Sublime

Thomas Friedman’s 2005 book The…

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I have also read the theory that Americans cannot possibly relate to a sport with so many draws. We demand a winner. For the first four seasons of its existence, Major League Soccer pandered to this theory by conducting shoot-outs, but the home office of FIFA, located in Zurich, chastised the young league, so in 2000, MLS legitimized draws, and rig

It’s strange to think of a “feed” existing outside of a screen, but these apps work like an algorithmic Netflix home page for physical space.

Now: the second-best of times.

I watched the general flow on the court for a while, and it was soon clear enough who had drawn the crowd, and that he was the most graceful and classical basketball player who had ever been near Princeton, to say the very least. Every motion developed in its simplest form. Every motion repeated itself precisely when he used it again. He was remark

From 1983 to 2001, 19 straight seasons, Gwynn walked more than he struck out.

“This is a sport that is living in the past, that has no connection to the realities of the game right now and no connection to the rest of society,”