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USA-Mexico Futbol
So I get this e-mail from a good friend tonight: Are you aligned with futbol or are you a casual observer? A massive match is set to take place in the most imposing place in North America – Estadio Azteca – complete with 110,000 rabid fans, who gladly hurl batteries and zip-loc’d bags of urine and...
Sundry
Guess who crashed into Big 12 Media Day? Sergio won't be suspended, but he vows not to drive and text anymore. Studies have shown that it impairs you. Don't believe me? Here's an authorative bureaucrat: Ditlow said the findings showed that a driver using a cell phone was four times as likely to...
Flotsam
From a recent interview in the Port Arthur News, Jamaal Charles is just one pound away from contending for a starter's role in Kansas City. Sort of like how water turns into steam at 212 degrees but not 211? The coaches want one more pound out of the Port Arthur speedster so he can presumably...
We're Number 6!!!
in the final Learfield Sports Director's Cup D-1 Standings. It's the award that is given annually to the best overall collegiate athletics program. Actually, its proper name should be the Cardinal Director's Cup since Stanford has won the award 15 years in a row. The Director's Cup, run by the...
And Justice For All
Banality strikes back. Gary Cartwright lanced the boil of modern sports journalism a few days ago and given Cartwright's unapologetic criticism, I was not surprised to see some of his former peers take offense. Richard Justice offers a retort written in powerfully annoying folksy prose, suggesting...
Gary Cartwright on the Death of Newspaper Sportswriting
Gary Cartwright opines provocatively. You can also read more Cartwright here. Gary Cartwright is a living Texas treasure and he drives this particular pitch out of the park, past the cotton-candy concessions, over the train tracks, and through a Chevy Corsica's windshield. In the footprints of...
HBO's Thrilla in Manila Revisited
This is a must-see documentary. As its tagline promises: Time Tells A Different Story. Boxing serves as the vehicle for much deeper examinations of media manipulation, the nature of courage, racial identity, the power of symbolism, contest of will, the importance of forgiveness. When I wrote a...
The New Physical Education Part II: The Games They Play
First, read Part I. Would you like to learn about some of the games our kids will be playing? These should prepare them for shooting pirates in the head from the back of a destroyer. My favorites, with comments: Ball Wrestling - This is one of the favorite activities of my students. Well, it is...
The New Physical Education Part I
I was watching HBO's Real Sports last night and I came across a follow-up on a story run seven years ago on the battle over dodge ball at elementary schools. Can't find the video, but the segment included such activities as tag where no child is ever "it", no-touching policies (no hugs, high...
SI Explains Why Athletes Go Broke (But Lenny Dykstra & Chance Mock Will Save Them)
Newsflash: many athletes are sheltered, not particularly bright, prone to wild speculation, have no financial acumen, and are easily manipulated. So they're basically like the average American, but with superior vertical leaps. At least that's what Sports Illustrated contends in How (and Why)...
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