February 2012
11 posts
5 tags
7 tags
As if enough hasn't already been written about...
In these modern times, it’s far too easy for sports fans to become cynical. Our sports figures are no longer mythical heroes, but men with flaws which we never fail to point out. Allen Iverson owes hundreds of thousands for jewelry and Tom Brady wears UGG Boots and this makes them more human, more easily criticized, and less easily idolized. It takes something extremely rare to snap us out...
8 tags
7 tags
2 tags
2 tags
Does anyone know of any great solo jazz piano...
What I’ve listened to and enjoyed:
McCoy Tyner: Echoes of a Friend and Revelations
Keith Jarrett- the Koln Concert
Theolonious Monk- Solo Monk, Thelonious Alone in San Francisco, and Thelonious Himself
4 tags
Graybones: The "Polish Goalline" tactic and the... →
graydongordian:
On the third to last play of the Super Bowl the New York Giants were penalized for having 12 men on the field. However the Giants largely benefited from the play: The 5-yard penalty put the Patriots at their own 49, but New England lost valuable seconds and was prevented from completing a pass by…
This is seriously brilliant. I was hoping that it was intentional when I...
4 tags
Considering the massive size of John Coltrane's...
What a legend!
4 tags
4 tags
4 tags
January 2012
42 posts
5 tags
I know that in the past week, basically everything there is to be said about Joe Paterno and his legacy has already been said, but I wrote this little editorial for my school paper and figured I might as well post it here as well. Enjoy. When most public figures die at the age Paterno did, their legacies are already well established. Their obituaries are already written and the only thing that...
8 tags
3 tags
3 tags
3 tags
2 tags
6 tags
4 tags
5 tags
4 tags
6 tags
5 tags
5 tags
5 tags
3 tags
4 tags
3 tags
3 tags
5 tags
6 tags
6 tags
2 tags
6 tags
5 tags
6 tags
3 tags
3 tags
5 tags
Which book should I read next?
Something in the Air: American Passion and Defiance in the 1968 Olympics by Richard Hoffer
Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty by Jeff Pearlman
Bob Dylan in American by Sean Wilentz
On Rocky Top by Clay Travis
5 tags
5 tags
2 tags
4 tags
4 tags
6 tags
5 tags
6 tags
3 tags
4 tags