Jul 12
Jul 12, 2011
Johnny Goodman -
See all 177 of my articles
The Open Championship originated in Scotland in 1860 at Prestwick Golf Club. The first playing of the tournament was restricted to professionals, (mainly who were caddies, greenskeepers, clubmakers or ballmakers by trade) and attracted a field of eight who played three rounds of Prestwick’s twelve-hole course in a single day. The winning score of 174, […]
→
Read the full article
Jul 05
Jul 05, 2011
Johnny Goodman -
See all 177 of my articles
My favorite event of the Summer, the Annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Championship was held yesterday. Joey Chestnut made it 5 in a row downing 62 Hot Dogs and Buns in 10 minutes of time. His nearest competitor – Patrick Bertoletti – set a personal best with 53 dogs consumed. This event also was the […]
→
Read the full article
Jun 21
Jun 21, 2011
Johnny Goodman -
See all 177 of my articles
Every gambler knows, the secret to surviving in knowing what to throw away and knowing what to keep. Las Vegas is hopeful that the early returns in the annual World Series of Poker keeps the momentum going. The roughly 6 week long tournament which began over three weeks ago, is up almost 12% from the […]
→
Read the full article
Jun 17
Jun 17, 2011
Johnny Goodman -
See all 177 of my articles
The United States Open Championship is being contested at Congressional this week. Congressional is not one of my more favorite venues for an open. It has your usual long rough, fast greens, super long golf holes, and lots of trees, but it is a fairly boring golf course in Johnny’s opinion. There are some nice […]
→
Read the full article
Jun 07
Jun 07, 2011
Johnny Goodman -
See all 177 of my articles
After 19 glorious seasons, the Diesel has hung it up. Riding off into the Big Sunset, the Shaq Daddy has an impressive resume’. An MVP award, numerous rings with a couple of different teams, and one of the most likable guys to ever play in the NBA. The Big Aristotle might also hold the record […]
→
Read the full article
May 31
May 31, 2011
Johnny Goodman -
See all 177 of my articles
On a day with relatively no sports news, Jimmy the Vest Tressel decided to proclaim his resignation from thuh ohio state university as their football coach. Nothing like picking the day that we honor America’s heroes of military service to slip into the night – – because of your dishonorable actions. The real issue here is not […]
→
Read the full article
May 17
May 17, 2011
Johnny Goodman -
See all 177 of my articles
Ahhh it is that time of year again when there is drama in the Bronx Zoo. The Evil Empire also known as the New York Yankees seem to hum along magically when all is going well. They are winning games, they are enjoying the YES network, they are getting up the ire of Baaaahston fans […]
→
Read the full article
May 10
May 10, 2011
Johnny Goodman -
See all 177 of my articles
Johnny missed his normal Tuesday article last week as he was vacationing with Mrs. Goodman in the lovely town of Las Vegas Nevada. As surprising as it may be, yours truly ran into none other than Peter Edward Rose at the sports book at the Mirage Hotel and Casino. Pete was making an appearance somewhere […]
→
Read the full article
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2011
Johnny Goodman -
See all 177 of my articles
Big problems continue for the beloved Ohio State Program. Not that it is any big shocker, but the NCAA the fastest yacht in the boat race, finally made a public statement yesterday that they are looking into alleged infractions. The violations in the Ohio State case happened a basically 12 months ago. The news splash […]
→
Read the full article
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2011
Johnny Goodman -
See all 177 of my articles
Normally I write a sports article but Kosmo is going that direction a bit today, so I will focus on a more Kosmoesque topic for Tuesday … Customer Service. My wife and I recently bought a new car. Well somewhat recently. We picked up the car at the dealership on February 21. The negotiation went […]
→
Read the full article
Page 10 of 18« First«...89101112...»Last »
Writers for The Soap Boxers are freelance writers who work as independent contractors. Opinions expressed by the writers may not necessarily reflect the opinion of management.
Copyright for all content belongs to the writer identified in the byline. Copyright for any content not associated with a particular writer belongs to Kosmo. Copyright for comments belongs to the writer of the comment.
Content from The Soap Boxers cannot be reused in any manner other than what is allowed under the fair use doctrine of US copyright law or the applicable copyright laws of your country.
© 2008-2020. All rights reserved.
Please email Kosmo at Kosmo@ObservingCasually.com with any questions you may have.

The Soap Boxers is a division of Hyrax Publications, LLC.
Comments