Mark Vandeusen, Author at Next Impulse Sports

Being the 4th best tennis player on the planet should be more fun.

I had the idea for this post last summer, but I never got around to writing it. Amazingly...

I never had cable tv until I got to college. But for a couple weeks each summer when...

From a basketball perspective, I honestly don’t think it’s that big a deal. The Celtics were 17-5 without...

America was a hit single in 1981. I’m fairly certain I first remember hearing it on an episode of Reading...

A few days ago (June 29) the Diamondbacks Aaron Hill hit for the cycle. A nice feat, but...

I’m surprised how many people around here are into this UEFA Euro 2012 soccer thing. It keeps popping up...

Long before women everywhere simultaneuosly loved and hated Chris Noth’s character, there was a different “Mr. Big” that...

On espn’s Sunday Night Baseball tonight, the Mets R.A. Dickey will take the mound against the Yankees. Dickey...

I’ve had this post on the back burner for a little while, but it’s time to use it...

Twitter hasn’t been working for a while now. Is this armageddon? What do I do??? Is news still...

I knew it was crazy for me to hold out hope that Lebron James could somehow go his...

This song was originally by Neil Diamond in 1968. But if you ask me, his version of Red Red Wine was...