Tag Archives: NBA

Lebron Held the Sky Suspended

By Robin Bates | Published: October 14, 2020

The Lakers signed Lebron James and two years later have a championship. While some see him as a mercenary, A.E. Housman has good things to say about mercenaries.

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Kobe’s Farewell Poem

By Robin Bates | Published: January 26, 2020

Kobe Bryant’s farewell poem to basketball takes on new meaning in light of his untimely death.

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Kobe: The Lone Wolf Going Down

By Robin Bates | Published: January 21, 2015

Kobe is both like and unlike Akela, the Lone Wolf in “The Jungle Books.”

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Miami Heat Stymied by Heat

By Robin Bates | Published: June 7, 2014

The Miami Heat were beaten by a heat-assisted San Antonio team in the first game of the playoffs. Here’s an H.D. poem about heat.

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Titanic Struggles, on the Court & at Home

By Robin Bates | Published: May 31, 2014

This moving David Rivard poem shows how a moment in basketball can symbolically capture a contentious father-son relationship.

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For Sterling, Waves Came Crashing In

By Robin Bates | Published: May 3, 2014

Collective player anger may have led to the NBA’s harsh punishment for Clippers owner Don Sterling. Lucille Clifton has a poem about the power of collective black action.

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Lebron James, Poetry in Motion

By Robin Bates | Published: March 8, 2014

A Kent Cartright poem to celebrate Lebron’s 61 points.

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Please, Writers–More Complex Narratives

By Robin Bates | Published: June 22, 2013

Sports narratives that look only at winning and losing are simplistic and misleading.

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The Spurs as Auden’s Unknown Citizen

By Robin Bates | Published: June 15, 2013

The San Antonio Spurs as so perfect that they’re boring–like Auden’s “Unknown Citizen.”

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