Unlike the positions of shooting guard and center, there's a legitimate debate as to which player is the best power forward of all time. Tim Duncan's resume sparkles thanks to his four rings, two MVP awards and perennial appearances on the All-NBA team. But a case can be made for a number of others,…

In the past few decades, the fortunate among us have recognised the hazards of living with an overabundance of food (obesity, diabetes) and have started to change our diets. But most of us do not yet understand that news is to the mind what sugar is to the body. News is easy to digest. The media…

“I enjoy Baseball, but I understand why somebody might say Baseball is boring, or dull, or not exciting, or tiresome, or seemingly endless, or boring, or: boring. I also understand that feeling about how there's Pressure from Society, sorta forcing you to go along with "everybody" and participate in…

Update: Sheila Heti has posted a thoughtful response to this article. You can read it here. The old order changeth, yielding place to new, and CanLit fulfills itself in many ways. But certain patterns survive. Thus, Canada's latest literary shooting star, Sheila Heti, agrees that grand dowager Alice…

There’s a secret in this forest, where mist lingers lazily in the treetops, moss drapes over outstretched branches like a shaggy green sweater cascading towards the ground, and stillness pervades, except for thick raindrops thudding on the ground. Here, built around a towering hemlock tree that juts…

Alice Gregory , in the NYT, has been reading her Austen: “It is a truth universally acknowledged,” she writes, “that a young technologist in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a high-end art collection”. Well, maybe she doesn’t put it exactly like that. But that’s her clear message:…

Tim Duncan might not be the most eye-popping superstar the NBA has ever seen, but there is a reason why they call him Mr. Consistent. At age 36, Tim Duncan is doing for the San Antonio Spurs exactly what he has always done: playing excellent defense, slapping up double-double after double-double and…

"It does not, it’s fair to say, make its wearer look especially cool. But that’s not really what this hoodie is about. It has been designed to hide me from the thermal imaging systems of unmanned aerial surveillance vehicles – drones. And, as far as I can tell, it’s working well."

From the Tumblr's description: Every Asian girl who has ever tried online dating, whether on POF, OKCupid, or Match has experienced it: messages from Creepy White Guys with Asian fetishes. I just got back into the dating scene and am already being bombarded with some absolutely horrifying messages.…

Saturday, April 6, 2013 1:52 PM Many baseball players follow a variety of traditions, ranging from never stepping on the foul line and not talking to a pitcher during a no-hitter/perfect game to a multitude of batting stance and pitching rituals. Here are various superstitions from former, present…

Over the decades, films about legendary baseball players have sometimes knocked it out of the park (1942’s “The Pride of the Yankees” about Lou Gehrig) or struck out (1948’s “The Babe Ruth Story.”) The latest baseball biopic to step up to the plate is “42,” opening Friday, which chronicles Jackie…

The Catcher Was A Jew: Moe Berg, immortalized in Nicholas Dawidoff?s book ?The Catcher Was A Spy,? is one of many Jewish players found in Larry Ruttman?s new book. Image by Courtesy of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library By James Sullivan April 6, 2013 Known as the “Iron Batter,” Lipman Pike…

To make a long story short, as soon as R.A. Dickey was acquired this offseason I set off to write the definitive work on why he was so great last year and what to expect in this one, and completely and utterly failed. It turns out quantifying and/or predicting the evolution of that damn pitch is…

About HootSuites’s Internships HootSuite Media Inc.operates a social media management system and is based in Vancouver, British Columbia. They offer a number of internships on their website , including “Strategic Accounts Analyst – Intern,” “Affiliate Marketing Intern,” “Community Ambassador, Europe…

Thời gian qua, người hâm mộ bóng đá Việt Nam đã có rất nhiều cách để theo dõi, thưởng thức các trận đấu. Bởi hiện tại, có khá nhiều nền tảng, lựa chọn cho mọi người nhờ sự phát triển của internet. Nhưng trong đó, Xoilac chắc chắn là một cái tên quen thuộc và là một lựa chọn tốt nhất với những dịch…

People pretend the idea of fact-checking fiction is hilarious and a paradox and maybe even scandalously bureaucratic and wrongheaded. But when fiction gets facts wrong, people care. If a novel claims to be about a real place, people say, It should at least get the street names right. If somebody…

With Bitcoin enjoying a spike in price against government currencies, there is lots of talk about it on the Interwebs. If you’re not familiar with it yet, here’s a good Bitcoin primer , which also counsels reading a lot more before you acquire Bitcoin, as Bitcoin may fail. If you like Bitcoin and…

With Yu Darvish’s near-perfect game Tuesday came the inevitable cries of jinx. It didn’t hurt that the TV broadcast included the comment, “Darvish looking for number six, and the second perfect game …” precisely as the right-hander released the two-out, ninth-inning pitch that Marwin Gonzalez would…

Press enter or click to view image in full size Bitcoin market cap, from http://blockchain.info/charts/market-cap felix salmon 20 min read· Apr 3, 2013 -- A few days ago, the value of all the bitcoins in the world blew past $1 billion for the first time ever. That’s an impressive achievement, for a…

Last time I was here (two weeks ago; how’ve you been?) I briefly mentioned Bitcoin, an emerging internet currency I didn’t understand at all but via which I had nonetheless made a bit of money (£57). Since then, I’ve been reading up and the whole thing has gone supernova, largely thanks to the…

'Tis the season for fantasy baseball drafts. While you prep for your draft — you probably have one this weekend, right? — we thought about another type of fantasy baseball draft. A fantasy fantasy baseball draft. Yep, twice the fantasy. It's a draft of fictitious players. From movies, TV, books,…

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"Progressive-minded and peace-loving people must not shy away from pushing back against the pro-military agenda on the sports field, arena, or court. Sports are part of popular culture and it is important to use this venue to get anti-war and socially positive messages across."

"The urbanist’s question - and ultimately the economist’s and the climate advocate’s question - is how do we get more of these walkable places? The best ones are really expensive, because they’re so rare. What are the barriers to laying out our streets and buildings this way?"

Once upon a time, in the days of unbridled free time, less financial demands and long before parenthood, I traveled to eat. Many of my travel decisions were based on where I could satisfy my epicurean curiosities and find interesting tastes and culinary inspiration. Those days, needless to say, are…

In honor of Opening Day on Sunday, the first of two essays today on the history of the game. It’s almost impossible to think of baseball without thinking of money. There’s no better example than headline-grabbing Alex Rodriguez, third baseman for the New York Yankees. In 2000, he signed an alarming…

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Brett Lawrie of the Toronto Blue Jays celebrates his game-winning home run in the 9th inning with Yunel Escobar against the Texas Rangersat the Rogers Centre May 1, 2012 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Getty Images via @daylife) The date was October 23, 1993. Joe Carter, the Toronto Blue Jays’…

Bob Rae, who today will face his last Question Period as federal Liberal leader, is an inspiration to anyone out there — politician or not — who thinks there are no second acts in life. For those who might’ve forgotten, Mr. Rae was the one-term Ontario NDP premier who led his party to electoral…