Category Archives: Sports

I’ll See You At The Big Game

Posted on February 3, 2013 by nathanalbright

So, earlier this week I made a rant about why all of these advertisers are calling the Super Bowl “The Big Game” even though it is patently obvious (or at least should be) what “big game” is being referred to. … Continue reading →

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The Past Is Another Country

Posted on January 31, 2013 by nathanalbright

Bucky Covington, one-time American Idol contestant, sang a song that related very strongly to me personally and to my own childhood. In the chorus of that song, he sang, “It was a different life when we were boys and girls. … Continue reading →

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The Strange Similarity Between Scottish Verdicts And NFL Challenges

Posted on January 21, 2013 by nathanalbright

As an author who tends to enjoy odd and curious connections between seemingly contrary phenomena [1], sometimes one recognizing similar patterns in widely different fields and then explores ways of understanding the reasons behind them. Today, let us examine the … Continue reading →

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Portland Community Examiner

Posted on January 20, 2013 by nathanalbright

Late last week I was accepted as a writer for Examiner.com as a Portland Community Examiner on the strength of a blog entry I had written about Happy Valley when I first arrived here in Oregon [1]. As is my … Continue reading →

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Snitches In Ditches

Posted on January 15, 2013 by nathanalbright

No one likes snitches. Not even snitches like snitches. In a corrupt society or institution, authorities use snitches to break down barriers of trust within rival organizations (like mafioso families or gangs), which creates paralyzing mistrust and suspicion between people … Continue reading →

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No Honour Among Thieves

Posted on December 31, 2012 by nathanalbright

[Note: Yes, I’m aware I’m spelling honor according to the British and not the American usage.] This evening I had the chance to watch a movie on BBC America that I had long wished to watch and that ended up … Continue reading →

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Games Without Frontiers

Posted on December 17, 2012 by nathanalbright

For many people, rules just seem to get in the way of their enjoyment of activities, and there is little purpose seen to rules that set boundaries for what is acceptable behavior, boundaries that contain sanctions. What purpose is there … Continue reading →

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You Don’t Get What You Deserve, You Get What You Negotiate

Posted on December 3, 2012 by nathanalbright

During many years of flying during my youth, I remember an advertisement being placed in the US Airways in-flight magazines I would often read to drive boredom away, that was clearly not directed to me personally at the time. It … Continue reading →

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Fire Sale

Posted on November 15, 2012 by nathanalbright

Jeffrey Loria should be banned from owning a sports franchise ever again. Twice he has owned baseball teams, and twice he has done his best to ruin baseball in those cities. First, as the owner of the Montreal Expos, he … Continue reading →

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The Replacements

Posted on September 6, 2012 by nathanalbright

My favorite movie about football is probably The Replacements, a movie that looks at a less than glamorous part of football life, that of the scabs who cross picket lines so that fatcat wealthy owners can squeeze more money off … Continue reading →

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