Tag: Lang’s World
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Lang’s World: My Presidential Platform
All of this varied life experience leads me to believe that one day I will reach the point in my career where I have nothing left to do except run for President. To be clear, I DO NOT want to run for president, but at this rate, eventually that’s all I’m going to have left.…
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Lang’s World: Kobe proved hard work pays off
“Gone” is a hard word to reckon with, but it’s even harder to square when you’re talking about an immortal. That’s what Kobe Bryant felt like; we were only used to seeing him win. Kobe repeatedly showed the world what it meant to confront doubt with work, and to turn that labor into success. Kobe…
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Lang’s World: To win in college football, be ready to embrace change
In Monday night’s NCAA Football Championship Game in New Orleans, which may or may not still be going on as I type this, the LSU Tigers tamed the Clemson Tigers in convincing fashion, 42-25. If you watched much college football this season, it wasn’t a huge surprise. LSU was dominant from start to finish, and…
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Lang’s World: A farewell to David Stern, who helped flatten the world
These days, it’s not crazy to say that the world is flat. Not literally, of course, but thanks to technology and travel advances, everything is within reach. And I’ve always felt like there’s no better way to understand how the world works than to actually see the world work from up close. This is a…
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Lang’s World: The Memphis before Christmas
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the MidSouth Not a creature was stirring, not even an NCAA compliance mouse; The Foamposites were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that a new five-star recruit soon would be there; The Tigers were nestled all snug in their beds; With visions of March and…
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Lang’s World: These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things
I can’t speak for you, but raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens are not a few of my favorite things. While I appreciate the sentiment of that song we hear each holiday season — stopping to recognize the things that make each day a little better — the stuff that makes us not feel…
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Lang’s World: Who replaces Mike Norvell? Depends which type of coach the Memphis Tigers want
You don’t need me to tell you that Mike Norvell did an incredible job as football coach at the University of Memphis. He won more than twice as many games as he lost, he went to bowl games in each of his four seasons, he recruited the heck out of the region, and this year…
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Lang’s World: The GCM SEC Coaches Postseason Power Poll
The calendar finally flipped into December over the weekend, which means yet another SEC football regular season is in the books. Since we started the season with an SEC Coach power poll, it’s only fair that as the season draws to a close, we re-power the coaches and see who’s managed to climb, hang on…
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Lang’s World: Giving Thanks for College Football
It is that time of year again, when we gather with our friends and families and break out thick sweaters and instead of fretting over what we do not have, we can instead hopefully be thankful for everything we do have. This is something my Mom used to force us to do each Thanksgiving, although…
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Lang’s World: Ja Rules
It started pretty much immediately, just days week into the preseason schedule, when during the middle of a possession, Ja Morant drove down the lane and tried to dunk on Charlotte’s Miles Bridges. The Internet will burn when Ja Morant finishes this one next time. The defender here is is 6-foot-7 Miles Bridges, who has…