Extra Boring

I’m a sports fan. I don’t root fanatically for any team in particular, though I do have my favorites. I tend to root more for having a good game, or series of games.
Super Bowl XL wasn’t it. True, there were exciting moments, but the game itself wasn’t all that great. Even the commercials, which [...]

Out at home

By now, most of you have heard that Cuba, one of the few remaining Communist countries in the world, had its bid to participate in the World Baseball Classic denied by the U.S. Department of the Treasury because of the embargo. You can read the particulars here. Dick Pound, one of the Olympic world’s heavyweights, [...]

Let’s Not Get It Started

Over at Matt Yglesias’s, Dana Blankenhorn’s got an outstanding Sondheim shoutout:
Don’t play defense in America
Can’t hit the 3 in America
Get by on rep in America
Puerto Rico beat America.
You know it, brother! I left to get some food while the game was in the first quarter, and the score was still close. When I got back, [...]

Army-Navy: America’s Classic

Well, Army’s gone and lost again, making them the first NCAA Division I-A school to go 0-13 in a single season. Meanwhile, Navy’s 8-4, and headed to their first bowl in about five years. Even though it’s Navy that’s going to the bowl game, it’s about time one of the two did so.
This game [...]