Grady Fuson was in baseball for a long time before he made it to the movies—sort of—in Moneyball, which was just released on DVD and Blu-Ray. He talks to David Raposa about baseball and movies (both Bennett Miller's final version and Steven Soderbergh's doomed first attempt) here.
Woody Paige demands not to be taken seriously, and the whole world obliges. Still, an epically doofy rough draft of a Paige column, which is still somehow live on the internet, is stunning even by his standards.
Slim Thug. Paul Wall. A guy named ZRo. And also a giant bearded left tackle and a mean-mugging Brian Cushing. Yes, it's more sports-rap from the hardest working dude in the sports-rap business. We give you "Houston," with an actual video!
Tom Scharpling continues his quest to get into the NHL, even though his beloved NBA is back and kicking. Today: the need to pick a team, the lure of tradition, and an upcoming field trip.
Paris has never had a soccer team befitting its image of itself as the center of the world. For 40 years, Paris Saint-Germain Football Club has failed to live up to the lucrative standard of the rest of the city. Despite underperforming teams and a largely working-class fan base, the club has always seemed like it should give its owners a license to print money. The question then: can you gentrify a team? PSG did what unscrupulous developers have done for decades: They changed the rules, preyed on fears of crime, and cynically played for a newer, richer kind of fan. The third of a five-part series examining what happens to a football club when everyone’s eyes have turned to €€.
Darts, currently in the middle of its world championship season, is a big deal. Big enough to have not one but two international showcases of note, and big enough to turn what's generally a barroom pastime into high drama. It's also proof that a sport can't afford to forget where it came from.
Paris has never had a soccer team befitting its image of itself as the center of the world. For 40 years, Paris Saint-Germain Football Club has failed to live up to the lucrative standard of the rest of the city. Despite underperforming teams and a largely working-class fan base, the club has always seemed like it should give its owners a license to print money. The question then: can you gentrify a team? PSG did what unscrupulous developers have done for decades: They changed the rules, preyed on fears of crime, and cynically played for a newer, richer kind of fan. The second of a five-part series examining what happens to a football club when everyone’s eyes have turned to €€.
