K9 Nose Work is good scents
“I don’t trust people who don’t like dogs, and I totally understand when dogs don’t trust people.” That’s one of the many quips being shared on social media these days. [...]
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Posted January 22, 2014in Locker Room
Posted January 15, 2014in Locker Room
Stalking the murder
A woman sits in the schoolyard puffing away on a cigarette as her daughter attends school. Some crows begin to gather behind — unbeknownst to the woman. Two or three [...]
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Posted January 08, 2014in Locker Room
Rodeo riding takes big bulls
The World’s Toughest Rodeo is once again bringing its all balls and bulls action to Des Moines bringing with it high intensity fun for the whole family. Rodeo is one [...]
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Posted January 01, 2014in Locker Room
Skeeball is in the house
Ever heard of the Pinball Wizard? “He ain’t got no distractions; can’t hear those buzzers and bells; don’t see lights a flashin’; plays by sense of smell; always has a [...]
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Posted December 26, 2013in Locker Room
Ah, the power of fresh powder
Sledding is one of the most favored physical (outdoor) activities in the winter months. It combines resistance and cardio training that inevitably leaves everyone involved sweating through his or her [...]
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Posted December 18, 2013in Locker Room
If the snowshoe fits
In this day of fast-paced motors and high-adrenaline maneuvers, it’s peaceful to slow down with a more primitive practice from simpler times. Instead of putting on boots and trekking your [...]
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Posted December 11, 2013in Locker Room
Storm Chasers, take the field
Don’t let the excessive exclamation points in this article fool you, intelligence and entrepreneurship abound within circles like Des Moines’ own Iowa Barnstormers Storm Chasers Dance Team. “We are role [...]
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Posted December 04, 2013in Locker Room
Workin’ off the bowl full of jelly
As folks embark on the last month of 2013, it’s finally appropriate to put out Christmas decorations, shovel food into their mouths and spike family punchbowls. But for those already [...]
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Posted November 27, 2013in Locker Room
Broomball doesn’t give a puck
Acclaimed comedian and actor Robin Williams once raved over the origin of golf, explaining: “Ya whack a ball into a gopher hole, and you put the hole hundreds of yards [...]
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Posted November 20, 2013in Locker Room
RoundKick Rumble XXI, the science of eight limbs
There is something wildly fascinating about watching two people fight. A slow temper building up to the point where civilized conversation no longer resonates effective to the parties involved, yet [...]
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