Gary’s shared linksSTRATFORD, NJ, USA Since I am no longer a “Featured Blog,” on WordPress (it was fun while it lasted), I no longer feel the need to be insightful. Which is good, because this post is anything but! Did anybody watch the DC United soccer game tonight? Wow. I watch a lot of sports, but I’d have [...]
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ALEXANDRIA, VA, USA Hey folks, In case anyone out there in Internet-land was wondering, I arrived safely here in the DC area at around 11:30am. This is my fifth trip down since I moved back in NJ last November. It’s also the shortest, busiest, and most spur of the moment. If you’re in town and [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA For once, I’ve got a few action-packed days. Hockey Yesterday, I went to the Flyers’ SkateZone ice rink in Voorhees to watch the Philadelphia Flyers’ prospects scrimmage against the Washington Capitals prospects. SkateZone was the first place I worked; I started there almost exactly seven years ago, as a scorekeeper and clock [...]
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This is a HUGE week in sports. Here are my thoughts, alphabetically by sport. *** Cricket: (If you’re not familiar with the sport of cricket, here is a little primer I wrote a few months ago. Or you can just scroll down to read my comments on other sports.) Rather than this specific tournament, my first comment is on [...]
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If you know me, you probably know that I love sports stadiums. You may also know that I haven’t attended a Major League Baseball game since 1993. Yes, I have my own little one-man boycott going, thanks to the baseball strike, interleague play, stadium extortion economics, high ticket prices, the Expos fiasco, steriods, the new home run [...]
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Cambridge, MA, USA Well, tomorrow is the big day; I will finally get to see a baseball game at Fenway! This all came about at the last minute and without much planning. Still, I’m having a nice time here in Boston, although I do feel a bit rushed. More later! Why I’m here
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One of my friends asked me to fill out this survey about women’s basketball. One of the questions asked what differences there are between men’s and women’s basketball. You know that I love analyzing sports culture, and how sports culture intersects with popular culture. Here is my response. Men’s sports have centuries of history; women’s [...]
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Stratford, NJ, USA I haven’t posted that much in the past week. Part of it might be laziness, but I really don’t have all that much to say anyway. Well, let me re-phrase that. I haven’t come up with many ideas to write about. Maryland Macaca, however, has. I mean, she has come up with [...]
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