"Do you ever think about things that you do think about?" (Inherit the Wind)
This was the opening sentence in a story about Jason Collins. It was posted on ESPN on the day Mr. Collins came out. “NBA center Jason Collins on Monday announced that he’s gay in a story for Sports Illustrated, becoming the first…
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I have been watching the olympics faithfully, but not on NBC. It’s one of the unexpected benefits of visiting my homeland, Nicaragua. Unlike NBC, our local licensee, Canal 10, is showing the London games live, and though their commercial breaks…
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On Saturday, January 22, Onward State “killed” Joe Paterno. It took two tweets: The tweets have since been removed from Onward State’s feed. The image above is a screen capture I took from Poyntner’s account of the incident. According to Poyntner,…
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Tim Tebow is a demi god. He is the quintessential sports hero, the chosen one who reminds us that not all athletes are like Michael Vick, that American youth has a role model to emulate. Now, I have to say…
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