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No Punter Left Behind: How One Guru Made The Art Of Kicking A Science
It's just past noon on Oscar Sunday and Chris Sailer is leading film study in a creaky, sun-drenched auditorium in the bowels of Notre Dame High School's Spanish–style campus in Sherman Oaks, Calif....
Talk Is Cheap
I love to talk but when it comes to writing I've learned that you can talk a story out before you’ve finished–or even started–writing. Some talking is good because it helps formulate your thinking but it can go too far....
Jim Leyland Smokes Out A Winner
From those who consider "old-school" a derisive term, Jim Leyland tends to get a pass because he's just plain old. He's the guy who took advantage of the power outage in Game 3 to light up a Marlboro Red in the dugout. He's the guy who, after Detroit fell 1-0 to go down in the ALCS, laid down on his...
Infographics: Overlaying The Ballparks Of Major League Baseball
We've seen graphics that compare ballpark orientation (like this or this) and we've seen graphics that compare ballpark dimensions (here or here), but as far as we can remember, we've never seen a graphic do both at once. Here are some cool posters put together by designer Jeremy Huggins. It's alway...
What happens when Metta World Peace gets on a tour bus with a bunch of children? Hijinks obviously ensued. "At one point, a fifth grader notices a billboard for Larry Flynt's Hustler Club. It's not subtle. The boy, being around 12, tells the whole bus about it. Soon, everyone is screaming." [Time]...
Do You Quit A Book You Don't Like Or Do You Keep Reading?
I’ve never had the desire to finish a book that I don’t enjoy. If a book doesn’t grab me in the first 20 or 30 pages, I’ll put it down. No guilt. But I’ve also put down books after a hundred pages, books I admire, simply because I’m distracted. It’s me, not the book....
Nets Mascot Airballs The Worst Dunk Attempt You May Ever See
Oh, BrooklyKnight. Your name is illogical. You look like a rejected Power Rangers villain. And this trampoline dunk, during last night's preseason game against the Celtics, was...well, it wasn't good....
Maxim Lapierre Hits Dan Boyle From Behind, Seriously Injuring Him
Dan Boyle of the San Jose Sharks was stretchered off of the ice after Maxim Lapierre savagely hit him from behind during tonight's Blues-Sharks game....
Could Modern Medicine Have Saved Bo Jackson's Career?
I was too young to remember watching him play, but the unifying tone of wonderment emanating from anyone who saw Bo Jackson crack a 500-foot home run or bulldoze an obnoxious Brian Bosworth into traction has never washed with the plainness of the injury that ended his career. It doesn't make sense. ...
The End Of The Affair
I haven’t read anything by Graham Greene in a long time but he came to mind when I read about this book by Pico Iyer. Check out this excerpt from The Los Angeles Review of Books:...
And The Nobel Prize Goes To...
Last week Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for literature. ...
Seattle's Special Teamers Need To Stop Trying To Tackle
Last week, Seahawks punter Jon Ryan got annihilated trying to tackle someone. Today, kicker Steven Hauschka was taken out of the game with a possible concussion after trying to stop Darius Reynaud. Stop trying to help, Seattle's special teamers....
