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WAMCSometimes the hardest part about watching elite, Olympic level sports, especially in things like track and swimming, is the lingering doubt about whether athletes are competing clean. -
WAMCThese may be the halcyon days for the New York Knicks, who just swept the rival Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. So far they’ve only lost two out of 10 games in the NBA Playoffs by a collective two points and are now one series away from the Finals for the second consecutive year.
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I’ll preface this by saying it would be hard for me to find a matchup of two college basketball teams that I like less than last Sunday’s Duke/UConn Elite Eight game. -
It’s mid-March. Which, by all accounts means two things. One, we all think it should be warmer than it is by now. And two, it is time to fill out your NCAA Tournament brackets.
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There was a point in not that distant NBA history where 83 points was a decent amount. Like pretty much the entire 90’s for the Knicks. That, of course, is for an entire team, for an entire game.
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You can say that going to a Major League Baseball game can sometimes be boring. But you’ll no longer leave unsatisfied.
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Going to an Olympic Games is always about more than sport. It’s about immersing yourself not just in the culture of the host country, but of fans from around the world.
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I know a lot of Americans feel a little guilty right now about Canada, the fact that we seem to have taken a particularly antagonistic tenor toward our northern neighbor.
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You will not find an elite level athlete who hasn’t at some point played hurt. Especially late in the season or when the stakes are high, you almost expect something of the walking wounded.
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So, here’s the thing about the Winter Olympics. They can take over your life.
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It’s Super Bowl week. Which means for a lot of people, this is the one week a year they pay attention to football, even if they haven’t watched all season. That’s kind of the American ritual, kind of like how people vote in Presidential elections but ignore politics for the four years prior.
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I have a mantra that I often spout in moments like these, moments when finding clarity, finding space to think, can be hard. Listen to athletes for a change.