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Ravens-Patriots trash talk from The Wire

aaron cohen — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:18:09 +0000

All sports trash talk should be done with images from The Wire.

Original images by Jake's friend, Jake, and Jamie.

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Happy birthday, Bo Jackson

aaron cohen — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:58:19 +0000

Today is Bo Jackson's 49th birthday, so I thought I'd watch a Bo Jackson video and then I watched about 10. The first video shocked me because I'm never ready for how big he is or how fast. And he was both.

Here are some videos and articles including football Bo, baseball Bo, Letterman Bo, Sesame St Bo, ect. The articles are interspersed with the videos. Make sure to watch the Tecmo Bo.

First mention of Bo in SI from 1982

The tackle that ended his career

Ralph Wiley suggesting Bo will have to choose

Bo on the go

On homering in first game back after injury

A hip injury

All Bo's SI covers

Maybe the first profile

Gammons

Bo Jackson, the Heisman winner

Where is he now, from 2003

Bo must choose

If Bo Jackson doesn't return

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What did Big Baby Davis do during the lockout?

aaron cohen — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:07:19 +0000

Knitting and model making of course.

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New Boston Globe website

aaron cohen — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:44:58 +0000

I'd meant to call this out earlier, when everyone was talking about the new Boston Globe website.

The newspaper’s existing site, Boston.com, will remain free and will offer breaking news, blogs, photo galleries, sports coverage, and a limited selection of stories from the paper.

Emphasis mine. I think this might be one of the reasons there wasn't a huge uproar in Boston about the Globe starting to charge for online content. The new site has been live for over a month now, and today was the first time I tried to get to a page that was blocked.

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Coaching a Surgeon

aaron cohen — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:59:21 +0000

This article, by Atul Gawande, looks at why certain professions have coaches, and more importantly, why some don't. I liked this bit:

Good coaches know how to break down performance into its critical individual components. In sports, coaches focus on mechanics, conditioning, and strategy, and have ways to break each of those down, in turn. The U.C.L.A. basketball coach John Wooden, at the first squad meeting each season, even had his players practice putting their socks on. He demonstrated just how to do it: he carefully rolled each sock over his toes, up his foot, around the heel, and pulled it up snug, then went back to his toes and smoothed out the material along the sock’s length, making sure there were no wrinkles or creases. He had two purposes in doing this. First, wrinkles cause blisters. Blisters cost games. Second, he wanted his players to learn how crucial seemingly trivial details could be. “Details create success” was the creed of a coach who won ten N.C.A.A. men’s basketball championships.

The other interesting part was Gawande talking about being coached as a surgeon. He asked a former mentor to observe his surgeries and take notes. Almost immediately, Gawande discovers things he could do to make his surgeries more successful. The way Gawande talks about being coached makes clear doctor coaching is something that should be explored further.

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I’M WITH TITO

aaron cohen — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:30:22 +0000

I don't think the Red Sox should fire Terry Francona so I asked Dave to make a picture I could use to show my support. Dave is awesome. So is Terry Francona. #TeamTito

Thanks to Thea for helping out.

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Sports Illustrated’s new photo blog

aaron cohen — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:39:41 +0000

Sports Illustrated has a new photo blog, and so far, SO GOOD. I love it all. You will, too.

This is one of 2 great Michael Jordan photos.

Via Matt

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A collection of Red Sox related Tweets I liked on the occasion of their season being over

aaron cohen — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:08:59 +0000

The Red Sox have had a pretty up and down season. I'm still not sure what to say about it, but there's humor in pain. Especially other people are making fun of my pain. Anyway, I thought these Tweets were good.

@fivethirtyeight

@jazayerli

@joekinsella

@mickshaffer

@petersagal

Via Stellar

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Ferran Adria’s other new job: Sports Nutritionist

aaron cohen — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:02:39 +0000

Ferran Adria has another new job. Sports nutritionist for FC Barcelona's youth team. (The other one is at Pepsi).

The Spanish club recruited famed chef Ferran Adria on Thursday to revamp its youth academy menu. The European champions say the former El Bulli chef will redesign the club's La Masia meals to 'foster healthy eating and exercise' by providing the Catalan club's future stars with the best possible diet.

Via Esquire

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Today’s Big Baby Davis Quotation

aaron cohen — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:35:50 +0000

I just want to make sure I’m Glen Davis wherever I’m at. I think I can be Glen Davis wherever. It just depends on the system, the people around the system, who’s going to let Glen Davis be Glen Davis, not make Glen Davis something they think he should be.

From a column by the terrible Dan Shaughnessy.

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Fan catches foul ball while holding kid

aaron cohen — Tue, 31 May 2011 19:05:48 +0000

Fans catching foul balls are awesome. Fans catching foul balls while holding children are even more awesome. It happens more often than you think, even if MLB doesn't want you to see any unauthorized video showing this.
Here are a few I found in a quick Google search:
With the baby strapped to chest.
On a bounce back.
Moms can do it, too.
With a few bobbles.
One handed.
Another one handed.
This guy didn't drop the kid, and the kid didn't drop the drink!

This post was inspired by a Mike Davidson Tweet that pointed to a guy at a recent Dodger's game who dropped his kid to catch a foul and then muffed the catch.

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This is insane

aaron cohen — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:32:52 +0000

UPDATE:
It's fake, but I still love it.
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This is about the most insane thing I've ever seen, He wasn't even looking!

Via Stellar

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Perk is a Beast

aaron cohen — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:25:25 +0000

I'd never heard this story, but it just adds to the reason Kendrick Perkins was my second favorite Celtic. Big Baby Davis, is of course, first.

Via Long Reads

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Crazy baseball fact

aaron cohen — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:58:59 +0000

The only American League player to hit at least one triple in each of the last 12 season is David Ortiz. I would have never guessed. That's 2 things on the blog today that no one would ever guess. ###Possibly related posts:The Economics of Minor League Baseball Baseball Inside Baseball ### Possibly related posts:

Just like Apple

aaron cohen — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:37:33 +0000

Daring Fireball recently linked to a New Yorker article about the interesting corporate structure of the Green Bay Packers. In it, this sentence:

Shareholders receive no dividend check and no free tickets to Lambeau Field. They don’t even get a foam cheesehead. All they get is a piece of paper that says they are part-owners of the Green Bay Packers.

"Huh", I thought, "Just like Apple." But then I found this:

People who own shares of of GBP stock cannot be sold to others--it can only be sold back to the team. The stock doesn't appreciate in value, no dividends are paid, and there are no season ticket privileges. However, the stock certificate is really cool, and you can proudly say you own part of a professional football team!

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10 Things Chicago Athletes Aren’t Allowed To Do

aaron cohen — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:27:05 +0000

This list pretty much sums up my thoughts on the Jay Cutler fiasco. Click through for the rest.

10. Show too much emotion.
9. Show too little emotion.
8. Get injured.
7. Play while injured and make your injury worse.
6. Play while injured and try to avoid making your injury worse.

Somebody shared this in Google Reader, but now I can't find who.

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Inside Baseball

aaron cohen — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:18:07 +0000

The Baseball Hall of Fame just announced this year's class of inductees, and there were some notable names missing. Here's Nate Silver on the numbers. His point is basically that good baseball players today are better than great baseball players of yesteryear.

If you’re not willing to reserve a place for players who meet or exceed the statistical standards of the average Hall of Famers at their positions, however — players like a Larkin or a Bagwell — the discussion really ought to turn to which players we need to kick out. No Barry Larkin? No Travis Jackson. No Tim Raines? No Max Carey. No Jeff Bagwell? No High Pockets Kelly. No Trammell and Whitaker? That’s fine: let’s boot Tinker and Evers.

Barry Larkin and Jeff Bagwell, 2 players who didn't make it but should have, are indicative of how people vote now. Barry Larkin didn't make it because he was merely spectacular for close to a decade, not eye poppingly amazing, during an era of steroid use. Jeff Bagwell, on the other hand, had amazing stats, also during an era of steroid use. It seems like Larkin is being compared unfavorably in light of ballooning offensive stats, for not doing steroids. On the other hand, Bagwell is being punished for having those stats during the same era, even though there's never been evidence of steroid abuse.

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Brian Burke’s Advocacy

aaron cohen — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 04:10:41 +0000

Brian Burke is a big name in NHL. His son's recent death in car accident, soon after coming out, has turned him in to a very powerful advocate for gay athletes:

Mostly, though, he doesn't want to believe he's the worst possible person for the job that Brendan started, but he knows it's true. He's built a career on not blowing sunshine up his own ass and pretending he's good at something he's not. He knows that everything he needs now, to carry this water for Brendan, he doesn't have. Brendan had it, the poise and natural charm, the easy passage between two worlds. Brendan was perfect for the job. Brendan went first. Now he has to go second.

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Randy Moss Remix

aaron cohen — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:54:01 +0000

This Randy Moss remix is helped immensely by the fact that Randy Moss always speaks totally and completely in rhythm. Straight cash, homie.

Thanks, Jon!

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Best save ever?

aaron cohen — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:13:11 +0000

Watch the Man City keeper sprint the length of the field to prevent a goal by Manchester United. The guy is Usain Bolt fast. At least compared to the other players he is.

Via Jonah Keri, who never fails to fill my Google Reader Share folder with awesome stuff. By the way, Jonah has a book about the Rays coming out in March, and just launched a podcast you should be listening to if you like good stuff.

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