Josh Benner

Tag: boston

  • Worst to winners: St. Louis Blues win Stanley Cup

    It’s a better story than the Mighty Ducks. The St. Louis Blues won their first Stanley Cup in franchise history Wednesday night. The story of how they got there is an inspiring one. January 2 was an off day for the St. Louis Blues. It was also a significant day because it was on that…

  • Life lessons from baseball

      Tomorrow is opening day of the 2018 Major League Baseball season. Between opening day and the end of the season in early November, more than 2,430 games will be played. Baseball’s regular season is the longest in American professional sports, nearly doubling the 82 games NBA and NHL seasons. I think about the baseball…

  • Boston Marathon bombing: one man’s response

    Any event where innocent people lose their lives and that causes the rest of us to question our own safety in doing ordinary activities like viewing sporting events is a tragedy because it undermines the way in which we function as a society. I’m a pretty cynical person. And I’ve seen a lot of statuses…