It welcomed the tests of time/
Like an eternal friend,/
Our country is blessed,/
Our country is such!
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For the Fourth: Holy American Major League of Nations (Notes on Baseball, Booze, and the Re-De-Nationalization of Americanism)
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Scientists weigh in against the NFL’s war on physics and Tom Brady – Quartz
“We provide this analysis to explain what the ‘science’ used by the league is not,” they write in their brief. “It most assuredly is not scientific proof that the Patriots’ footballs lost pressure beyond the drop caused naturally by the…
The fate of MWP and Mom Harden’s elbow – updated
And a remote-controlled shock collar operated by an anonymous league official to be employed whenever he looks like he’s losing control.
BIG: New KB24 Commercial
…why we still kind of like commercials… and basketball… and Kobe… pretty much no matter what.
Holy American Major League of Nations (Notes on Baseball and the Re-De-Nationalization of Americanism)
It welcomed the tests of time/
Like an eternal friend,/
Our country is blessed,/
Our country is such!
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A Second Is(a)iah?
He combines a good shot with excellent court awareness and ball skills, and his more Nash than Paul style meshes with D’Antoni’s offense. He’s not yet really been tested, but he’s clearly earned the right to a real test beyond whatever inevitable and likely impending drop-off in his performance and in attention.
Something called “NBA basketball” for Xmas…
N.B.A. and Players Reach Deal to End Lockout – NYTimes.com The deal was reached about 3 a.m. Saturday, on the 149th day of the lockout, after a final 15-hour bargaining session at the law offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges…
far be it from me…
…far be it from me actually to “watch” a baseball game… but is what Girardi is already doing bringing in all of these pitchers by the 4th inning in any way “normal” for modern baseball and a game, even a…