Sports

The New York Times, the Internet, and the Death of ‘Opinion’

How bad-faith provocations are warping…

Together, let’s boycott the NFL

This past June I announced that I would be personally boycotting the NFL for their outrageous…

Why are tennis players getting older?

The answer may not be what we think.

Does this even qualify as competition? I’m not talking shit or hating on anyone (and I know it’s only Game 2), but this doesn’t feel competitive on any level whatsoever. Watching these last two games felt like watching a kid throw a ball in the air and wondering if it’ll come down. The Warriors got KD. A 73 win team got Kevin Freaking Durant.

Wow I am so not ready for Dead Poets Society II.

Fitness Fatigue: The Battle Between Aspiration and Authenticity

#FitnessAddict #fitspo…

College hoops essentially lost Simmons and Fultz the last two seasons and it hardly mattered. If the top 10–20 players are missing across hundreds of teams, UK and Duke will just be a little worse. We watch college hoops for the intensity and madness, not the high level of gameplay. It feels like we’d be years or decades away from ever intensely watching G league.

But LeBron lost heroically in the Finals again, so at least there’s that. Now we can all laud him for getting there instead of focusing on him losing the only three games of this season that ever actually mattered to him.

The NBA Finals record for stocks in a game is 10, once each by Duncan, Hakeem, and Ewing. Dwight, Shaq, Draymond, and Horry each had 9 once. KD’s 8 stocks tied for eighth most ever in an NBA Finals game, and by “ever” I mean since the NBA started tracking in 1984. I’m sure Bill Russell had like 20 at some point.

The NBA could let Markelle Fultz join early. JR could shoot 50 times. LeBron could get Tonya Hardinged by Bill Simmons. I mean… you never know. There’s always a chance.