Archive for the 'Sports' Category

July
27

Running Quest: push for 15 minute 2 mile

Posted by knup, on July 27, 2008 at 7:58 pm.
Categories: General, Sports

Back a few months ago a bunch from our small group decided we were going to run the Morton Pumpkin Festival 2 mile run. Yeah, I know… 2 miles is kinda weak. But hey, it’s not as easy as you think for someone who doesn’t run much anymore
So for the last few weeks [...]

July
02

Knup played ball against Michael Jordan

Posted by knup, on July 2, 2008 at 9:20 pm.
Categories: Sports

So as most of you know, I spent 4 years playing college ball at Elmhurst College.  Michael Jordan also ran his camp at Elmhurst College.  I got the opportunity to be a counselor at this camp all 4 years of my career.  The coolest part about this was that the other counselors were bigtime D1 [...]

May
15

Cardinal game recap

Posted by knup, on May 15, 2008 at 6:46 am.
Categories: Sports

I’m way behind on this, but I have to talk about it. Rodney and I hit STL for the first Cardinal/Cub game of the season a few weeks back - and it didn’t disappoint. We left around noon and got there before anyone else I think. We always do that! Gates [...]

May
02

Cardinals vs. Cubs - Round 1

Posted by knup, on May 2, 2008 at 7:22 am.
Categories: Sports

My brother and I are heading to “Baseball Heaven” tonight to watch the first game of the year between the Cardinals and Cubs. We are typically bad luck as I can’t remember a Cardinals win in our recent Card/Cub outings. This is the year Wainwright on the hill against Hill. [...]

April
23

Feeling old playing some hoops

Posted by knup, on April 23, 2008 at 7:12 am.
Categories: Sports

I’ve been going into the Pekin Highschool open gyms lately and playing some basketball. My old highschool coach, Coach Mott, is the head coach there now. It’s been great to “help out” by playing with some of his kids. They only have a handful of highschoolers right now since everyone is in [...]

April
21

Cardinals get rocked, I get full!

Posted by knup, on April 21, 2008 at 6:12 am.
Categories: Sports

So our Cardinal all-inclusive trip was fun.  My brothers, dad and I took off bright and early Sunday morning for STL.  We got there just before the gates opened, picked up our tickets from will-call, and got right in.  Rodney, Randy and I watched a little batting practice but due to nobody having any power [...]

April
19

Pumped for all-inclusive Cardinals trip

Posted by knup, on April 19, 2008 at 8:00 am.
Categories: Sports

Tomorrow, my dad, Rodney and Randy are all heading to St. Louis to watch the Cardinals pound on the Giants.  We are taking advantage of an April special that gives us an “all-inclusive” ticket for just $65.  Not too shabby considering they are normally over $100 per ticket.
So we are sitting in the Coca Cola [...]

April
17

Domination in fantasy basketball

Posted by knup, on April 17, 2008 at 7:02 am.
Categories: Sports

So as some of you know, I play in a fantasy sports league with 9 of my buddies.  Most are friends from college mixed in with some family, etc… We have a unique setup where we all compete in Fantasy NBA, Fantasy MLB and Fantasy NFL every year.  Then we have an “overall champion”.  There [...]

April
09

Our run is done

Posted by knup, on April 9, 2008 at 7:49 am.
Categories: Sports

Our run of Cat basketball league championships is over.  We lost last night in dramatic fashion.  It was very eerily similar to the National Championship game actually.  We were down 12 points with just over 3 minutes to go.  We easily could have folded it in but decided to pressure them a bit and force [...]

February
09

Our little basketball man

Posted by knup, on February 9, 2008 at 8:58 am.
Categories: Family, Sports

Check out Drew’s latest pose! He is playing in the Pekin Union Mission 3-5 year old basketball clinics this year and is liking it a lot more than last year.  He loves dribbling, playing defense (he does not get this from daddy), passing and shooting. It’s funny because I know all of you are thinking [...]