Peyton Manning: Used car salesman, or worse?

There is an amazing thing occurring in the NFL today. I’m not sure if you’ve noticed it. On the end table next to our sofa, I have a note card and pen sitting there for documentation of this strange thing, and I’ve carefully instructed Renee to document it as well. She obliges, and together we’ve [...]

Are we all like Mike? Belated thoughts on the Michael Vick scandal

When word broke that Michael Vick could potentially be caught up in a dogfighting scandal, the presses got hot, and so did the rheotoric in SportsWorld. Once the evidence slowly (much more slowly than most TV commentators care for) began to surface that Vick was actually very near the center of this ghastly organization of [...]

The NFL, sissification, and male fantasy: My letter to the Columbus Dispatch

On Thursday I found this commentary by one the sports writers over at the Columbus Dispatch, concerning what he laments as the “sissification” of the NFL player in today’s league. You’ll want to read it first. Here’s an excerpt:

“It no longer is enough to be tough. You also must be transparent and authentic, more human than Neanderthal.
Well, [...]

The New King of the Big Bang: Why Barry Bonds is important

Ok, let’s talk about this.
Barry Bonds has broken one of the greatest records in all of sports. And everyone has an opinion on it. What are you thinking out there?
Let’s discuss this while keeping a mind open to the possibility that we are thinking wrongly on the topic, regardless of our opinion. I’ll get [...]

Stories of interest #1: The logic of Gilbert Arenas

Here’s the first in an ongoing series of little stories that I just found to be a little more than normally interesting.  
One of the biggest regular bloggers in the sports world today is Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas. Want to know why? Because of beautiful little gems like this one, posted on August 1st.
There Are No Such [...]

defeating nihilism with horrible basketball: why i love david wesley SO MUCH right now

well, i had what was by far my favorite post to date nearly finished, and it disappeared. before i could save it, something went wrong with my truevector security something-or-other, and i lost pretty much the whole thing and it could not be rescued. two hours of work, gone, just like [...]