It was my great pleasure yesterday to meet my long-time hero King Kaufman, who I name-checked and quoted in the very first post on this blog. King famously described his groundbreaking sports col...
https://thissportinglife.net/2011/03/22/ridin-with-the-king/
At one point in the highly entertaining Champions League match between Bayern Munich and Inter Milan a couple of nights ago we were treated to an extended period in which Bayern’s back four pas...
I’m guessing, conservatively, that 98% of the sporting events I’ve watched in my lifetime have been on TV. And I’m guessing that this fact does not make me stand out among sports fans. Pro...
https://thissportinglife.net/2011/03/09/are_sports_better_live_or_on_tv/
Tip of the hat to GQ‘s (US Edition) February feature for its feature on the “25 Coolest Athlete of All Time.” Most of their picks are actually pretty cool, and in mostly an old-school, cool...
https://thissportinglife.net/2011/02/04/gqs-25-coolest-athletes-of-all-time-pretty-cool/
Sorry about that. I disappeared for three months. From here, anyway. Life happens. There was so much going on I had to choose between writing about sports and watching sports in my free time, and...
A well-rounded sport-spectator experience involves following several sports through the course of the year. Different sports showcase different features that make sports spectatorship rewarding: ...
https://thissportinglife.net/2010/10/04/the-end-of-the-beginning-of-the-2010-nfl-season/
It seems to make sense to enquire about the “primordial” roots of either
https://thissportinglife.net/2010/09/18/more-on-why-no-gather-sports/