Peyton Manning and Roger Federer, in the twilight of their careers, bring to mind Tennyson’s Ulysses.
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Fed, Peyton: Made Weak by Time & Fate?
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Stephen Strasburg as a Balzac Parable
The strange case of Stephen Strasburg–missing the playoffs if he exceeds his innings pitched limit–has parallels with the Balzac novel “The Magic Skin.”
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A New York Tennis Poem
Caleb Gardner’s subtle but poignant tennis poem is about more than tennis.
Usain Bolt as Shakespeare’s Puck
Like Shakespeare’s Puck, Usain Bolt toys with his opponents.
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Beowulf, an Early Olympic Swimmer
Beowulf engages in a swimming contest of Olympian dimensions.
Federer: Floating Butterfly, Stinging Bee
In the immortal words of Muhammad Ali, Roger Federer floated like a butterfly, stung like a bee as he won his 7th Wimbledon title yesterday.
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