JOSHUA LARS WEILL | @AgonicaBoss | E-MAIL On Thursday, the National Basketball Association will conduct its annual drafting of first-year players. Since Clifton McNeeley was selected by the Pittsburgh Ironmen first overall in 1947, every year the League has had college, and later high school then international, players line up to hear (or read about weeks later […]
The Man From Denver
DORAN MILLER-ROSENBERG | TWITTER | E-MAIL When I became sentient, I didn’t understand the NBA. My instincts told me basketball was its most beautiful and efficient when the team was put before its parts. Seems reasonable enough. And yet in my lifetime it was the stars that dominated the Association. The personalities (read: brands) […]
RTO: Baseball and the Anti-Christ
Y.S. Fing | E-MAIL | Roaming the Outfield Archive Each week, author and poet Y.S. Fing looks at the state of baseball, the movements of the game, the ebb and flow and soul of America’s pastime in Roaming the Outfield. This week: “Baseball and the Anti-Christ” When I say that we live in a […]
RtO: Manifest In Time
Y.S. Fing | E-MAIL | Roaming the Outfield Archive Each week, author and poet Y.S. Fing looks at the state of baseball, the movements of the game, the ebb and flow and soul of America’s pastime in Roaming the Outfield. This week: “Manifest in Time.” Hemingway defined courage as ‘grace under pressure.’ In many ways courage […]
On Boston, Terror and Sports
JOSHUA LARS WEILL | @AgonicaBoss | E-MAIL It was difficult for me to watch the first-person video and footage of the bombs going off in Boston on Monday. Understandably the news networks, still mostly confused and yet reporting nearly every shred of information, true or not, were hungry for such video. It allowed the viewer a nearly […]
RtO: Keep the Line Moving
Y.S. Fing | E-MAIL | Roaming the Outfield Archive Each week, author and poet Y.S. Fing looks at the state of baseball, the movements of the game, the ebb and flow and soul of America’s pastime in Roaming the Outfield. This week: “Keep the Line Moving” One of the foundational texts in my life is ‘The […]
RtO: Spring Training
Y.S. Fing | E-MAIL | Roaming the Outfield Archive Each week, author and poet Y.S. Fing looks at the state of baseball, the movements of the game, the ebb and flow and soul of America’s pastime in Roaming the Outfield. This week: “Spring Training” From my spot in the outfield, I watch as the players prepare […]
Robert Horry Saved My Life
JESSICA ROAKE | @jessicaroake | E-MAIL Thirteen years ago, I graduated from college well schooled in feminist documentary, hand-made super-8 films, and the lesser known works of the Italian neo-realists (I mean, everybody’s seen The Bicycle Thief, right?). I was perhaps not super-employable. But, infused with that particular naive, pretentious idiocy of the […]