June 2011
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“Clichés about individuals versus teams are not, in fact, contrasts between...”
– Me, for Good Men Project.
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“There’s this book called ‘Voices of Baseball’—I don’t know if it’s...”
– Anselm Berrigan, in my interview with him for the Poetry Foundation.
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http://theclassicalnbadraft.blogspot.com/
Sort of like a live-blog, with a bunch of friendly names on board. Check it out!
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Every Second Famous
The draft is bad television we’ve all secretly agreed to enjoy as theater, camp, and a collection of possibly iconic moments that never really get too big or too small. That’s why it’s so hard to turn up an image, or clip, that we haven’t seen a thousand times before—no matter how insignificant or boring it may be. Even the Hawks’ 1987 pick of Dallas Comegys is part...
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“For most NBA fans, Dirk is neither white, nor specifically German, but the guy...”
– From my latest “Three Seconds” column at SportsFeat.
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At Deadspin: What The Miami Heat Taught Us About... →
“Then the Heat had to go and screw everything up by making the Finals. Had they just put up a good fight in the next-to-last round, but then lost in respectable fashion, we would’ve been forced to grudgingly acknowledge their progress and perhaps concede that a title this year was a bit of a reach. Heat hate had become less tenable, with all the team had done to establish a rhythm...
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“I have long admired your publication” becomes “I love the stuff you guys are...”
– “Personality Seepage”, a very modern problem that I diagnose on The Awl today.
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Today's LeBron James-Heavy Kibitz
freemaneric:
With David Roth out on some thrilling adventure, I guested at the GQ playoff blog today to kibbitz with my good friend Bethlehem Shoals. We discuss LeBron, JJ Barea, and Kevin James. Enjoy!
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Sports/Culture/Pop/Culture
New Three Seconds at SportsFeat about “sports and pop culture”, and other permutations of the phrase.
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WatchDan Graham’s Rock My Religion is essential, and you should be really glad Vimeo works like this sometimes.
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Speaking of the NHL...
At AlterNet, I weigh the truly terrifying implications of Uptown Sports, or a similarly pesky agency at the other end of the political spectrum.
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“James had passed to Bosh. Wade had been the fourth-quarter warrior, all but...”
– At GQ.com, I get annoyed at the way people talk about this series, specifically the Miami team. Whatever happened to reality? When I say that, you know we’re all in trouble.
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WatchSam Fuller’s screen test for Hyman Roth, via Eric Freeman via Badass Digest via Trailers From Hell.
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Two Links To Things I Wrote For Today
1. The last GQ.com NBA Playoffs Kibitz with David Roth. There will likely be one more, but Roth won’t be here for it. So consider this half of me, or us, saying goodbye. That explains the tone: Shoals: You are a kind and decent person who understands the instructive value of sports. I root for the devil, both because he is the devil but because he has the best laser shows and most ...
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