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Yasiel Puig: The Myth 25 Aug 2013 | 11:09 am
I take it, from the other side of the world, that the narrative in Los Angeles remains this: Yasiel Puig is a baseball superstar. Or a star, anyway. Or so we thought. Now, I am not so certain. And ...
Dearly Beloved: Vic Scully’s Secret 23 Aug 2013 | 07:45 pm
It had never occurred to me. That Vin Scully’s hair might not be his own. It required a British colleague, at The National, to make me confront this. He had seen a photo of the Dodgers broadcaster o...
Oranges: The 20th Century Treat 22 Aug 2013 | 06:33 pm
It’s taken me decades to figure this out. Oranges were a treat, in much of the Western World, for at least the first half of the 20th century. (more…)
Arsenal Fan? Maybe Not a Good Choice 21 Aug 2013 | 06:24 pm
I have been immersed in the English Premier League for most of five years now, and I have revealed/conceded both on this blog and in print that I am an Arsenal fan. (Or at least as far as I would pre...
Interview with an Austro-Hungarian 20 Aug 2013 | 05:36 pm
Given that I’ve been re-reading Alan Furst, who spends a lot of time in Central Europe, and that World War I concluded with the end of the fairly ridiculous concept that was the Austro-Hungarian Empir...
The Man on the Bicycle 20 Aug 2013 | 10:05 am
In some ways, Abu Dhabi (city of), ought to be a paradise for bicyclists. The island is flat as a table, a table about four feet above sea level. Nary a hill, to speak of, and only 9.7 square miles. ...
In Russia, an Issue of Black and White 19 Aug 2013 | 01:20 am
Today was the final day of the World Championships in Athletics — or track and field, as it is known in North America. It was the first of several big events to be held in Russia in the next few year...
The End 18 Aug 2013 | 12:36 am
Some stir in the blogosphere over the meticulously planned (and exhaustively justified) suicide of a former Kansas City Star sports journalist. It got a bit more exposure when Jim Romenesco posted ex...
No News as Good News 17 Aug 2013 | 12:32 pm
It was on Tuesday that several people in the newsroom of The National chuckled over one of the two cover stories on the front page, that morning, of an English-language newspaper rival, here in the UA...
Playing the Soccer Name Game 15 Aug 2013 | 07:23 pm
A very silly story, brought to us by Agence France-Presse. A non-league soccer team in England was in desperate need of cash, and it managed to get it by improving the name recognition of the club. ...
