Category Archives: Sports

The Worst Losing Streaks of All Time In Professional Sports

Posted on February 13, 2011 by nathanalbright

[Note 3/30/2014: Post updated to reflect the streak of futility of the Philadelphia 76ers, which tied that of the Cleveland Cavaliers.] Friday evening the Cleveland Cavaliers finally won a game, defeating the Los Angeles Clippers 126-119 [1], leaving them tied … Continue reading →

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Gentlemen Finish Last…If They’re From Centenary

Posted on February 11, 2011 by nathanalbright

Updated 02/13/2011, 02/15/2011, and 02/25/2011 for results. Edit:  02/25/2011:  Congratulations Centenary on your first victory of the year, avoiding a winless record.  NJIT’s record is secure, for now. At 0-28, and 0-16 in the Summit Conference, the Centenary Gentleman are … Continue reading →

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Everyone Smiles When You’re Winning: A Musing on Sports Psychology

Posted on February 1, 2011 by nathanalbright

In December 2002 at the Winter Family Weekend in Lexington, Kentucky, I played on a team (the Pittsburgh Posse B team) that lost all six of its games, coming in at 16th place out of 16 teams.  I was a … Continue reading →

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College Athletes, The NCAA Owns Your Likeness Forever

Posted on January 26, 2011 by nathanalbright

Updated 02/13/2011:  Further Complications According to the NCAA, colleges and the NCAA have the right to profit forever without consent (or sharing the proceeds) from the likeness of a college athlete.   Several lawsuits have been filed featuring well-known basketball players … Continue reading →

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On Brackets And Requirements: The Difference Between Relative and Absolute Standards

Posted on January 24, 2011 by nathanalbright

[Note: A lot of people have mistakenly found themselves on this blog looking for the difference between standard and international measurements, which is not the subject of this blog. I have, however, written about that very subject here, if you … Continue reading →

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Super Bowl Mentoring

Posted on January 24, 2011 by nathanalbright

As I was pondering the subject of mentoring [1], I thought it would be worthwhile to examine the careers of the two coaches of this year’s Super Bowl:  Green Bay’s Mike McCarthy (born in Pittsburgh), and Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin.  Both … Continue reading →

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Civil War Fantasy Leagues

Posted on January 22, 2011 by nathanalbright

Despite the fact that I am at least a mild critic of sports culture [1] [2] [3], I have long been fond of playing fantasy teams.  There is something that is truly comical about competing with other people in other … Continue reading →

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A Texas-Sized Precedent

Posted on January 20, 2011 by nathanalbright

Today, as reported by the Associated Press [1], the University of Texas made a 20 year, $300 million deal with ESPN to show all manner of Longhorn sports on a network-to-be-named. It should be noted that what makes this deal … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Lost Sundays: A Season In The Life Of Pittsburgh And The Steelers

Posted on January 19, 2011 by nathanalbright

Lost Sundays: A Season In The Life Of Pittsurgh And The Steelers, by Sam Toperoff Given that the Pittsburgh Steelers are playing in the AFC Championship and wishing to avoid the feeling of triumphalism, I decided to take a look … Continue reading →

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College Football, Slavery, and the Idol of Tradition

Posted on January 2, 2011 by nathanalbright

Yesterday at the Rose Bowl, something happened that had never happened before in a century of prestigious and lengthy history–a team from a “lesser” conference played, much less won, against top-flight competition, when the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs, a … Continue reading →

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