Steve Nicewanger’s Story Archive

The Thunder Meets the Timber, Horse Racing and the Colts

October 23, 2014 | by Steve Nicewanger

Perhaps it wasn’t the most epic contest in sports history. It probably will not be retold as a soccer legend, except maybe in the family legends of those involved. The scene was the playing fields of the Baxter YMCA. Under a darken sky and cool temperatures, the members of the … Read More

The Cowboys, the Seahawks and the Super Bowl

October 11, 2014 | by Steve Nicewanger

or the last 20 years NFL fans have heard the same cry from Texas and the media going into the regular NFL season: this year (pick your year) is the year that the Dallas Cowboys are finally going to realize their potential, go to the Super Bowl (in whatever city … Read More

Derek Jeter Retires, Hope Solo & Domestic Violence, and Andy’s Handy

October 9, 2014 | by Steve Nicewanger

You know you are getting old when an athlete that you respect and admire retires from actively playing as a professional in his sport and you cannot believe he has turned 40 years old. Derek Jeter has been one of professional baseball’s greatest players and he was certainly the pride … Read More

Tony Stewart, Colts, and an Update on Michael Shumacher

October 2, 2014 | by Steve Nicewanger

he automobile racing world was relieved when word came last week that Tony Stewart was cleared of any criminal charges by an Ontario County, New York grand jury in the death of 20-year-old driver Kevin Ward Jr. during a race last month. After viewing film footage of the tragic incident … Read More

Where are we going to put everybody?

September 25, 2014 | by Steve Nicewanger

I once saw a educational film made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1955. In it, an ag scientist claimed that by the year 2000, the earth’s population could be as high as 2 billion. He was asking how the Earth could contain and support such a population. Of … Read More