News from San Francisco:
An assemblyman from the city has introduced a bill to legalize marijuana, controlling and taxing it similar to alcohol. A stimulus plan for the California economy, perhaps?
In a photo essay in the SF Chronicle, meet Mike the Barber who also happens to be Mike the Boxer.
And only the Chronicle could have a headline on the front page that reads "Five Shot in Tenderloin".
Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
NASCAR in trouble
I didn't realize that NASCAR's popularity had been in such decline the past few years and how close it is to folding with the Big Three automakers in major trouble.
article at Slate
article at Slate
Friday, March 9, 2007
Searching a mascot
The NY Times has a short piece about the mascot for a West Virginia basketball team that showed up at Madison Square Gardens for a college tournament and wasn't searched even though he was carrying a rifle.
When I first saw the headline, I thought it might have been about the Mountaineer mascot of my own alma-mater, Appalachian State University. I believe that, at least in the 1980's, the mascot there fired a rifle or musket with gunpowder during some parts of the games. (College memories are a little hazy these days...)
article at NY Times
When I first saw the headline, I thought it might have been about the Mountaineer mascot of my own alma-mater, Appalachian State University. I believe that, at least in the 1980's, the mascot there fired a rifle or musket with gunpowder during some parts of the games. (College memories are a little hazy these days...)
article at NY Times
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Now that's some serious Karma...
Car crashes! Plane wrecks! Near-death experiences!
Nope, it's not the new episode of "24". The NY Times looks at an Olympic athelete that seems to attract major accidents almost every day.
article at NY Times
Nope, it's not the new episode of "24". The NY Times looks at an Olympic athelete that seems to attract major accidents almost every day.
article at NY Times
Monday, February 19, 2007
Bball memior
I'm not a really big fan of basketball (a handicap when one works for the rabid mob of roundball fandom that happens to have a little college attached to it, Duke University). But, this new memior from John Amaechi looks like interesting reading.
Amaechi, who came out of the closet, doesn't use the book as an opportunity to diss fellow players or turn in the usual inspiring "up by your bootstraps" sports story. According to a reviewer at Salon, the book is more about the pain and isolation of being literate. Amaechi's interest in art and poetry probably isolated him more from his teammates than his homosexuality.
It's curious that there's still that jock/nerd separation in society - one can be atheletic, but not intelligent and vice versa. The Onion has its own take on Amaechi's coming out that plays with this idea.
Amaechi, who came out of the closet, doesn't use the book as an opportunity to diss fellow players or turn in the usual inspiring "up by your bootstraps" sports story. According to a reviewer at Salon, the book is more about the pain and isolation of being literate. Amaechi's interest in art and poetry probably isolated him more from his teammates than his homosexuality.
It's curious that there's still that jock/nerd separation in society - one can be atheletic, but not intelligent and vice versa. The Onion has its own take on Amaechi's coming out that plays with this idea.
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