Recent content by AlanRyan

Or Australia.

Contact in Aussie rules is brutal. Watch these highlights of recent games: AFL Latest Videos - AFL.com.au Around 10% of everyone in Australia who played the sport at all levels in 2023-24 had an injury that required hospitalization...

An old friend often would say “Period. Amen."

I'm a US expat living in Australia (Old Man Alan) where rugby is similar to US football in popularity. Polynesians and Aboriginals dominate the sport in both the skill and the smash-mouth positions. Huge hits abound with no helmets or heavy pads in sight (lots of injuries, including concussions).

I spent many years at the University of Rhode Island--undergraduate and graduate degrees plus time on the faculty.

Throw in an Awful Awful, a Federal Hill pizza from Casertas and clam chowder from the Black Pearl in Newport. Done deal . . . PS--my uncle was in charge of production at Autocrat many moons ago.