Headlines for August, 2006

Beyond Good and Evil

In football and baseball, hate is nearly as boring as love. Your team's players command a soft place in your soul, followed by others around the league who fit your sensibility. The standard for evildoers stays consistent: outspoken prima donnas prone to cancerous antics. While some noble souls might argue for Terrell Owens, Barry Bonds, Keyshawn Johnson, or Milton Bradley [read more...]

Hart Surgery: College Football Mixtape Preview

I recently bought an iPod. Perhaps that is not groundbreaking news, but since it seems like everyone else has one, I feel like I finally joined modern society.Forgive me for reporting on a trend long after it came to prominence, but the world is different when seen through the eyes (or ears, as the case may be) of an iPod. [read more...]

The Myth of Tiger-Proofing

There's really no such thing as Tiger-proofing a course. When Tiger Woods was halfway to the twelve majors he now holds, people said, "Lengthen the course." So they did. They kept lengthening the course at Augusta, to no avail, and they made the Black course at Beth Page in New York almost unplayable for some of the games shorter hitters, [read more...]

Predictable Un-Parenting

I want to know the kid who played the game of baseball, or flag football, and said, "I want to be myself!"That kid was an idiot you declared, was ushered into the art room or music hall, and perhaps never recovered ... or perhaps became a great artist or musician and is now far more successful than you. Either way, "Me" [read more...]

Stone Cold Bluff

On this, the week of the final table of the World Series of Poker, let's take a moment to contemplate the game itself.Now, poker is many things. A damn fine test of strategy and gamesmanship. The latest lifestyle-in-a-box, now that cigar-smoking has gone out of style, for the kinds of guys who read Maxim for fashion tips. A chance for [read more...]

The Deception Problem

Nobody ever really fails at crime. We learned adequately before we were 16 that our hearts were dark, our souls were inherently evil, our intentions self-serving, and if we attended Sunday school, that we were born to sin.Or juice. Whatever. Crime is survival, and not only what we do best. Crime is what we do based on our need to satisfy [read more...]

From Boys to Men

They came to Chicago from around the country, coast to coast; as far east as Washington, D.C., and as far west as California. From Madison, Wisconsin to as far south as Memphis, Tennessee.They came for Michael Clark, a 56-year-old Chicago Southside basketball coaching legend. Clark was recently re-united and honored at a benefit luncheon and basketball game by several of his [read more...]

War Stories: If You Plan on Running

If you plan on going for a run, it's a good idea to be dressed and on the pavement before 8 am. Otherwise, the heat will quickly erode your impetus. Every runner in Iraq has, on at least one occasion, succumbed to the starting-line balk. He'll tie his shoes, set his chronometer and stretch his calves, only to reconsider after [read more...]

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