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Category Archives: Sports
Heroic tee-off
A faithful reader of Type Like The Wind (also a friend and former colleague at The Seattle Times) is glued to the television for the Masters golf tournament. Craig (“Smitty”) Smith sends the challenge below. Since this is the closest I will ever get to actually playing the game, I agreed to give it a [...]
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Hole in one? How about the Holy One.
Watching the endless mea culpa madness involving Tiger Woods, I can’t help but wonder why other international figures don’t learn something from his very public apologies. The Pope, for instance. I mean, come on, here’s one guy on the pro circuit ‘fessing up and doing 12-step speak on all the networks, while the captain whose [...]
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Bobsleds over the cliff
Cities want to host Olympic events for the same reasons they crave pro sports teams: (1) People come and spend money; and (2) It’s cool. But the spenders never seem to cover all the costs, and now those practical Canadians are wondering if the cool factor is worth it. Folks, here’s your answer: No, it’s [...]
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Man hits tree; hell breaks loose
Ah, yes, the Tiger Woods accident story. It was only a generation ago that the only really big news story likely to feature a black man and a tree was one about lynching. Still, it’s too much of a stretch for me to call it “progress” just because every newspaper, “news” broadcast, chat room, social [...]
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Surprising film
We just saw Tyson, a film about one of the best boxers in history. The film is a Greek tragedy–with Tyson playing the hero, villain, and chorus. I’m a boxing fan, so expected to like the clips, but did not anticipate being so intrigued by the man himself. He is complex: terrified, fearless, needy, violent, [...]
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Cyclist doping as workout.