Between the motion and the act of my tennis game falls the shadow. Translation: too much thinking.
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Tag Archives: Sports
Poetic Excuses for Losing at Tennis
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Hollow Men", "Minniver Cheevy", E. A. Robinson, Hamlet, Marshall McLuhan, T. S. Eliot, tennis, William Gladwell, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Makin’ Jump Shots
Michael Harper’s “Makin’ Jump Shots” has echoes of escape from slavery.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Makin' Jump Shots", Basketball, Michael Harper, playground basketball Comments closed
Beauty Is a Perfect Fast Break
Edward Hirsch’s “Fast Break” captures the seamless beauty of a perfect fast break.
LeBron Toys with Foes as Gods with Lear
Lebron James is to opponents as the gods are to King Lear.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Basketball, Bible King James version, King Lear, Lebron James Comments closed
“East of Eden” and the Harbaugh Bowl
The Harbaughs’ Super Bowl Rivalry brings to mind the sibling rivalry in Steinbeck’s “East of Eden.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Cain and Abel, East of Eden, Football, Harbaugh brothers, John Steinbeck, sibling rivalry, Super Bowl Comments closed
Belichick and Saban: Infernal Machines
Belichick and Saban resemble Jean Cocteau’s “Infernal Machine” and Flannery O’Connor’s Misfit.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Bill Belichick, Flannery O'Connor, Football, Good Man Is Hard to Find, Infernal Machine, Jean Cocteau, Nick Saban Comments closed
Ravens Say “Nevermore” to Opponents
The Baltimore Ravens may be the only professional team named after a poem. The words fit the team.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Raven", Baltimore Ravens, Edgar Allan Poem, Football, Ray Lewis Comments closed
If They Lose, Irish Can Turn to Poetry
Even if they lose the national championship game, the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame have Ireland’s poetic legacy to fall back on.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Easter 1916", "Irish Airman Foresees His Death", Alabama Crimson Tide, Dubliners, Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, Football, James Joyce, Jonathan Swift, Modest Proposal, Ulysses, William Butler Yeats Comments closed
Beckham Bends It Like Achilles
In 2010 Carol Ann Duffy compared Beckham to Achilles after he went down with an injury to his Achilles tendon.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Achilles (for David Beckham)", Carol Ann Duffy, Soccer Comments closed