Proverbial

How can Americans not love such a game?

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True spectator sport:

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According to logic, a close basketball game should be more exciting than one where some team dominates the field from the get go. But at least in today’s NBA, where the last 3 minutes or so of a close game are dragged on indefinitely by intentional fouls and timeouts, that’s not the case at all. [...]

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Romario keeps looking for that elusive 1000th goal. But since Vasco was eliminated from the Copa do Brasil by underdog Gama, and with presidential elections coming up, his quest not only may be postponed for a month - ’till the beggining of the Campeonato Brasileiro -, but is annoying (.br) people in the club.
The thing [...]

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About a month ago, Wimbledon organizers announced that, after years of refusing to do so, they’d finally caved in to public pressure and this year’s tournament would have equal prizes for men and women. Last friday, it was time for French Open organizers to say this year they’ll have total parity among players.
Which, of course, [...]

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There’s still about nine minutes to go in the fourth quarter, and considering everything that’s happened so far I wouldn’t dare to say the game is over. But regardless of what happens from now until a certain lady starts singing, there’s one thing I just can’t understand: how is it possible for a team [...]

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A reader writes to Andrew Sullivan in regards of Roger Federer being the “greatest tennis player of our lifetimes”:
With no one to challenge Federer it’s irrelevant whether he’s just better than the field or he’s pushed the game too far too fast. In either case, with no one to challenge him, it’s less meaningful when [...]

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Cisco says (.br) that Milton Friedman Day is one holiday that’ll never be set by the government. That may be so, but truth is there’ll be plenty of fitting celebrations throughout the world.
Meanwhile, with the Saginaw Spirit’s win over the Oshawa Generals, the Canadian city must be making preparations for the imminent Stephen Colbert Day. [...]

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This has got to be the most ridiculous moment in the history of sport:

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