I Got a Link
October 23, 2009
- John Wall eligible? I’m not out to jump up and down on David here, but I suspect this is part of the Calipari package, and it casts an odd light on the many hand-jobs that Coach Cal’s been getting in the national media. He’s a great basketball coach, and put together one of the greatest recruiting classes of all time. But, he’s less interested in the actual academic process than the guy scrubbing toilets.
- Then again, maybe Dana O’Neil just writes fluff for a living. This is a cute story about Indiana, but definitely a little too chipper for me, having sat through last season:
- Yep–that’s pretty much how forensic science works.
- Sweaty Boy and iCycle: fun flash games. I love the indie games movement. The AVClub has a great feature on cheap games called Sawbuck Gamer: totally worth checking out.
- Ultramarathoners removing their toenails for an advantage. What the fuck. This is one weird sport. I knew a guy in college who used to run ultramarathons. He said that there’s a point in the race when your endorphins get so low that “you think about killing yourself and everyone you’ve ever loved.” His solution: “You’ve just got to run through it.” Crazy, man. But, there are many other great stories about him, as you might imagine.
- You’re no one unless you have a lobbyist: this is an awesomely creepy story about how lobbyists for the cable and satellite companies are going after each other, each in the name of the “sports fan.” FUCK ALL OF THESE PEOPLE. Seriously–corporate lobbyists sound like the lowest of the low–their only job is to make more profits for their company, with absolutely no regard for regular people or any kind of morality. How is it the the average working-class white person can support the Republican party when this kind of stuff is the result of unchecked Capitalism? See also: the health-care mess:
Posted in link post. Written by elliott
October 31st, 2009 at 12:06 pm
I feel I should be the first to congratulate Mr. Wall on his recovered eligibility. No Derrick Rose this time around. It would have been a shame not to see him play, that’s for sure.
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:45 am
that’s awfully neighborly of you elliott. thanks! the big thing about wall’s situation is that he seems like he has been trying to do the right thing since jumpstreet. but a stupid coach that was still technically an agent screwed that up. after campbellsville last night, we have a loooong way to go. Wall didn’t play, but it was campbellsville. We had 23 turnovers, didn’t kill them on the boards (when their tallest player is only taller than one player on our team), etc.
bledsoe is so fast though. he’s for real.
by the way, huge man crush on wall. there was no one more giddy and excited to be cheering on the team than him last night. He seems like the most selfless person on the team. Very weird considering what a rock star he could be. He did the same thing while on the court at the scrimmage – holding his hands in the air for some1 else’s 3-pointer, and stuff like that.
how’s indy looking?