended or for the summer. I can’t even tell you how many times over the past month people approached me to comment about the changes in their sons and daughters especially when it came to things like staying up at night and sleeping during the day.
Of course they are now back at school so you can take the “out of sight, out of mind attitude” but remember…. they’ll be home in just four months.