Football Update (Sort Of)
Normally at this point on a Monday, Errington would have filled you in with some football news from yesterday. Instead, I bet our Dr. Thompson is busy saving lives, or at the very least, doing no harm. (Please click here to read the Hippocratic oath.)
While I’m not a big football fan, I can relate that yesterday my local Houston Texans kicked a last-second field goal to defeat the Miami Dolphins. The team is now 3 and 2 and the people of Houston are shocked to find the Texans with a winning record at any point in the season.
The Dolphins, on the other hand, have lost all five games they have played. ( Please click here for Don Shula’s Football Hall of Fame profile.)
Types of “football” games have been played for a long time. The gentleman in the picture is playing Kemari. This game was played in Japan’s Imperial Court as long as 1,400 years ago. The object was to kick the ball around and not have it touch the ground.
I realize that things that took place 1,400 years ago may not count as much of an update. So as a last (slightly) more up-to-date tidbit, I’ll tell you that in Houston people still have a soft spot for the departed Oilers. Please click here for a good homegrown Oilers link, here for the Oilers in the Astrodome and here for Earl Campbell.
