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Between Jesus and Wilt Chamberlain: A Story of Fandom
1. I saw Wilt Chamberlain in person one time, saw him play I mean. Probably a fair number of people my age who lived in Philadelphia or Los Angeles or even other NBA cities can say the same thing. But...
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The Goal is to Forget the Goal
On New Year’s Day, my brother sent me this photo, attached to an e-mail that read, “you don’t need a rim, only the space it surrounds.” It ran in the Travel Section of the New York Times a few days...
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Dominator Jesus, a Reflection on the Religion of Basketball
A friend put this image on my Facebook wall the other day. I’m pretty sure she was being ironic. Maybe she remembered that I’d written before what I imagined would one day be the opening salvo in my...
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Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Headband
A poetic experiment, with apologies to Wallace Stevens I The cotton, nylon and spandex are blended to provide superior softness, stretchy comfort and to keep sweat out of your eyes, so all you have to...
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Bill Simmons is Wrong! (But also…) On Russell and Chamberlain’s Supporting Casts
I just can’t let this go. My distaste for Bill Simmons’ smug pseudo-argumentation has led me on a four-day journey down a rabbit hole of advanced statistics and I feel compelled to share my report of...
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Bad Prof’s Top Basketball Books – Second Team
Yesterday, I began presenting the list of my favorite basketball books with my First Team All-Bad Prof selections. Today I move on to the second team (presented alphabetically by title), using the...
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