Check this out if you have some free time tonight or tomorrow. Not a great column, but a tremendous story!!!
http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3864246
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Is Scott Boras good or bad for baseball?
Here we are nearing the start of February and Manny Ramirez is still teamless. His agent, the infamous Scott Boras, is still looking for big bucks and more years for the aging slugger. Is Scott Boras having a negative impact on free agency and baseball? Would Manny have a team if he had a different agent? And most importantly, does Boras think for his clients?
Thursday, January 29, 2009
NCAA for revenue or raising better student athletes?
What is the point of the NCAA? Do colleges have sports in hope of gaining money and getting publicity to draw students to their schools? Or is it to develop capable athletes as better people as well as creating school spirit and loyality?
WBC-World Baseball Classic
Thoughts on the World Baseball Classic?
Two years ago the WBC was played with star-studded line-ups, but many of those players experienced a very serious sluggish start at the beginning of the MLB season. Worse yet, some of those players ran out of gas by mid-season. While baseball needs to become a global sport as it was in the late 80s and through much of the 90s, the WBC seems to instead be creating major conflicts with the MLB and its owners. Nice idea. Bad timing. Baseball must first heal at home before global fans will return. I have more thoughts, but would like to hear yours. Thoughts?
Two years ago the WBC was played with star-studded line-ups, but many of those players experienced a very serious sluggish start at the beginning of the MLB season. Worse yet, some of those players ran out of gas by mid-season. While baseball needs to become a global sport as it was in the late 80s and through much of the 90s, the WBC seems to instead be creating major conflicts with the MLB and its owners. Nice idea. Bad timing. Baseball must first heal at home before global fans will return. I have more thoughts, but would like to hear yours. Thoughts?
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Assignment BLOGS
Find a Sports Blog. Any Sports Blog. Once you have done so, join the blog and begin posting on the site.
Once you've familiarized yourself with the site, write a 1-page, double-spaced description of the site in the same way that we used the Media Differences chart in class. But, adding to that chart, summarize the blog and its authors as an introduction to the paper.
Be sure to write the title and address of the blog on the top line of the page. Then, include just your name and the date in two separate lines. Begin writing immediately following the address.
Be sure to comment on THIS post and add the blog address to the list I've started.
This is worth 10 points.
Once you've familiarized yourself with the site, write a 1-page, double-spaced description of the site in the same way that we used the Media Differences chart in class. But, adding to that chart, summarize the blog and its authors as an introduction to the paper.
Be sure to write the title and address of the blog on the top line of the page. Then, include just your name and the date in two separate lines. Begin writing immediately following the address.
Be sure to comment on THIS post and add the blog address to the list I've started.
This is worth 10 points.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Sports Discussion - January 2009
Welcome to Advanced Topics in Literature: Sports.
Sports Literature is emphatically not about child's play or diversion; it is a ground on which one meets personally, and learns values about work, family, politics, and the culture that is America.
Sports illuminate and transform a society. Sports change lives, affect politics, fuel our economy, and shape our culture. The American Dream is personified in our champions, in the records they set and the barriers they break. The dynamic interaction of athletes, fans, and the media produces inexplicable loyalties, lasting legends, and revered heroes. The greatest champions stand for more than the records they break. They stand for the barriers they shatter—physical, social, psychological, racial, cultural—and change the way we think about our world.
Sports Literature is emphatically not about child's play or diversion; it is a ground on which one meets personally, and learns values about work, family, politics, and the culture that is America.
Sports illuminate and transform a society. Sports change lives, affect politics, fuel our economy, and shape our culture. The American Dream is personified in our champions, in the records they set and the barriers they break. The dynamic interaction of athletes, fans, and the media produces inexplicable loyalties, lasting legends, and revered heroes. The greatest champions stand for more than the records they break. They stand for the barriers they shatter—physical, social, psychological, racial, cultural—and change the way we think about our world.
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