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February 28, 2010 by Cyrus Patell
The Athletic Sublime
I watch professional sports for the narratives they produce. In the pilot for the series Friday Night Lights, which is about big-time football in a small Texas town, the coach’s daughter, who is reading Moby-Dick in her English class, tells her father: “Moby-Dick is actually the perfect metaphor for this town. The cold black sea [...]Archive
February 8, 2010 by Cyrus Patell
Sure as Heck
“Now that my focus has been enlarged, I sure as heck better be more astute on these current events, national issues.” Who made this statement in an interview on national television yesterday? a) Ben Bernanke b) Scott Brown c) Barack Obama d) Sarah Palin Click on the continuation link to find out the answer.Archive
January 5, 2009 by Cyrus Patell
The Knee, One Year Later
Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the rebuilding of my right knee by Dr. Andrew J. Feldman. The surgery involved a high tibial osteotomy, an ACL recision, and a microfracture. When I saw Dr. Feldman three months ago, he was very pleased with the result. The tibia, into which a wedge of cadaver tissue had [...]Archive
October 11, 2008 by Cyrus Patell
Making Hockey Bush-League
The owner of the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team, Ed Snider, a prominent supporter of John McCain’s presidential campaign, arranged for Sarah Palin to drop the ceremonial first puck at the Flyers’ home opener tonight, providing yet another reason for me to despise the Flyers. I started watching the Rangers in 1973, discovering them while flipping [...]Archive
January 7, 2008 by Cyrus Patell
