Tag Archives: Basketball

Horror Steps onto the Court

By Robin Bates | Published: April 6, 2013

The horror of witnessing Kevin Ware’s horrific basketball injury reminds me of a moment of comparable horror in Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues.”

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Chicago’s Harpies Take Down LeBron

By Robin Bates | Published: March 30, 2013

The thuggish way that the Chicago Bulls ended the Miami Heat’s streak recalls Oliver Wendell Holmes’s “harpies of the shore.”

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Makin’ Jump Shots

By Robin Bates | Published: March 9, 2013

Michael Harper’s “Makin’ Jump Shots” has echoes of escape from slavery.

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Lakers Disappoint, Time for Memories

By Robin Bates | Published: March 2, 2013

A Garrett Hongo poem about the 1980’s Lakers allows us to temporarily forget our disappointment with this year’s team.

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Beauty Is a Perfect Fast Break

By Robin Bates | Published: February 23, 2013

Edward Hirsch’s “Fast Break” captures the seamless beauty of a perfect fast break.

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LeBron Toys with Foes as Gods with Lear

By Robin Bates | Published: February 16, 2013

Lebron James is to opponents as the gods are to King Lear.

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“Hunger Games” a Key to LeBron’s Win

By Robin Bates | Published: June 23, 2012

LeBron James may love “The Hunger Games” because he sees in it his own struggles with the NBA.

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Epic Poetry, King James Version

By Robin Bates | Published: June 16, 2012

Through his nickname, Lebron James invites associations with the King James Version of the Bible.

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Rajon Rondo, Glorious in Defeat

By Robin Bates | Published: June 2, 2012

Rajon Rondo’s remarkable but ultimately wasted performance against the Miami Heat is like William Wallace’s glorious defeat in “The Scottish Chiefs.”

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