As the NBA plows forward into its ill-conceived All-Star weekend in the midst of an ongoing pandemic, I needed to remind myself why I spend time glued to the screen, fixated on super-human athletes who […]
With the NBA Finals underway and the NBA bubble nearing its close, I thought it a good time to pick up one of the more unique basketball books ever written: David Shields’ Black Planet: Facing […]
Since the Korean Baseball League got underway and the Bundesliga resumed, both without fans in attendance, I’ve been thinking about Guy Debord’s seminal text The Society of the Spectacle. Debord brings to the forefront the notion […]
The Australian Open is by lengths my favorite of the four tennis majors. Perhaps it’s the blistering, sun-baked court in the middle of our winter that enamors me, or the fact that, in the heart […]
I remember as a child – between the ages of, say, eight and thirteen – asking my father and mother on occasion if we could suspend our Saturday morning chores so I could slip inside […]
With the Women’s World Cup squarely in the rear view mirror, and the Portland Thorns solidly in first place fresh off a resounding 5-0 thrashing of the Houston Dash, I’ve been wondering, and discussing among […]
When the massive annual writing conference known familiarly as AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs) descended on Portland this past March, I heard that anywhere between 10 and 15,000 writers attended. Portland, being its […]
With the NBA Finals finally getting underway, seeing the Warriors back in action might trigger painful memories of only two weeks ago for Blazer fans. While it was unquestionably a remarkable season for the Blazers, […]
With the nation so recently enraptured with Tiger Woods’ triumph at the Masters, I found myself wondering what it is about Tiger Woods that excites golf aficionados with such rabid intensity. Surely the reasons have […]
When my wife was pregnant with my future child, I decided to do the right thing and sign up for a dad’s class at the local hospital. I wasn’t overly worried about becoming a father, […]
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