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This goes back to a spur-of-the-moment tweet I made yesterday. I still stand behind what I wrote even though some people almost certainly got the wrong idea: And for the record… I really, truly, could not care less who wins the Super Bowl. I just hope none of the players get hurt. A lot of [...] I haven’t done anything sports related for a while. This story is interesting not for what happened but for the athlete’s take on the event that transpired. ESPN reports on Adalius Thomas of the New England Patriots being benched for speaking about about his team disciplining him for being late to a team meeting: New [...] A recent article on SocialistWorker.org mentions the rather interesting and bizarre story of Caster Semenya, who won the 800-meter race in the IAAF World Championships about a week ago now. The bizarre twist is that Caster was forced to run despite strong controversy about her gender, or specifically, that she “may not be entirely female” [...] While browsing recently I happened to find a very insightful article about sports and technology. Several major sports are referenced including golf, swimming, and tennis. Of particular note is a quote from Martina Navartilova: To me, using “illegal” equipment is the same as cheating with performance-enhancing drugs. Or, put another way, cheating is cheating, whether [...] So I got to watch (most of) the hockey game involving my favorite NHL team (the Colorado Avalanche) tonight. Besides realizing just how long it’s been since I’ve actually watched a game, I’m rather pleased overall; the Red Wings have historically been a very tough team for the Avalanche to crack, but tonight they did [...] |
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