By now, you’re of course wondering, “Who is this transcendent figure who calls himself ‘The Sport Dork?’” Sure, you’ve read the “Who is the Sport Dork?” section of the blog, but that only added to the intrigue and left you with a burning desire to know more about The Sport Dork. How could a man leave behind a moderately successful blog with a very small group of fairly committed readers and no ad revenue and return to the corporate grind? And why would he reappear twelve years later, knowing the crushing weight of expectations from his adoring fan base? Can he capture lightning in a bottle twice? Will it break him? And why is it ‘Sport Dork’ instead of ‘Sports Dork’?

You have questions. I understand. And the answers to your questions will be revealed in due time. Unless I shut down the blog again because I’m bored. But that’s part of the excitement, and as you’re already learning, is part of what makes www.sportdork.com the most compelling blog in the galaxy.

What I can tell you, only two posts into our new or possibly rekindled (I’ve missed you) relationship is that most importantly, The Sport Dork is a man of great vision and strategery. I’m talking George H.W. Bush levels of strategery. When I decided to bring back the blog, I knew timing was everything. Roll out Sport Dork 2.0 at the wrong time – say, right before curling season starts – and it could be over before the first brush thingy hits the ice. But roll it out at the right time, and it could take off like a lizard strapped to a bottle rocket.

So I waited for the perfect moment. A time when the entire country was brimming with anticipation and ready to revel in the insights of a man who could simplify the complicated, make sense of the unintelligible, and bring calm to the chaos. And it was obvious – there was one sport that needed the Sport Dork in 2019 more than ever. Football. Who else could possibly explain what constitutes pass interference, or targeting, or a catch, or a fumble, or a first down, or appropriate reverence for our flag in 2019?

It wasn’t even a choice. The Sport Dork had to return for the start of the 2019 college and pro football seasons. So I recovered my Go Daddy password, spewed a litany of obscenities as I stumbled through Word Press, posted a picture of cricket, a sport that I will likely never write about other than to mock occasionally, and Sport Dork was poised and ready to storm the internet.

There was only one thing left to do. If the 2019 version of Sport Dork was to be true to its 2007 origins, it had to channel the same international flavor as its predecessor. So with the opening weekends of both college and pro football approaching (I don’t consider that disaster I saw on Saturday night between UF and Miami football), Mrs. SportDork and I are heading to Manila and Vietnam, with no ability to see a minute of live American football action for the next week. Instead of sports, I will be regaling you with observations on Filipino culture and pictures of my selections from the breakfast buffet. Go read ESPN.com if you want to find out who failed which drug test and is suspended for opening day.

It’s called strategery, people. Strategery.

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