On March 18, 1995, Michael Jordan announced his return to the NBA through a simple press release which read, "I'm back." Keep in mind, this was the real Michael Jordan, not the wannabe who can't even win a 17-team Maryland Beer Pong tournament in Frederick.

Although there was no fax sent to the press, some of you may have noticed that my retirement from Maryland Beer Pong was short-lived, if it happened at all. Contrary to some who believe that I only "retired" for the sake of getting attention (more on that later) or as a way to convince the...

This will be my final edition of the Tuesday Morning Bring-Back.

One year, six months, and thirty-seven installments later, it is time to say goodbye. I would have never guessed it would become as popular and successful as it has. I really owe it all to the Maryland Beer Pong community which left me with no shortage of excellent material to write about.

I would like to thank everyone who checked out the website every Tuesday to read the latest edition or clicked the refresh button dozens of times when it wasn’t there. A lot of you guys were...

Have you ever wondered what it feels like to achieve greatness? To be Michelangelo, staring up at the Sistine Chapel? Or to be Martin Luther King, Jr. staring down at that blank piece of paper, and writing those words which will now live for eternity? Have you ever accomplished something so magnificent, so transcendent, like Garrett Lang did in his first edition of Hot Topics? I'm guessing no, you have not.

For most of us, greatness does not come as easily for us as it does for those legendary men listed above. In our lifetime, we can only hope...

"I'm speechless."

That was the entire response to my email to Mantis letting him know that I would be making a "Change of Plans" for the upcoming World Pong Tour $50,000 Atlantic City Beer Pong Championship in June.

It wasn't supposed to be this way. When the Mantis sent me an email telling me that Jamie "Big Cup" Behrens had asked him for permission to ask me to play, he had no idea that I would think about leaving him.

"I didn't think you would ditch me," he wrote. "I'm shocked."

Like most people, I've had a tumultuous relationship with...

Boy, that escalated quickly. I mean, that really got out of hand fast. It jumped up a notch. It did, didn't it? Unless you're living in a cave (or historic Dundalk) you know I am referring to the last edition of the Tuesday Morning Bring-Back a.k.a. the most controversial blog in Maryland Beer Pong history. I mean, after the extended layoff, I knew I had to make my return to the blogosphere memorable. (Insert patented Barn Animal wave here)

I don't want to beat a dead horse, but I still maintain that the Maryland Beer Pong has changed for the...