Category Archives: Sports
Hit Men
Watching the ritual pregame hugging and kissing between NBA players, I used to get the feeling that they think of themselves more as members of an exclusive club of elite athletes than as combatants representing the fans paying their dues. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but some NFL players don’t see it that way. They think of themselves as members of a different kind of club – the mob.
While coaches paid for hits, the NFL touted its concern for concussions.
Make My Bailout
From spaghetti westerns to J. Edgar Hoover, Clint Eastwood commands attention. So when he gives a half-time pep talk at the Super Bowl you listen. Rich Lowry gave the performance a rave review but didn’t care for the script.
Broadway Tim
I stumbled across this by Heather Wilhelm. She says, “It’s a funny thing these days; you say old-fashioned things, you get called a provocateur.”
She was reviewing a book called Girl Land.
