Usain Bolt kept driving for the finish line, knowing the race was won but there was something even bigger out there. ...more

August 21, 2008

Every so often, something so amazing and extraordinary comes along that makes people take interest in things they might never otherwise care about. That's happening right now in the Summer Olympics in the swimming events. We're being treated to something we might not see again in our lifetimes. ...more

August 14, 2008

Not since Iago and Othello obsessed on the comely Cassio, not since Richard of Gloucester killed his two nephews, not since Nixon and Johnson glowered at the glittering JFK, has there been such an unseemly outpouring of boy envy. ...more

August 8, 2008

In his first 14 seasons as a college coach, Steve Addazio only encountered two offensive linemen (Jeff Faine at Notre Dame, Adam Hines at Indiana) he considered capable of starting as true freshmen. Addazio, now offensive line coach at the University of Florida, probably wished while coaching each one that he could clone the wunderkind to make his job easier. ...more

October 27, 2007