Category Archives: Sports

LeBron goes from hero to villain

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution‘s Mark Bradley hits the nail on the head with his LeBron James column, which articulates much more clearly what I was trying to say yesterday: In an hour of unbelievably overcooked live TV, LeBron James went from being the nice guy you hoped would someday win a championship to the schemer you hope never does. He went… Read more »

The Decision

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So it wasn’t disinformation after all. LeBron to Miami. Lame. When he made the announcement, I was reading "Ella Bella Ballerina" to Loyette. FRIDAY MORNING UPDATE: I’m consolidating my recent LeBron James-related tweets below, and deleting most of the original tweet-posts (basically, all of ’em except the ones that have gotten some comments), so the homepage won’t be quite so… Read more »

Netherlands and Brazil, on quarterfinal crash course, are Cup co-favorites

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The World Cup knockout round bracket is set, and Five Thirty Eight has updated its odds — based on the ESPN Soccer Power Index — for who is most likely to advance through each round. The most evenly-matched first-round game? Tomorrow’s clash between the United States (49% chance of winning) and Ghana (51%), for reasons explained here. As for odds… Read more »

“Nothing like this will ever happen again. Ever.”

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“This is the match that never ends, yes it goes on and on, my friends…” WIMBLEDON, England — The longest match in tennis history was suspended because of darkness at 59-59 in the fifth set at Wimbledon on Wednesday night. The first-round match between 23rd-seeded John Isner of Tampa, Fla., and qualifier Nicolas Mahut of France had already been suspended… Read more »

Divisional thinking

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SI’s Stewart Mandel outlines his thoughts on how the Pac-10 and Big Ten (names subject to change) will form their divisions once they reach full 12-team strength. He brings up an interesting (and probably fatal) flaw in the “zipper” model proposed by some for the Pac-10. Given the history of the league (such as last year’s Civil War game, or… Read more »

What’s more annoying than a vuvuzela?

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NPR’s Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me! has the answer. Fast forward to 5:50 in the clip below, then “wait wait” for the punch line at around the 7:10 mark. Heh. I’m not always a huge fan of Wait Wait, but that one made me laugh out loud in my car yesterday. UPDATE: And, speaking of vuvuzelas, here’s the trailer for… Read more »