In 2004, Franklin Foer penned a book titled How Soccer Explains the World, An Unlikely Theory of Globalization. When I earlier wrote about my favorite books of the past decade, it earned honorable mention in the globalization category, so certainly a work I hold with high regard. Foer spent six months traveling to the world’s [...]
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First Soccer Explained a changing World, now Cricket Explains a changing India
Posted in India, Sports, tagged ESPN Wright Thompson, Franklin Foer, How Cricket Explains India, How Soccer Explains the World, Why you should care about cricket by Wright Thompson, Wright Thompson on April 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A Renewed look at Nadal’s future case for Greatest of all Time (GOAT)
Posted in Sports, Tennis, tagged Federer as Best Ever, Federer as GOAT, Most Grand Slams, Nadal as Best Ever, Nadal as GOAT, Nadal Grand Slams, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Tennis Grand Slams by Age on July 4, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Rafael Nadal won the 2010 Wimbledon today, a month after his 2010 French Open championship. Nadal is certainly back, regaining top form after injuries derailed much of his 2009. He now has 8 Grand Slam championships, surpassing John McEnroe and tying him with Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Connors in career grand slams. And all of [...]
The World Cup or the Olympics – which one to attend?
Posted in Globalization, Sports, tagged Nigeria soccer team, Olympics, Peter King, Peter King World Cup, World Cup, World Cup vs Olympics which one to attend on July 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The World Cup has completed its group play stage and has reached the exciting knockout quarterfinals. The remaining teams are now battling for the title of World’s best, with only the razor’s edge of margin separating the very top teams. The drama, excitement and pressure are all building and drawing in more and more fans [...]
The Mid-Major: How do they get top players?
Posted in Sports, tagged Butler, Butler University Final Four, Dave Telep, Drew Cannon, Mid Major study, Mid-major, Midmajor, NCAA Tournament on April 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The NCAA tournament continues this weekend with the Final Four, consisting of Butler, Michigan State, West Virginia, and Duke. Butler is one of the real stories of this tournament- playing in the Final Four only six miles from their campus in Indianapolis. The other angle to the Butler story is the presence of the so [...]
Anatomy of a Championship Fantasy Football season
Posted in Internet, Sports, tagged Adrian Peterson Fantasy Football, Brandon Marshall Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Championship, Jamaal Charles Fantasy Football, Yahoo! Fantasy Football on January 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Earlier, I wrote about one of my fantasy football teams that was auto-drafted by Yahoo! and my efforts to transform that team into a winning team. Unfortunately, those efforts didn’t work and that team finished 7 out of 12 teams in the league— (update to that original post is here). However, the other of my [...]
My Best Sports Moments of the decade- 2000-2009
Posted in Sports, tagged Best Sports Moments 2000-2009, Best Sports Moments of the decade, Boise State vs Oklahama- Best game of 2000-2009, Boise State vs Oklahoma, Federer vs Nadal, George Mason Final Four, Ken Griffey Jr. traded to Cincinnati Reds, Ohio State vs Miami National Championship, US World Cup 2002 on December 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As we hit the end of 2009, I’ve seen in various publications, articles about the top games, upsets, and moments in the decade of sports (2000-2009). Looking at a few of these lists have made me reflect on what my own top sporting moments of the decade would be. My list will be colored by [...]
The decline of baseball amidst a changing society
Posted in Book Review, Pop Culture, Sports, tagged and Basketball and What They See When They Do, Baseball, Cincinnati Reds, Decline of Baseball, Football, Michael Manelbaum, The Meaning of Sports: Why Americans Watch Baseball on December 13, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Last month, I watched part of Game 2 of the World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees with a colleague. While watching, it dawned on me that this was the first game of this year’s baseball post-season that I’d seen. To me, that is a significant revelation regarding the plight of Major [...]
Life as a sports team mascot
Posted in Pop Culture, Sports, tagged Greg Brown, Patrick Hruby, Pittsburgh Pirates Parrot, Sister Sledge, Sports Mascots, The Seedier Side of Fur and Fun, We are Family on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The other day, I was watching a documentary on the 1979 baseball season on the MLB Network and the World Series winner of that season, the Pittsburgh Pirates. Those Pirates were know for its team slogan and team song, the hit song by Sister Sledge, We are Family. As they were recollecting that season and [...]
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