Sublime

stand lead-footed, watching the ball skid low, graze the inside of the line on its way to set the chain-link fence into song.

Another theory was: Americans need double-digit football scores and triple-digit basketball scores. Unless they can witness a series of acrobatic dunks, with the scoreboard digitally rising like the National Debt Clock, then Americans lose interest. We like things big, like American restaurants doling out super-size portions, even if they bring on