Tag Archives: Sports

Be of Stout Heart, Gridiron Greats

By Robin Bates | Published: November 24, 2012

Notre Dame’s return to football prominence brings to mind ther great programs from the past.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 17, 2012

In Alan Sillitoe’s vision, running can put us in touch with our inner pain.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 10, 2012

Boxer Orlando Cruz has just come out, bringing to mind Shakespeare’s hyper-masculine gay characters.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 27, 2012

The San Francisco Giants would make their 1960’s forebears proud.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 20, 2012

Seeing “the Captain” Derek Jeter break his ankle conjures up Whitman’s “captain” poem.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 13, 2012

One our ideal, Lance Armstrong has proved to be more like Kurtz in “Heart of Darkness.”

By Robin Bates | Published: September 26, 2012

The locked-out NFL refs bring to mind the exploited workers in Upton Sinclair’s “Jungle.”

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By Robin Bates | Published: September 22, 2012

In this topsy-turrvy baseball season, as in Midsummer Night’s Dream, all things are possible and the Baltimore Orioles are a game out of first.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 10, 2012

Andy Murray and Serena Williams were warriors as they won the U.S. Open, bringing to mind poems by Robert Burns and Tony Hoagland.