The Red Sox…
…are going to the World Series. I’m so old I remember when baseball players didn’t wear beards.
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Trump the knuckleballer
Victor Davis Hanson knows his classics, and the title of his latest article, “The Origins of Progressive Agony,” contains a word—agony—that English speakers usually take to mean “intense pain or suffering.” That is its first definition, but its second comes … Continue reading →
The Red Sox made it “interesting”
But they did it.
Continue reading →Serena the un-serene
Although I don’t follow tennis as closely as I used to, I certainly heard and read about the big brouhaha at the US Open involving Serena’s being penalized by an umpire, and ultimately losing in the finals to relative newcomer … Continue reading →
Nike ♥ Kaepernick
Nike’s support of Colin Kaepernick has caused a drop in its stock prices. But Nike is all-in: In the crowded marketplace of athletic apparel, presumably Nike’s overnight transformation from selling an apolitical product to “woke sneakers” for the SJW set … Continue reading →
Free climbers [Part II]
[Part I here.] I have come to conceptualize many of the people who are drawn most powerfully (and obsessively) to these extreme activities this way: they don’t want to live without them. And for some of the most extreme practitioners, … Continue reading →
Free-climbers [Part I]
[NOTE: It might help to have read this previous post of mine, about free-climbing El Capitan, before reading the present post.] This article is about Dean Potter, a free-climbing star who died in a base-jumping accident in 2015. It was … Continue reading →
Acosta plays ball
[BUMPED UP] You may have noticed that so far I’ve skipped all the brouhaha about Jim Acosta of CNN and his anger at being heckled by some Trump supporters, and then having a testy exchange with Sarah Huckabee Sanders. It’s … Continue reading →
Trump, the NFL players, and the pardons
Like Paul Mirengoff, you may think that Trump’s latest offer to the NFL players is absurd, a circus, and bizarre: I understood from the beginning that the Trump presidency would be a circus, but I didn’t expect a sideshow this … Continue reading →
Now I know why I’m not an endurance athlete
It’s because I’m too introspective. Introspection is a no-no for extreme athletes, according to this article on the subject. Oh, there are a few other reasons, too. One is that I’m not crazy, and another is that I don’t like … Continue reading →
Loyola! Final Four! Porter Moser! Cornhead!
Cornhead? Yes, commenter Cornhead has written his recollections of Porter Moser—the Loyola basketball coach who’s led the team to their surprising and exciting showing in the NCAA Tournament, reaching the Final Four. Cornhead has been a Creighton fan for over … Continue reading →
I’ve so over Skype—but I’m not over Sonja Henie
Many years ago when I did the Sanity Squad podcasts, we used Skype for the connection. It worked. In those days there were no cameras connected with computers, but the audio was pretty good and I never remember having trouble … Continue reading →