Sports
Painting the Corners
I went to my first baseball game at age five. My dad’s friend, who had taken it upon himself to make …
Bama Mama-Jama
You could say I was born with a Crimson spoon in my hand. My father has always been an avid follower …
Hapless in Seattle
This past Monday, immediately following the Seattle Seahawks’ victory over the Green Bay Packers, ESPN.com ran a reader poll: “what did …
Trading Races
This summer, two transactions made history in their respective sports. In the MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers acquired first baseman Adrian …
MARCH-ING MADNESS
In the first half of the first game of March Madness this year, Kansas State’s freshman point guard Angel Rodriguez stepped …
BALL SO HARD
After declaring for the 2010 NBA Draft out of Harvard, Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin got passed over for 60 other players. …
"They Bump Hips"
Lacrosse and Native Americana
On Saturday, February 18, over the course of an afternoon, Brown University’s Men’s Varsity lacrosse team faced off against the Iroquois …
The NBA is Bleeding
In The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith professed the importance of “public diversions.” These diversions, he argued, are central to the …
Forward Down the Field
Motown legend Marvin Gaye released his landmark single What’s Going On in January 1971. Everyone knows the smooth report of Gaye’s …
The Oak Tree Massacre: Sports Rivalries Then and Now
On the evening of January 27, a man’s gruff voice came over the AM radio to football fans across the state …
Spreading the Cheese
With Christina Aguilera holding the final note of the National Anthem for over 10 seconds, it was easy to forget who …
Gloves Off
To grow up a boxer in Rhode Island is to know your enemy so well that he ceases to be your …
Sailors And Steamrollers
Trace the origins of modern basketball, and you’ll come across a rural road in Hillsdale, Wyoming. There is no landmark or …
Progress and Preservation
The Independent: You still live in the RI area?Doris Burke: I have a house in South Kingstown and I have an …
LeHamlet
Of the many nicknames endowed to LeBron James, “The King” best reflects his Shakespearean hubris and the irony of his narrative; …
The World's Manliest Sport
The year was 2009. On a cold weekend in May, they arrived by ship, by plane, and by car to the …
Six! More! Years!
On Selection Sunday, March 14, bubbles will burst across the college basketball scene as unworthy teams fail to qualify and unworthy …
Brief Interviews with Olympic Men
Indy: You’re in the Olympics, man! What was your “Wow I’m in the Olympics” moment?Travers: It’s a great honour to be …
Trojans
This week in not kidding: David Sills, a 13-year old from Bear, Delaware, has committed to play quarterback for University of …
Downhill battle
As the US Ski Team prepares to compete on the snow-starved slopes of British Columbia’s Whistler Mountain, its hopes are pinned …
mind the cap
That life-affirming, cathartic New Orleans Super Bowl victory you watched (or may have heard about) might be the last until 2012. …
The Parable of the Tiger and the Undertaker
Challenger CM Punk is wearing nothing but a yellow Speedo and wrist tape marked with the letter X. His greasy brown …
Kentucky dreamin'
In a recent bout of homesickness I pulled up the Wikipedia article on US Interstate Highway 64. I wondered if maybe …
LET'S BE BLUNT
These days, it doesn’t take much more than a mere whisper of steroid use to derail an athlete’s career. Although some, like …
Let's Be Blunt
drugs beyond the locker room
These days, it doesn’t take much more than a mere whisper of steroid use toderail an athlete’s career. Although some, like …
Answer Marks
Iverson's ink and his impact on the NBA
On September 10, Allen Iverson signed a one-year contract with the MemphisGrizzlies. A perennial basement dweller of the NBA’s SouthwestDivision,the Grizz …
Sporty Spice
how Semenya is challenging our notion of female athletes
Caster Semenya runs fast—really fast. The 18-year-oldSouth African runner dominated the Women’sWorld Championship 800m race thisAugust, whenshe beat her nearest competitor …
Philly: After the Fall
a perpetual also-ran finds itself in an unfamiliar role
When the Philadelphia Phillies won the World Seriesa little less than ayear ago, my father calledme and yelled over the roar …
How Upsetting
who let the underdogs out? Oudin et al storm the US Open
This year in particular has been a veritable soap opera for followers of protennis, from Roger and Rafa’s on-again/off-again rivalry to …
THE GREEN SUITS HIM
No one expected this. On a windy Sunday chockfull of storylines, from Kenny Perry's bid to become the oldest major champion …
SHALL WE (BIG) DANCE?
Sixty-five teams.Single elimination.Last team standing wins. This is the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. The sweat, the sneakers, the stars, the upsets …
LESSONS FROM THE LARP
This is how one world ends and another begins. The trunk opens. You take your boots, your leather cuirass and your …
A GOOD WORKOUT IS HARD TO FIND
You can call him Coach. Countless others do, and while Greg Glassman hasn't coached a sports team in the traditional sense, …
OPERATION: ELECTION EDITION
Politico44 is a website under the auspices of Politico.com, a trusted source for political junkies to feed their habits. It is …
A FIRST TIMER'S GUIDE
If you want to keep your friends, do not talk about this aspect of your life.You will need to run somewhere …
SUDDENLY, LOSING HURTS
Game Five of this year's American League Championship Series, between the Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays, was the kind …
LUCIFER'S NUMBER ONE FAN CLUB
Players change, coaches change, jerseys change. Rules change, mascots change, cheers change. Hell, even the fans change--the good ones because they …
THIS WEEK IN MIDNIGHT DODGEBALL
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I'M NOT LATE. I'M ON STOPPAGE TIME: LIFE LESSONS LEARNED ON THE SOCCER FIELD
Throughout history, the fall solstice has signaled athletic bliss. Ah, autumn. All leaves and cider and groundskeepers chalking out the perimeters …
THIS WEEK IN MIDNIGHT DODGEBALL: PROBLEM SET #1
Let omega be the sum of all players in this experiment. 'A' will stand for team A, whose letters, {a,b,c, etc}, …