Tag Archives: Sports

The Lonely Sea and the Sky

By Robin Bates | Published: August 2, 2014

The spirit of Maryland’s overnight Governor’s Cup sailboat race is captured in John Masefield’s well known “Sea Fever.”

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To Hear an Oriole Sing

By Robin Bates | Published: July 26, 2014

I use an Emily Dickinson poem to root for my favorite baseball team, the Baltimore Orioles.

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Strong in Will vs. Time & Fate

By Robin Bates | Published: July 19, 2014

Roger Feder, like Tennyson’s “Ulysses,” braved time and fate and came up just short.

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Deutschland über Alles

By Robin Bates | Published: July 14, 2014

In honor of Germany’s World Cup victory, here is the poem that serves as the foundation of their national anthem

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The Return of King James

By Robin Bates | Published: July 12, 2014

Lebron’s return to Cleveland is like Odysseus’ return to Ithaka.

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World Cup: Some Said It Couldn’t Be Done

By Robin Bates | Published: July 5, 2014

The hackneyed poems of Edgar Guest actually capture the effort put forth by the U.S. Men’s Soccer Team.

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Bram Stoker’s Cure for Biting

By Robin Bates | Published: June 28, 2014

Soccer star Luis Suarez has a problem with biting. Bram Stoker had advice for dealing with biters.

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Spain No Longer a Soccer Colossus

By Robin Bates | Published: June 21, 2014

Spain, which once did bestride the soccer world like a colossus, has been ousted from the World Cup.

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U. S. as Prey in Most Dangerous Game?

By Robin Bates | Published: June 14, 2014

America’s soccer squad has an unsettling resemblance to the human prey in “The Most Dangerous Game.”

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