Bob Collins
Public praise for veterans happens at most sporting events in America now. It tugs at the heart. It brings a response. And, apparently, some veterans hate it. Read more →
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Is shooting a fenced-in animal sport?
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In January, Boston media critic Alan Siegel took down sports journalists in the city in an article (The Fellowship of the Miserable) that reverberated through the sports departments of local media organizations nationwide. Siegel charged that the local scribes were going soft on the teams, coaches, players, and managers they were assigned to cover. He Read more →
Finally, a reason to buy Google Glass? Read more →
Fans don’t have any responsibility to support a bad team any more than a car buyer has an obligation to buy a lousy car, but criticism of Minnesota fans is unwarranted. Read more →
Most of us love football. It’s the national pastime. If someone ends up with Alzheimer’s, or shoots themselves (in the chest, of course, so their brain can still be studied), it’s a price we’re willing to have someone else pay. “They knew what they were getting into,” we’ll tell ourselves,except when the kids grab their helmets and equipment, and ask for a ride to the nearest field on a Saturday morning.
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It’s easy, trust me, to think that we’ll never make significant progress in getting people to understand the complexities of the brain, and accept the illnesses that it can bring.
This afternoon, no doubt, we will listen to stories about Tim Allen’s life and walk away from the memorial service wishing we’d known him better, perhaps feeling a bit ashamed that in our online world, we didn’t know him at all.
Of all the ridiculous traditions in all of sports, throwing a homerun ball back because it was hit by the opposition is the worst
In Reggie Deal’s family, when someone turns 40, they get to do something big. The Texas native’s wife toured the Amazon last year and although the Wyoming resident doesn’t turn 40 until next year, they decided if he’s ever going to reach his goal of visiting all 30 major league cities in 30 days, this was the year to do it.
The kid and the ball, Band Aid art, you are the jury, whose flood is it, and what happens on the farm stays on the farm.
A win for Wrenshall
Let the record show that the Minnesota Twins are 0-1 whenever a flash mob appears at Target Field.
Critics assail President Obama for a lousy first pitch at the opening of the baseball season.