Headlines for May, 2008

NSR REVIEWS: A Walk For Sunshine

courtesy of Letters On Pages I should probably start this review with a mini-disclaimer: Jeff Alt lives a few doors down from me. We were talking one day and he invited my wife and me to a reading at a local Barnes & Noble. He said he was a hiker and an author and was giving a talk about his most [read more...]

The Fall of a Non-Dynasty

When the San Antonio Spurs swept the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2007 NBA Finals, it seemed to cement their status as the latest NBA dynasty – at least in the all-important court of public opinion. After all, winning four championships in nine years is a special achievement. And the Spurs are a lot of things. They're an incredibly well run franchise. [read more...]

NSR REVIEWS: Dark Summit

courtesy of Letters On Pages You know…in the short life of Letters On Pages so far, this is my second adventure book review. If you don't know me, you would think that I love the outdoors and adventure stuff. Nope. I don't really like going outside at all. That said, I do like to watch TV shows and reading books about [read more...]

NSR REVIEWS: Everything They Had

courtesy of Letters on Pages This book is a little bittersweet because it is a posthumous collection of some of David Halberstam's best work. Halberstam is probably one of the greatest sportswriters ever, so it is sad that we won't get anymore of his writing. Halberstam writing is incredibly laid back and fun to read. He has the ability to make [read more...]

OJ Mayo #4: Recruiting Wars Ain’t Nothin’ But a Modern-Day Slavery Thang

As I pulled into the small media parking area looking for a space I saw something that made me feel uneasy. I was at this small east coast university to finish a story on the burgeoning rivalry between two small college basketball programs looking to separate themselves from the other schools in their conference and join the carousel of "big-time" [read more...]

Leave Brett Favre’s Locker Alone

The Green Bay Packers have kept Brett Favre's locker intact. No really, the Packer organization is keeping the recently-retired QB's locker in place for posterity. See, this is because Brett Favre is the greatest quarterback in the history of the NFL. He is the league's all-time leader in virtually every significant passing category - touchdowns (442), completions (5,377), attempts (8,758) and [read more...]

Belmont Stakes Is the Oldie, Goldie of the Triple Crown

The first Belmont Stakes was staged at Jerome Park on June 19, 1867, a year after its founder brought organized racing to the metropolitan New York City area. Leonard Jerome named the race for his friend August Belmont, a leading banker that helped finance the track. Jerome Park, an oddly shaped, English-style racecourse, required runners to negotiate three turns instead of [read more...]

Kobe Bryant: The Jaundiced View of a Superstar

Right here before these playoffs end, before we get to the Finals, it is important to put Kobe Bean Bryant in some sort of perspective. His Los Angeles Lakers - and make no mistake, on the court they are his Lakers - are winning and winning big. They finished first in the highly-competitive Western Conference with a 57-win season. They [read more...]

Straight Guy For The Queer Eye: NBA Uniforms Still Not Gay Enough

When former NBA player John Amaechi became the first pro basketball player to announce that he was gay back in 2007, I was thoroughly impressed with his courage and hoped perhaps it was a beacon of light, an invitation for other homosexual athletes -- who might have been living a double life -- to reveal their true identity as Super [read more...]

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