Category Archives: Sports

I’m Rooting For The U.S. Women’s Soccer Team

Until this week, I never cared about any women’s team sport. I found them all boring to watch. It would never occur to me to watch men sew or knit of raise babies and it didn’t seem interesting to me … Continue reading

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Scholar-Athletes

Watch the whole show! Link: Basketball player Chris Washburn, commenting on his ability to drive to the basket, “Yeah, I can go to my right and my left. That’s because I’m amphibious.” “I’m going to graduate on time, no matter … Continue reading

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Here’s One Reason To Root For The Dallas Mavericks

The NBA finals begin tonight. I’m predicting the Miami Heat to defeat the Dallas Mavericks, but looking at photos of the two leadings stars of this series, LeBron James and Dirk Nowitski, I saw a clear reason to prefer the … Continue reading

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I Don’t Find It Fascinating That A Former Great Basketball Player Now Lives On The Streets

Front and center on NYTimes.com right now is this story: “Ex-Basketball Prodigy Roams the Streets: Lewis Brown seemed destined for N.B.A. stardom. Decades later, his life is an arc of triumph and defeat, as he sleeps on Los Angeles sidewalks … Continue reading

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Depressed Men Watch Too Much TV Instead Of Working Hard!

Watch the whole show! From Monday night: Luke: “I’ve got a theory on why we watch so much sports. It’s because we don’t have enough going on with our lives. If we were absorbed in our career or absorbed in … Continue reading

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