This Vid By A Thoroughly Tubed Surfer is Just Glorious
Benji Brand intubates in Namibia. Go full-screen for sure, it’s gorgeous even when it pixelates a bit. Ignore the screechy noise at the opening; lasts onl...
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Baseballs Unwritten Rules Are Bullshit, Says This MLB Pitcher
When David Ortiz hits a home run, his leisurely trot around the bases is just shy of a professional wrestlers ring entrance. The crowd goes wild, his bat is rai...
To Win at Olympics, Go Commie or Stay Home
Now this is fun: Over at Pascal’s Pensées, Lascap talies medal totals since 1988 among five big medal-winning countries and finds some interesting trends....
How Do You Choke Away the British Open? The Science of the Tight Collar
Spurred by Adam Scott’s collapse today at the British Open, where he bogeyed the last four holes to lose by a stroke, I’m reposting this feat...
This is Beauty: Reporter Golfs Through Abandoned Detroit
I love this. [Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Charlie] LeDuff’s idea of a love letter to his city was to golf his way across eighteen miles of urban decay...
Trash Talk From An 80-Year-Old Hitter: “Throw Me A Real Pitch!”
Neurogeek Bradley Voytek describes how he met neuroanatomist Marian Diamond — on the softball diamond. He was a Ph.D. student in neuroscience. She was a v...
Don’t Think About It! ‘Tight Collar’ Makes Best American Sports Writing
Today’s a good day: The Tight Collar, my story about choking under pressure, is officially published in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Best American S...
Djokovic & Nadal Even Better Than You Think: A Story About Spin
[Sept 13, 2011] Last night’s US Open final showed brilliantly what makes today’s men’s game so exciting: Much as I love the serve-and-volley g...
Choke on Your Putts? Don’t Think About It. Better Yet, Here’s HOW to Think About It
A few months ago I posted a feature here about the science of choking under pressure, focusing on the work of University of Chicago psychologist Sian Beilock. A...
An Athlete Discovers She’s a Badass
“Don’t defer to anybody.” That mantra turned out out to be the mental key for an athlete who came to running late but strong. Hat-tip to Kottk...