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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Lebron Held the Sky Suspended
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Kobe’s Farewell Poem
Kobe Bryant’s farewell poem to basketball takes on new meaning in light of his untimely death.
Kobe: The Lone Wolf Going Down
Kobe is both like and unlike Akela, the Lone Wolf in “The Jungle Books.”
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Miami Heat Stymied by Heat
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
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
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
A Kent Cartright poem to celebrate Lebron’s 61 points.
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Please, Writers–More Complex Narratives
Sports narratives that look only at winning and losing are simplistic and misleading.
The Spurs as Auden’s Unknown Citizen
The San Antonio Spurs as so perfect that they’re boring–like Auden’s “Unknown Citizen.”
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