All posts tagged: ATHLETICS

what are the best events in fitness & sports this january?

Published by Pamela Thomas-Graham

The Dandelion Chandelier Luxury Calendar for Fitness and Sports highlights the most notable marathons, cycling races, professional tennis matches, Thoroughbred horse races, and professional sports championships around the world in January 2018. For the rest of the Luxury Calendar, click here. For other Fitness and Sports events, click here. And for weekly updates on what you need to know to learn how to talk sports, read TWIST: This Week in Sports Talk.  In the wide world of sports this month, the college football season concludes with a championship game in Atlanta, the NFL postseason begins, the Australian Open kicks off the new season in tennis, and there are extreme snow sports competitions and marathons in locations both Arctic and tropical. Oh, and there’s a $16 million horse race in Florida. Plenty of ways to burn off those holiday pounds — but sadly, just watching from the couch doesn’t count. Game on.

These Were the Most Popular Posts of the Year

Published by Pamela Thomas-Graham

Lots of publications share their lists of the Best of, the Most Read, the Most Emailed, and other superlatives at this time of year. We’re not exactly sure why. Is it because they want to be sure that if we missed something, we have a chance to go back and read it? Is it because the staff is on holiday, and round-up stories are really quick and easy to write? Or could it be that the process of analyzing and sharing the most popular topics of the year tells us a lot about ourselves – as a community, as a publication, as individuals?

How to Talk Sports: Time to Get Smart on College Football

Published by Pamela Thomas-Graham

The American College Football Playoffs are almost here, and you know what that means. People talking to you (or around you) about a sport that you don’t know (and don’t care) anything much about. Some of those people might even be important to you: like maybe your boss, your secret crush, your next-door-neighbor, your spouse, your in-laws, or the person sitting next to you on a really long plane ride.  Should you find yourself in that situation, fear not. You just need to learn a new language: you need to learn how to talk sports. And we got you.

what are the best events in fitness & sports this december?

Published by Pamela Thomas-Graham

The Dandelion Chandelier Luxury Calendar for Fitness and Sports highlights the most notable marathons, cycling races, professional tennis matches, Thoroughbred horse races, and professional sports championships around the world in December 2017. For the rest of the Luxury Calendar, click here. For other Fitness and Sports events, click here. And for weekly updates on what you need to know to learn how to talk sports, read TWIST: This Week in Sports Talk. 

twist: this week in sports talk november 26th, 2017

Published by Pamela Thomas-Graham

You don’t love professional sports, but your livelihood and/or personal happiness depends upon your being able to converse intelligently about it. It’s a common dilemma with a simple solution: you need to learn a new language. You need to learn how to talk sports. And we’re here to help! The TWIST is our weekly Dandelion Chandelier guide to what’s happened on the field, on the court and on the ice. Every weekend you’ll find the three (and only three) things you need to know this coming week to speak cogently about professional sports with the boss, the gang at the office, your barber, your barista, your secret crush, or your in-laws. Do the TWIST every week and we promise you’ll know how to talk about sports like a champion.