Category Archives: Sports

The World Calling

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Dennie Wendt

Club Soccer (and following it) is the cure to what ails the world. Dennie Wendt on football (not the US’s) aka the world’s game. Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged football, Luke Dempsey, PBS, soccer, Soccer Made in Germany, West Brom Albion | 4 Comments

Are You Ready for Some Football: An Introductory Guide to the English Premier League

Posted on August 22, 2014 by James D. Irwin

Great Britain’s own James D. Irwin breaks down the EPL teams for the casual American fan. Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged Arsenal, Chelsea, English Premiere League, Hull City, Manchester United, Phil Collins, Queens Park Rangers, soccer, Stoke City Here We Come, the other football, Tim Howard, Tottenham Hotspur | 4 Comments

Food As Sport, The Legend of Joey “Jaws” Chestnut

Posted on August 21, 2014 by John Biemer

In time for county-fair season, pathologist and writer John Biemer on the phenomenon of eating competitions in this our land of largesse. Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged county fairs, eating competitions, ESPN, joey "jaws" chestnut, nathan's famous franks, pathology | Leave a comment

The Outsiders: Goalies, Writing & Existentialism

Posted on July 12, 2014 by James D. Irwin

For the World Cup Final, James Irwin on the weirdness of goalies. Or: why so many writers (Camus, Nabokov) have served in soccer’s goal box. Continue reading →

Posted in Literature, Sports | Tagged football, Nabokov, Peter Handke, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Goalkeeper's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, Tim Howard, World Cup | 5 Comments

A Sterling Proposal: Let’s Abolish the Sports Team Owner

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Lenny DeFranco

A sports franchise is a crown jewel on the balance sheet of some remote industrial baron. But it doesn’t have to be, writes Lenny DeMarco. Continue reading →