Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category

The Duncan Face

After days, weeks, MONTHS of searching I still haven’t found a picture that captures the Tim Duncan face.
Now Tim Duncan is a pretty expressive person, and his faces range from tragically pathetic…

…to frighteningly enraged

But neither holds a candle to THE face. I’m talking about the I-just-fouled-but-I-totally-didn’t-deserve-that, C’mon-ref-pleeeeease, Look-at-how-sad-I-am, I’ll-do-my-best-Little-Foot-Land-Before-Time-impression-to-show-you-how-upset-I-am Tim Duncan face. You can [...]

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The ‘Fighting Sioux’ are really the least of our concerns.

So the sports controversy of the day is the potential name change for the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux. I get it and I wholeheartedly agree. But isn’t it slightly ridiculous that we’re focusing on the Fighting Sioux when there’s a pro football team called the Redskins? The Fighting Sioux, while understandably offensive, is [...]

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Blurring the gender line in sports?

Spurred by the gender tests on South African runner Caster Semenya, a discussion heated up in our office the other day about gender lines in sports. Obviously men and women compete separately in most events because of the clear physical advantage men have over women. Sports like basketball, baseball/softball, hockey, etc. are physically dependent enough [...]

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