The other day I was in a class and we started watching the Will Smith movie “Concussion”. Everyone in the class was kind of half paying attention but I saw enough to realize why some NFL Football players are retiring early. Some of these players had very similar side-effects to the PTSD that soldiers get. Some players were seen getting violent and abusive with their families and one player even got into his car and drove into on-coming traffic and killed himself and the person (or people) in the car he hit. Also, many of them were former linemen; coincidence? I think not, due to how much contact is involved with being a lineman. It is much more understandable that these players have shortened their careers because in the end it may end up killing them.

It’s always one of the best parts of Thanksgiving, stuffing yourself while you watch football with your family. But I have to say that I was pretty disappointed at Sam Bradford even though this game had no impact on my Patriots. The fact that the Vikings were fairly deep in their own territory on what had the potential to be a game-winning drive is what made this really upsetting. But the actual upsetting part was that in his own territory, Sam Bradford made the conscious decision to throw the ball into double-coverage. Which meant that as soon as the Lions defender caught the ball, the Lions were in field goal range. My uncle who was sitting next to me called that Sam would throw a pick-six (and he was pretty darn close) said that that game needs to be the end of Sam Bradford, and I have to say I agree. Think about it, Bradford has had little to no success with any of the three teams he’s played for over six years. And on top of that, he has never even played in a playoff game, I’m sorry but I think Sam Bradford’s career is pretty darn close to meeting it’s demise.

Last weekend I got a chance to go with some friends to see the new Movie about Vinny Pazienza called “Bleed For This” starring Miles Teller. I have to say that it was a truly inspiring story. The way that this man was able to go from being told he might not even walk again to making a full recovery and getting back in the ring to fight the mighty Roberto Duran and beat him is truly remarkable. This is definitely a good film to watch for any injured athlete who has been told that they will never play again. Miles Teller does a perfect job of displaying what it’s like to be a hard nosed Rhode Island raised kid and was the perfect person for the job. I give “Bleed For This” 4.5 stars out of five. Truly an inspirational film.

Yesterday, in division one boys soccer, I witnessed two things that I thought I would never see, La Salle Academy and Bishop Hendricken were both eliminated before they were able to reach the championship game. It’s not that I thought this would never happen in soccer, I never thought it would happen in any sport. In a division where those two schools are competing in the same division, it is very rare that both of them get eliminated before they reach the championship. The reason why this is so pleasing to me is because I feel like for the first time in a while I will get to see my school compete against another public school in a division one championship game.

Got a chance to be in New York for the marathon on Sunday. Over 50,000 people ran in this race!!! Ghirmay Ghebreslassie was the top finisher among the men and for the women it was Mary Keitany.

So today I saw that the last time there were two ties in an NFL season that the Cleveland Indians lost the World Series in 7 games. I mean I hate this whole tie thing in the NFL because it happens at least once a year. For one thing, if you’ve seen any behind-scenes-footage of NFL teams preparing for games, you know that both teams work way too hard to go out there and tie. Why is it that the NFL actually lets two teams go out there and play their hearts out and no one even gets to win? Call me crazy but I think NFL overtime should go until someone wins the game. By the way, the thing I said at the beginning, my prediction stands at Cubs in 7.

Here’s something I don’t and never will understand about high school sports in Rhode Island; why do we have private schools playing sports against public schools? Take La Salle High School and Bishop Hendriken High School for example. Two schools that have kids from all over Rhode Island and Massachusetts playing against a bunch of kids from one small town. Now do the math, is that fair? No way. Hendriken has sent several football players to the NFL, including Washington Redskins free safety, Will Blackmon. And on top of that, they have a defensive end who just committed to the University of Michigan…yes you read that right, Michigan. You know like the same college that Tom Brady went to…Michigan. So since the patriots have only sent one athlete to the NFL in history (Mike Cloud, former NFL running back), someone needs to explain to me how this competition is fair.

Watch David Ortiz Bid Farewell To Red Sox Nation After Final Game

I’m so glad that I can forever say that I was there to witness this moment.