epub |eng | 2014-08-25 | Author:Steve Almond [Almond, Steve]

The logic seems to be that football is a domain of hyper-masculinity, a physical and psychological space where alpha males do battle. And gay men can’t be alphas because they ...

epub |eng | 2014-08-26 | Author:Almond, Steve [Almond, Steve]

The logic seems to be that football is a domain of hyper-masculinity, a physical and psychological space where alpha males do battle. And gay men can’t be alphas because they ...

epub |eng | 1993-09-15 | Author:Byron Nelson

* We played stymies into the late forties. You see, we weren’t allowed to mark, lift, clean, and replace the ball on the greens then like we all do today. ...

epub |eng | 2014-04-15 | Author:James A. Michener [Michener, James A.]

Even Shakespeare indulged in this kind of abuse, and possibly for the same reason. In King Lear, Act 1, Scene IV, line 86, this confrontation takes place between the king, ...

epub |eng | 2014-04-15 | Author:John Gierach [Gierach, John]

12 TEMPORARY PURIST I live near the confluence of two perfectly good freestone trout creeks in the Rocky Mountains, but in early April when the midges are still on and ...

epub, mobi |eng | 1992-09-03 | Author:Buford, Bill [Buford, Bill]

DAWES ROAD, FULHAM I was reading the morning newspapers in the coffeehouse in Ober Sankt Veit. I can still feel the indignation that overwhelmed me when I took hold of ...

mobi |eng | 2013-11-18 | Author:Colin Cowherd [Cowherd, Colin]

I Value What I Need First, an experiment. Please indulge me for a moment; it won’t take up much time, and you’ll see the results rather quickly. The next time ...

epub |eng | 2012-07-24 | Author:Sam Smith [Smith, Sam]

March 1991 3/1 v. Dallas; 3/2 at Indiana; 3/5 v. Milwaukee; 3/8 v. Utah; 3/10 at Atlanta; 3/12 v. Minnesota; 3/13 at Milwaukee; 3/15 at Charlotte; 3/16 at Cleveland; 3/18 ...

epub |eng | 2011-02-10 | Author:Jay Cassell

From Stories of the Old Duck Hunters. Reprinted with permission of Willow Creek Press. Readers interested in books by Gordon MacQuarrie should go to www.willowcreekpress.com. The Wings of Dawn GEORGE ...

epub, azw3 |eng | | Author:Joyce Carol Oates

When Santayana said that another world to live in is what we mean by religion, he could hardly have foreseen how his remark might apply to the sports mania of ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2013-03-04 | Author:Dan Baum [Baum, Dan]

* * * * I repeat them here because, really, they can’t be repeated enough. The wording changes depending on who is teaching them, but the essence is the same. ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2012-11-03 | Author:Patrick F. McManus [McManus, Patrick F.]

A Chainsaw Kind of Guy B arney Wapshot’s wife gave him a chainsaw for Christmas. I was furious. Barney is not a chainsaw kind of guy. It’s unlikely he will ...

epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Mike Krzyzewski [Krzyzewski, Mike]

Giving Back It is not all about winning games. There are much greater battles to fight. As I have grown older and experienced some success, I have learned that when ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2011-01-26 | Author:Elliott Kalb

Major Leaguers striking out 100+ times in a season 1960: 7 1980: 11 1985: 29 1992: 34 1993: 41 1996: 62 1997: 72 1998: 73 1999: 71 2001: 74 2002: ...

mobi, epub |eng | 1985-01-02 | Author:David Halberstam

CHAPTER TWELVE There were no surprises in the heats. Tiff Wood, rowing easily and comfortably, posted the best time, 7:04.1. It was important for him to row the best time; ...