MLB: Behind Yankee Eyes
Despite total immersion in Yankee lore over the past month, with frequent phone calls and e-mails to fellow baseball aficionados who respect the game like no other set of fans, I fully realize that a...
View ArticleMLB: They Named Names
On Thursday the 13th of December, I awoke to hear the wormy, pencil-pushing commissioner of Major League Baseball, Bud Selig, assure everyone that peace had been preserved for our time. Wait, I’m...
View ArticleThe Dynamic of One
For myself and many other zealous contemporary followers of the NBA, his Airness Michael Jordan punctured the mythology of sport with immeasurable drive documented by six symbolic trophies, countless...
View ArticleNBA: Wishful Thinking
As much as I loathe the chants of “MVP!” that have turned into the live sports version of “Play Freebird”, I certainly enjoyed watching two marquee players, who can perform ungodly maneuvers with a...
View ArticleFastbreakin’ to D.C.
He mentioned it in passing. As though the idea served as anecdotal fodder to fill a halfhearted conversation. “I had an opportunity to buy tickets for the Wizards’ playoff game,” my uncle Marvin said....
View ArticleBrett Favre in Minnesota: Mixed feelings from a Vikings fan in the Twin Cities
I identify myself first and foremost as a Minnesota Vikings fan. I grew up watching Cris Carter, Robert Smith, and Warren Moon represent the purple and gold with valor. I bore witness to The Game That...
View ArticleBrett Favre’s Last Stand?: A broken-hearted Vikings fan in the Twin Cities
Twelve seconds left in the game. The Minnesota Vikings have the ball on the New Orleans 38-yard line. All Brett Favre needs to do is hand the ball off to Adrian Peterson and let him get three or four...
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