Namibia Flores in action PIC via BBCA few weeks ago I posted about 'Boxedora' a documentary on a woman who wants to box but she lives in Cuba where it's stricly men only. A reader (thank you+ACE) sent me a link this week to an interview with Namibia Flores on her last day in Cuba. Yes, she is leaving … [Read more...]
Last Minute Gift Ideas to Give Yourself!
Hello there+ACE If you???re reading for the first time or just stopping by for the fun, I???m doing a ???Happy Holidays??? wellness challenge to help you cultivate more health and happiness the rest of 2014.??Catch up on the details on how to join and win the prizes.??Or if it already sounds like a … [Read more...]
States of Exception: A review of Dave Zirin’s “Brazil’s Dance with the Devil”
+ACI-The World Cup is like a marvellous party, but what happens the next day when we're hung over and the bill comes due?+ACI-This summer the sports editor for The Nation released a new book titled, Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-As an advocate … [Read more...]
From the archives: The Web and longform sports
While I+ACY-rsquo+ADs-m taking a summer break from the blog, I+ACY-rsquo+ADs-m reposting and updating selected links from the archive. +ACo +ACo +ACo +ACo +ACo +ACo +ACo +ACo When I posted +ACY-ldquo+ADs-The Web+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s longform longform sports evolution continues+ACY-rdquo+ADs in September 2012, I had no idea how much better in-depth stories would … [Read more...]
From the archives: Baseball and the Romantics
While I+ACY-rsquo+ADs-m taking a summer break from the blog, I+ACY-rsquo+ADs-m reposting and updating selected links from the archive. +ACo +ACo +ACo +ACo +ACo +ACo +ACo +ACo With another Baseball Hall of Fame Class having been inducted into Cooperstown, I thought I+ACY-rsquo+ADs-d dig into the XCs vault and link to a post from January 2013, … [Read more...]
PEN/ESPN honors Anderson; BASW 2014 lineup announced
Tweet When hearing the news this week that he had been awarded the PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing, Dave Anderson said,+ACY-nbsp+ADsAJg-rdquo+ADs-I+ACY-rsquo+ADs-d put that right on the same level as the Pulitzer Prize.+ACY-rdquo+ADs Anderson, a columnist for The New York Times and a Golf Digest … [Read more...]
Midweek Books: The odyssey of golf in China
+ACY-nbsp+ADs On Wednesday I highlight noteworthy new sports books, with links to reviews, interviews and other information about the subject and/or author. +ACo +ACo +ACo +ACo +ACo +ACo +ACo +ACo Golf was outlawed in China until 1984. Now there are believed to be several million players, and hundreds of new courses have opened … [Read more...]
Summer Readings: Roger Angell and ‘An Angel or the Devil’
Richard Sandomir writes about Roger Angell of The New Yorker, the J.G. Taylor Spink honoree into the Baseball Hall of Fame for his writing. Now 93, Angell joins the company of Ring Lardner, Red Smith, Shirley Povich and Dick Young. His baseball essays for the magazine in 1962. He had no previous … [Read more...]
Book Review: A History of Women’s Boxing
Have you ever wondered about the women who came before you, the women who fought and pushed the boundaries of women+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s fighting to make space for you?+ACY-nbsp+ADs American Malissa Smith has, and she+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s now answered many of our questions in a fascinating new book +ACY-lsquo+ADs-A History of Women+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s … [Read more...]
Sports History Files: Remembering Louis Zamperini
+ACY-nbsp+ADs Louis Zamperini, an Olympic distance runner, World War II prisoner of war and the subject of an acclaimed biography by Laura Hillenbrand, has died at the age of 97. Zamperini+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s life was recounted in +ACY-ldquo+ADs-Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption,+ACY-rdquo+ADs- … [Read more...]