Articles Tagged with #sports
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The Non-Expert
Swim
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we instruct you on the basics of swimming, with many of the most popular strokes explained in detail. Except for the double-trudgen—because come on.
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New York, New York
Motherless Stadium
There’s a good chance the New Jersey Nets soon will be playing ball in Brooklyn. There’s also a good chance a lot of local residents will lose their houses to make way for Frank Gehry’s dome.
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Opinions
The Pop-Off King
Though dancers occasionally kick one another, writers are alone among artists in using their craft to attack each other. A report on Stephen King’s new decision to join the vipers.
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The Non-Expert
Mascots
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we dig into some heavy research to tell you what your school mascot really says about you.
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The Non-Expert
Inspiration
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we explain why people are perpetually fascinated with inspirational quotes. Like that “Vince Lombardi shit.”
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Opinions
Super Bowl Ads: A Postmortem
It’s been popular for years to say Super Bowl ads are more entertaining than the game, and the ad industry started the rumor. Unfortunately, the ad industry is prone to lying.
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Opinions
Rivalry Day
Harvard-ers and Yalies may not mix well, but ask a Buckeye what he thinks of someone from Michigan, and he’ll start building the effigy. A long day on the couch watching the seismic clashes of college football.
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New York, New York
Running From High Blood Pressure
Death knocks. Your doctor tells you it’s time to start exercising or, well, it’s all over.
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Spoofs & Satire
John Ashcroft’s 2002 College Football Preview
Thanks to the 2001 PATRIOT Act, we can learn the dark secrets that lurk in the hearts of men. The time is upon us to take this information and put it to good use: predicting the 2002 college-football champions.
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The Sports Page
The All-Bastard Athletic Club
Meet the Bastards: a collection of the meanest baseball players who ever lived.
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New York, New York
The Cursed, the Blessed, and the Inept
There are a variety of reasons why our beloved New York/New Jersey sports teams lose: lack of ability, poor management, or long-standing hexes or curses. The lowdown on which teams are under the watchful gaze of a cloven-hooved beast.
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Stories
Pascal’s Wagering
Even great philosophers must eat, go to the bathroom, iron their shirts, get dumped. Like all of us, some live great lives, most suffer. But none can avoid the troubles of being human.