Category Archives: Sports

Women’s College Basketball Is Hard On The Eyes

On ESPN’s First Take today, Skip Bayless said the skill level was so dramatically different between men and women’s basketball that women’s basketball is hard to watch. The game is slow. The women can’t dunk. So many lay-ups are missed. … Continue reading

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The Only Twitter Feed I Read

Skip Bayless! I’ve been reading this guy’s sports columns since high school. He’s the only sportswriter I follow closely. Over breakfast most weekday mornings, I watch his commentary on First Take.

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Gaming the World: How Sports Are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture

From pages 215-216 of this new book: ..There is perhaps no greater difference between American and European hegemonic sports cultures today than in the expression of counter-cosmopolitanism in these. While in America, overtly racist taunts accompanied by violent acts against … Continue reading

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Yisroel Pensack: The National Football League’s Headless Head Injury Committee

The New York Times reports: In the latest indication that the National Football League will redirect its approach to players’ concussions, the co-chairmen of the league’s committee on brain injuries resigned from the group Tuesday, the league announced.  Dr. Ira … Continue reading

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Check Out The Dirty Play In This Women’s Soccer Game

This Elizabeth Lambert should be banned from soccer for life. She’s a dirty vicious player. What kind of person is she? I wonder who dates her? I wonder what her parents think of her? Her pastor or priest? From Sportingnews.com: … Continue reading

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