…I’d look very, very hard at naming a woman to be my Vice President nominee.
Personally, I don’t go much for those kinds of identity politics, but obviously there are a tremendous amount of people that do. (And to be candid, as a white male, I guess I haven’t had to worry about that kind of [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Thoughts–Oscar de la Hoya v. Steve Forbes
Posted in Boxing, Oscar de la Hoya, Sports, tagged Boxing, Oscar de la Hoya, Sports on May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just a few things based on one viewing of HBO’s telecast:
Oscar is still a world-class, championship-class fighter. Steve Forbes is borderline world-class but does have an excellent chin and survival instincts and never appeared to be in any danger. This is one of the troubling aspects of Oscar’s career–while he has scored the occasional knockout, for [...]
Will Leitch wasting his time, Bob Costas & Buzz Bissinger wasting our oxygen
Posted in Bob Costas, Buzz Bissinger, Deadspin, Douchebags, Sports, Will Leitch, television, tagged Bob Costas, Buzz Bissinger, Deadspin, Douchebags, Sports, television, Will Leitch on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been at a conference out of town and am just now catching up to the whole Will Leitch/Buzz Bissinger/Bob Costas train wreck. Watch here.
A few thoughts:
First, King Kaufman over at Salon wrote a wonderful rebuttal to Bissinger. It’s full of links and everything! You know, the exact kind of thing you can’t do on [...]
