This is as beautiful a piece of sports writing as you’ll ever read. Go Cards! Best to Kevin Ware.
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It’s the Three and the Shot Clock, Stupid
If you follow college basketball, you know one of the current flames being fanned these days is how scoring is down, and what the cause might just be. For me, this is just one more of those things that make we wonder about how people–and especially people who should know better– think. First, let’s get […]
Read More ...Get With it, February
Nice news comes today in the form of an email from Matt Bennardo, who is accepting my work for the One Sentence Story anthology he’s working on with Katie Sekelsky. I’m terribly excited to be a part of this project, as it sounds like great fun. Can’t wait to get hold of it. My story […]
Read More ...The Latest Big Lie
So word comes now that All-American boy, Tour de France icon, and cancer survivor is now considering whether to admit to doping. This is, of course, pretty much akin to a husband thinking about possibly admitting to an affair–sometime after the judge signs off on the divorce papers. So, after years and years of such […]
Read More ...A Wave of Words
Yeah, I know. It’s been awhile. But don’t worry…I’ve not fallen by the wayside. Not too far, anyway. I should start this by saying out loud that I had no intention of doing anything like a NANOWRIMO. I was in the middle of this science fiction thing, you see? That science fiction thing I’ve been […]
Read More ...Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt ran a 9.69 100-meter dash yesterday to break his own world record and win an Olympic gold medal. His run was so dominant that he essentially stopped running in the last 20 meters, and instead began his celebration. I admit I’ve become inured to the in-game celebration. It happens now, regardless. A guy […]
Read More ...Bobby Knight and the Game of Basketball
Bobby Knight recently argued against the three-point line and the use of a shot clock in college basketball. For this he was oft condemned and run through the meat grinder of various internet boards, including ones that support my beloved Louisville Cards (Beat Boise!). These people considered Knight obsolete or just an old fogy with […]
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