Sports

BYU/Studio C’s Interracial Couple

By Mormon Heretic June 5, 2017 2 Comments

My kids love to watch Studio C.  For those of you unfamiliar with Studio C, it is a sketch comedy show on BYU-TV, and they also publish comedy routines on YouTube.  It definitely appeals to the pre-teen, teen crowd, but adults will find some of their routines funny too.  Here’s one where Sleeping Beauty has […]

BYU, LGBT & the Big12

By Mormon Heretic October 24, 2016 6 Comments

College Football has undergone some seismic shifts in the past few years.  The BYU-Utah rivalry took a big hit when the Pac-10 Conference decided to take Utah (from the Mountain West Conference) and Colorado (from the Big Twelve Conference), changing its name from the Pac-10 to the Pac-12 Conference.  Other conferences have expanded by raiding […]

Posts Restored – Back to the Present

By Mormon Heretic May 26, 2015 2 Comments

Many of you have noticed a blast from the past on my blog.  Back in Feb 2013, my host server crashed and I had to back up my blog and try to restore it.  I picked WordPress.com, thinking that was a good choice.  Well, it didn’t restore all my posts–I was missing about 150 of […]

Football, CTE, and Agency

By Mormon Heretic May 17, 2015 6 Comments

Athletes, especially football players, have been involved in some high-profile violent incidents. Dec 16, 2009.  Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry had a domestic dispute with his fiance Loleini Tonga.  She tried to get away by getting into a pickup truck.  He climbed in the back, and while she was driving, either fell or jumped out […]

Can BYU afford to avoid Sunday play?

By Mormon Heretic May 3, 2015 2 Comments

It has been more than 30 years since BYU won a National Championship in football.  Things have changed quite a bit since 1984.  Many of the larger schools were upset that the undefeated BYU team (who played in the Western Athletic Conference-WAC) played a 6-6 Michigan team in its final game, and changes soon followed. […]

Church Ball

By Mormon Heretic January 8, 2015 3 Comments

My son recently became a deacon and was invited to play ward basketball for the first time this week.  We got there right at 7pm (in the middle of the prayer), and discovered my son was the 5th guy there for his team.  Good thing he showed up! To my surprise, my 12 year old […]

Jabari Parker Announces his Decision

By Mormon Heretic April 18, 2014 1 Comment

I wanted to post this excerpt from the most recent Sports Illustrated article. Today I sent my letter of intent to the NBA. That makes it official — my days as a Duke basketball player are over. But my days as a Duke student are not. I intend to graduate from Duke while I’m in […]

Todd Christensen Passes Away

By Mormon Heretic November 13, 2013 1 Comment

I was sad to learn that Todd Christensen, a former BYU and Oakland Raider, passed away from liver disease.  I was lucky to meet him a few times, and I remember seeing him around town. Christensen was a devout Mormon who didn’t drink, and family members believe his liver problems began 25 years ago after […]

Are These Mascots Offensive?

By Mormon Heretic October 13, 2013 15 Comments

Usually when I talk about racism, I talk about the past policy to deny black Mormons the priesthood and temple ordinances.  However, there are other types of racism, and Native American racism is in the news.  Many people consider that the name NFL’s Washington Redskins is a racial slur.  President Obama weighed in on the […]

BYU Linebacker Suspended for Big Game

By Mormon Heretic September 21, 2013 3 Comments

We are just hours away from the big BYU-Utah football game, and starting linebacker Spencer Hadley will not be playing today. Will it affect the outcome of the game? Who knows, but surely it isn’t a good sign for BYU. Hadley was allegedly photographed while clubbing in Las Vegas, which at a minimum is a […]