Sports | Beth Byrnes

SCV to NYC: Run!

Posted on November 7, 2014 14 Comments

Last Sunday we awoke to a crisp and cool, true November day. It was a welcome change from the summer-like temperatures we were subjected to all throughout September and October. That was a good thing because we were headed out to one of my husband’s favorite events: the Santa Clarita Marathon. What better day to run a […]

Spinning Fall tails

Posted on October 17, 2014 14 Comments

Vince Lombardi famously called football “controlled pain”. Given everything that has been going on over the past year here, I don’t think any of us would disagree with that. Clearly Lombardi meant that in a very positive way. I agree with control as an aim, pain, not so much. A couple of weekends ago, Geoff and […]

CaliforniAmerica

Posted on October 10, 2013 5 Comments

After the lament I subjected you to yesterday, how about something short and sweet? California is thriving. Read this little article. I could not have said it better myself :-): http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/feb/09/california-success-irks-right/ How is the Golden State succeeding now? Let me count the ways: Schools are getting more funding than they have in twenty years – […]

Babes ‘n’ arms

Posted on October 1, 2013 6 Comments

The New York Times now has a running series of articles as a category, focusing on guns and the NRA. I happened to notice two of them this week that are particularly concerning and both have to do with the fact that children are being targeted for gun sales and are also killing each other […]

Baseball’s been very very good to …

Posted on August 7, 2013 4 Comments

Remember the Jose Jiminez character on the ancient Danny Thomas show? (Yay, Hulu…). I have an opinion (surprise) on the suspension issue. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t really know A-Rod from hot-rod, but I do know kids and that is what concerns me about this issue of substance abuse and hero-worship. It’s really simple. Kids […]