So “bars” are everything to an emcee. Musicians call them measures. 4 beats. One and two and three and four and . . . . For the rapper, it’s like a private, inescapable metronome. Ringing in your head, quantizing every activity of life. And, certainly in hip hop, bars universally come in pairs. A typical […]
Category: sports
“Have You Hugged Your Foot Today?”
I was watching this memorable moment in Olympic history and I noticed the old school Nike shirt. That’s what sport is about right there. Romancing your gear. I can remember fighting sleep pillow-talking my Air Revolutions in the bed next to me. I won’t repeat what I said. But, let’s just say it was pretty […]
The Last White Point Guard
Since 1985, this is what I came up with: Mark Price John Stockton Scott Skiles Jason Williams Steve Nash Five white guys, roughly of North American descent, who were regular fixtures, over any meaningful span of time, as starting point guards in the NBA. Hinrich has run point. D]]><![CDATA[ragic has too (although a Euro). Steve […]
Reading Between the Lines
You do this long enough and your mind starts conjuring those paranoid murals of irrationality out of news articles, linked by pushpins and colored string and collaged clipped phrases, indicating that surely all the world’s events are connected. Gibson in Conspiracy Theory or Crowe in A Beautiful Mind. The Heat won the Championship. Deadly Colorado […]
In 5
Don’t forget I called Miami. Down to the game. In December.
SportsCenter
Bryce Harper, 19 year old baseball phenom, debuts with a double, RBI, laser rocket throw from Left, furious arm swinging on the base paths, and a raccoon pelt for hair. NFl Draft. Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III go 1 and 2, respectively. RGIII wears an inspirational pair of socks that urges young people to […]
Tim(e) Square
The New York Jets officially announced Tim Tebow yesterday as their backup quarterback. And, starting underwear model. (Are the Jets running a football squad or a modeling agency? Sanchez and Tebow have now appeared in more sultry advertising than a Hardee’s cheeseburger. If Quinn and Brady and Cam could be traded to NY as cornerbacks, […]
Joey Brackets
This is why song blogging exists: so, you can have an anthem written about an event while you’re still experiencing it. I donated my lunch break to your rap news benefit. You’re welcome. Enjoy surreptitiously live streaming the games all day from your desk. You’re boss won’t notice. She’s doing the same. Well, maybe that’s […]
Willy Wonka
Blagojevich goes to jail Thursday . . . possibly for 14 years. 17 counts of political corruption. Stunning, right? Governor of Illinois. A Celebrity Apprentice contestant. Great bouffant. These people don’t go to jail for a decade and a half, right? Not for trading political favors, certainly? It feels like the white-collar iteration of the […]
Mid Range
Well, just like “Tebow Time” before it, “Linsanity” has forced my hand. While those of us who consume life- and work-debilitating quantities of ESPN and sports talk radio think that all the world must surely have heard of Jeremy Lin, most of the world does not consume life- and work-debilitating quantities of ESPN and sports […]
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