Mike Tyson commenting on Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, who bit Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic in a recent match.
The world of sports has become, somewhat paradoxically, a refuge for the mathematically-inclined. Today’s sports enthusiast is confronted with a seemingly endless debate about whether advanced metrics are actually superior methods of measuring accomplishments or so much intellectual hogwash. Eventually, one’s eyes glaze over and the sides become indistinguishable: statistics and sports become perfectly inseparable, each a justification for the other. Read on.
Will You Please Be Quiet Please, or Why I Hate Rick ReillyRick Reilly is an acclaimed sportswriter. Rick Reilly’s columns are idiotic. Which would be a forgivable (if annoying) offense if Reilly didn’t so disingenuously misunderstand the very idea of sports.
Pajama Warriors: Martial arts mystique and the denial of realityThe martial arts supply an empowering narrative for those beset by fear, but a distressing vicious circle results as the martial artist goes from fear-sufferer to fear-inducer. Read more.
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The New York Yankees, baseball’s buttoned-up corporate juggernaut, has undergone a bit of a makeover this season in the form of whipped-cream pies to the face and a loose attitude. But can a fun, relaxed clubhouse help them win a championship? Read about it in the Wall Street Journal.
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