Author Archives: Tim Lacy

I have shared with you the history of most Washingtonians and their attitude toward the Dallas Cowboys. It is a heated rivalry, and my wife was on the Washington bandwagon.  She bleeds burgundy and gold, and the mention of the Cowboys in her presence will get you treated to the stink eye. I have also […]

The champions of football have been decided, the shoulder pads and helmets have been put away, and cleats have been traded for spikes. Teams have gathered in the warm climates to undergo spring training for Major League Baseball. This is the time of year when memories of my pop are strongest. When I think about it, baseball […]

It is no secret that, for an unbiased reporter, I do a poor job of keeping my feelings to myself. I have no problems expressing my likes and dislikes.  I think I opened this can of worms years ago when the Colts were in Baltimore. I was a Colts fan, but had spent a few years […]

I consider myself very fortunate to have experienced challenges in my family. I had a million of those situations with my pop growing up, and when I came to put my name on this page, it was through such a challenge.  It seems the generation gap had driven a difference of opinion wedge between Sam […]

The attention that is being given to the omission of Kurt Warner from the Pro Football Hall of Fame has me wanting to pick a fight. Before we get started, however, I want to make it clear that my problem is not as much about the Kurt Warner snub as it is with the omission  of […]

With the season upon us, I started thinking of some of my Christmas memories that weren’t so pleasant. I had an aunt who had no children, and since the selection for a Godmother had been predetermined, I was given her name as a middle name. For her, this was close enough. Without kids of her […]

Before you start thinking this piece is about a breakfast waffle, it ain’t.  This is about that a little worm that exists inside our heads, telling us we are candidates for a big “S” on the chest. Sometimes our egos lead us to be offensive, sometimes amusing and sometimes clever and in good taste. This effort […]

I was born and raised in D.C., and when football season came around it was all about the Washington NFL team. When I joined my crew in the alley for a little football, we would imagine we were players on that team. The only thing we had to sort out was which player each of us could claim.  […]