{"id":877,"date":"2019-04-14T15:24:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T20:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/?p=877"},"modified":"2019-04-15T15:49:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T20:49:08","slug":"roys-ramble-april-14-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/roys-ramble-april-14-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy&#8217;s Ramble, April 14, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-01-26-20.12.11-e1555360320958-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-01-26-20.12.11-e1555360320958-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-01-26-20.12.11-e1555360320958-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-01-26-20.12.11-e1555360320958-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-01-26-20.12.11-e1555360320958-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Each week I take a quick look at some of the stories and\nnews that I found most interesting.&nbsp; This\nspace will include some sports, but not all of the sports stories that I\nnormally follow in the areas of sports philanthropy, sports law, sports\nbusiness, Jewish sports, concussions and otherwise.&nbsp; If you want to see more of what I am\nfollowing in those areas, let me know and I can point you to the best spots on\nmy blogs and websites.&nbsp; You will see that\nI love to find some of life&#8217;s little absurdities and point those out as well as\nother interesting stories that I follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>GRAPHICS OF THE WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-11-16.46.24-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"882\" data-link=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/roys-ramble-april-14-2019\/2019-04-11-16-46-24\/\" class=\"wp-image-882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-11-16.46.24-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-11-16.46.24-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-11-16.46.24-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-11-16.46.24-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Don&#8217;t regret<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"925\" height=\"925\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-10-14.04.46.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"881\" data-link=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/roys-ramble-april-14-2019\/2019-04-10-14-04-46\/\" class=\"wp-image-881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-10-14.04.46.jpg 925w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-10-14.04.46-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-10-14.04.46-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-10-14.04.46-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px\" \/><figcaption>Great Seder Plate<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"871\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-11-22.59.16.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"883\" data-link=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/roys-ramble-april-14-2019\/2019-04-11-22-59-16\/\" class=\"wp-image-883\"\/><figcaption>Stay positive<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>WEEK ENDING APRIL 14, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Tiger&#8217;s win at Augusta<\/strong>. Obviously one of the biggest stories this weekend. An impressive feat. I have never been a Tiger fan, but it was an incredible win and a comeback for the ages. Despite my feelings about Tiger, <a href=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/tigers-two-biggest-accomplishments\/\">you can read here about how I do give him credit for two very impressive accomplishments<\/a>. My other question about Tiger, or more his audience, is <a href=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/can-we-grant-others-the-second-chance-given-to-tiger\/\">whether they would give others the same second chances Tiger has received<\/a>. I routinely see sports related people fired, shunned and shamed for far less than cheating with 100+ women. Seeing all of the joy and redemption stories made me wonder about this double standard. It was fun to see a strong leaderboard the last couple days.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Concussion\nresearch advance<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp; One big story\nthis week was the study released by Boston University which seems to bring us\ncloser to being able to diagnose CTE in living people. While the diagnosis\nalone will not get us where we need to be, it will allow a much more rapid\nprogression in the identification of the disease and give us some ability to\nwork on treatments.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Daylight\nTime vs. Standard Time<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; So\nif you are in Chicago, in April, does an invitation for 7 p.m. CST mean 7 p.m.\nCDT? Or is the person sending a stealth invitation for 7 p.m. MDT?&nbsp; I am not sure why this concept is so\ndifficult.&nbsp; But there are a large number\nof people (and media) that incorrectly publish times for an event in Standard Time\nwhen we are in Daylight Time.&nbsp; Part of me\nalways wants to email back to them to ask whether 7 p.m. CST really meant that,\nor whether they meant 7 p.m. Central Daylight Time.&nbsp; I am sure they are only confused because we\nspend many more months on Daylight Time than we do on Standard Time<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Night\nfor Victory<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Northwestern Gridiron\nNetwork held a beautiful event at the Godfrey Hotel on Saturday night.&nbsp; Fantastic venue on the rooftop lounge.&nbsp; Impressive turnout to raise money that they\nwere targeting for customized helmets, allegedly to reduce concussions.&nbsp; While better equipment can help, I am always\nwary of players feeling unduly&#8221; safe in particular equipment.&nbsp; The rooftop setting itself was beautiful and\nthe Purple Arch Venture hosts did an impressive job with the decorations.&nbsp; Take a look at these photos.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Alley-Oop to Alliyah<\/strong>.  My friend David Goldstein from Toronto was in Chicago for a couple of Lunch and Learns&#8221; where he spoke about <a href=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/alley-oop-to-aliyah\/\">his book Alley-Oop to Alliyah<\/a>. It is an impressive piece of work about the trail of African-American basketball players that have moved on to play professional basketball in Israel, and how their presence in Israel has made an impact on their lives as well as on the lives of the Israeli&#8217;s around them. Many of them have chosen to remain in Israel after their playing careers because they felt that they were treated better in Israel than in most other places that they have lived. If you would like to have David visit your community, let me know and I can put you in contact with him. I think you will enjoy the presentation and I know that I am looking forward to reading the book.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Diverticulitis<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Typically spending a whole day in the urgent\ncare clinic and the ER are not fun.&nbsp; And\nthis past Tuesday was spent in that fashion.&nbsp;\nBut instead of being aggravated with the slow&#8221; service, I was thankful\nfor how quickly things were handled, how fortunate I was to be able to receive\nthat type of medical care and how ultimately they only found something that was\na short term issue.&nbsp;&nbsp; Diverticulitis is\nmuch better than a burst appendix or dozens of other options that it could have\nbeen.&nbsp; The biggest problem was not the\npain, but the effect of two heavy anti-biotics that knocked me out for much of\nthe week.&nbsp; I rarely take any type of meds\nfor pain so I was surprised to feel so sluggish and lethargic.&nbsp; I dragged myself out to a few meetings, but\nreally didn&#8217;t start feeling better until Sunday.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>NCAA Men&#8217;s\nChampionship Game<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I was\nhappy to see Virginia win the National Championship because I am a fan of Tony\nBennett.&nbsp; A tremendous turnaround from\nlast season when Virginia became the first #1 seed to lose to a #16 seed.&nbsp;&nbsp; I like Bennett&#8217;s leadership style and have\nfollowed him since his playing days at UWGB.&nbsp;\nVirginia had two of the most improbable wins that I have ever seen in\ntheir Elite 8 win against Purdue and semifinal win against Auburn.&nbsp; &nbsp;When\nPurdue poked that ball into the backcourt and less than 5 seconds remained, the\nodds of Virginia pulling that out had to be under 5%.&nbsp; With 10 seconds left in the Auburn game, the\nodds might have been even lower.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Illinois\nBoxing Hall of Fame<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I have\nnever been to this dinner event before, but with my friend Al Bernstein being\ninducted, it was fantastic to see over 600 people in the crowd to honor\nhim.&nbsp;&nbsp; The energy in the room was\nimpressive and this was one of the best limos that I have ever seen.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>JNF\nLawyers Breakfast<\/strong>. Held the day\nafter the Israeli election, this breakfast took a bit of a detour to examine\nthe results of the election and challenges that will be faced in putting\ntogether a new government.&nbsp; Israel always\nhas political challenges but this particular election may hold the fate of some\nof the biggest decision&#8217;s in the country&#8217;s history.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Traction<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I was invited to an interesting\nlunch presentation by a company called Insperity.&nbsp; The presentation focused on a book called\nTraction and the system for helping a business analyze how to prepare\nthemselves for growth.&nbsp;&nbsp; The presentation\ntook us through a process called EOS (Entrepreneur Operating System) but the\npresentation itself was probably better suited to a small group for a working\nsession than for a lunch presentation.&nbsp;\nBut the substance of the presentation had some terrific content and if\nyou are interested in hearing more about it I can connect you to my host.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a look at this week&#8217;s ramble which includes Tiger Woods, Daylight Savings Time, Al Bernstein&#8217;s  induction into the Illinois Boxing Hall of Fame and David Goldstein&#8217;s book Alley Oop to Aliyah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[419],"tags":[426,431,437,329,427,436,337,434,430,317,435,6,359],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}