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Readers on Trump, Kaepernick, and the NFL
Over the weekend I wrote about Donald Trump’s attacks on protesting NFL players, at a raucous rally in Alabama, and…
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RIP Alan Young, Horse-Whisperer to Mister Ed
Alan Young, the owner/horse-whisperer of the talking horse Mr. Ed in the Sixties sit-com of the same name, has…
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Ben Beach Finishes His 49th Straight Boston Marathon
Last week Lemi Berhanu Hayle of Ethiopia, whom you see above, won the Boston Marathon, which was being run for…
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Watching Soccer While American: NFL Conference Championship Edition
In dispatches here, here, and here, I ventured onto the ever-perilous terrain of comparing different kinds of “football” around the…
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Watching Soccer While American
In two previous posts, here and here, I described my grave Twitter mistake: appearing to make fun (gasp!) of English…
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Coach Belichick: Cheater? Maybe. Chickenhawk? No.
Let’s continue our saga of the professional sports-world’s embrace of military imagery, costuming, and honoring-our-heroes celebration. A reader points…
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Vin Scully as Human Time Capsule
The Atlantic’s Matt Schiavenza relays the welcome news that Vin Scully will return next year as broadcaster for the Los…
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James Fallows / The Atlantic The Best Week of Summer in D.C.
Seeing in person what TV dulls or conceals
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Bend Bulletin Sports and Civic Life, Bend Elks Edition
An evening at the ballpark, with Vinnie the Elk and friends
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VicBraden.com Vic Braden
The man who taught America tennis during the boom era of the sport
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James Fallows Iron Pigs Rising
Another strand in the fibers of civic connection
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Skeletal Biology Lab, Harvard Barefoot Running: The Videos
"The collision of the heel with the ground generates a significant impact transient, a nearly instantaneous, large force. This force sends a shock wave up through the body via the skeletal system." Scientists on what can happen when you run.
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Reuters Sunday Readings on Media, Sports, and War
Talk shows aren't bringing on Captain Hazelwood to discuss safe shipping. But they still can't get enough of the Hazelwoods of foreign policy. Also, whether the "New York Times paradox" applies to public radio.
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Americana: Wade Stadium, Home of the Huskies
An evening in the ballpark, a look into the sports-in-America beat.
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Who Has a Legitimate Gripe Against Vibram Shoes? The Syndactyly Crowd
Why some readers view this photo as a frightening "trigger."
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Reuters Basketball, NYT, Filibusters: 3 Stories Worth Reading
No one likes Donald Sterling, but maybe there is a better answer than forcing him to sell his team.
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Those Vibram Shoe Refunds? I'm Not Claiming One
Think that these odd finger-shoes are "bullshit"? Think again.
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Reuters The Most Exciting 1,231.4 Miles in Sports
A string that started when Lyndon Johnson was president and Barack Obama was a schoolboy in Jakarta still goes on.
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Viking Books/YouTube 3 Different Topics, 3 Works Worth Reading
The publishing industry is in terrible trouble, as we all know. But more high-quality work keeps getting published than anyone could possibly read. A few suggestions for today
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2 Reasons to Have Watched the Pre-Opening Night Sochi Broadcast
"For Russians, if our hockey team wins, nothing else will matter. And if they lose, nothing else will matter."
