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As American as Baseball and Net Neutrality

Among the many, many comments submitted to the FCC regarding net neutrality, Major League Baseball has come out strongly in favor of it. Of course, they are a major content player, and (rightly) see this non-neutral "fast lanes" as something that will drive up customer prices and thus push down customer demand.

So, will it make any difference in how the commission moves forward?

The best argument yet for net neutrality comes from Major League Baseball
Among the more than one million comments about net neutrality received by the US government this year was a submission by… Major League Baseball (MLB). The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is currently reviewing new rules that could allow internet providers to charge content companies for a more direct connection to customers.  Some big content distributors (most notably, Netflix) have…

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The scariest sports picture you will see today

Archaeologists a thousand years hence will be fascinated and repelled by the strange, unearthly deities we worshiped.

So Many Mascots
This might be the greatest collection of baseball talent ever gathered in one place. Twenty-six mascots posed for a class photo yesterday in Minneapolis, delighting and horrifying onlookers in equal measure.

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American Ninja Woman Warrior

Speaking of the Amazons …

It's been a few years since I was a semi-regular watcher of ANW — the format got a little repetitive for me, and the cheerleading analysis by the sportscasters started to grate — but this would be an incredible run for anyone, let alone a 5'0" 100 lb. woman.  Grace, upper body strength, endurance, and balancing a shorter reach with a lower weight all combine here to tremendous effect.

Watch This Former Gymnast Tear Up The Course On American Ninja Warrior
Kacy Catanzaro’s about 5-foot-nothing and 100 pounds, and somehow she’s wrecking shit on American Ninja Warrior.

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A world where "male" is not the default, assumed baseline

The point here is not that Men's Soccer and Women's Soccer are necessarily comparable in scoring and achievements and competition and so forth. It's that calling out the gender of one and not calling out the gender of the other is equally inaccurate.

I think we're at the point in our society where there are very few places that gender needs to be called out for women but not for men (or vice-versa). To continue to do so reinforces increasingly (if not completely) obsolete models of what is "normal" vs "abnormal" (or "primary" vs "secondary"). It's something to think about in #writing  , whether as a journalist or in fiction. 

World Cup Soccer Stats Erase The Sport’s Most Dominant Players: Women
There are few sporting events I get as excited about as the World Cup. I played soccer in high school, in the NCAA, and for five years post-college, including two glorious years in the Golden Gate Women’s League, Premier Division. What the U.S. Men’s National Team has accomplished is extraordinary, with a second consecutive appearance in the knock-out round and incredible teamwork and fortitude against four formidable opponents.

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The Decline of Golf

I grew up in a (amateur) golfing family, and I still try to get out to play a couple of times a year — usually at a work- or parish-related get-together.  My friends who play — simply don't much, if at all, any more.  It's just damned difficult to devote an entire day to the exercise, and darned expensive for an 18 hole round.

I don't know the answer for any of that (though I suspect dumbing down the game is not going to be it). It may simply be that golf, as a widely available and broadly paid sport, will simply fade out in the next three or four decades.

Golf Loses Players as Millennials Find It Expensive, Time-Consuming – Businessweek

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If you have to fail, fail with style

You won't win, but you'll get some respect.

(h/t +Yonatan Zunger)

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I think what we can all learn from this, is that falling on your face once in a while is inevitable. But– you get bonus points for style!

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RT @warrenellis: Bear in mind …

RT @warrenellis: Bear in mind that I am English and British, and I do not expect the England team to get through 90 mins without lighting t…

A kiss for the goose

I seem to recall there was a fair amount of controversy over Kirk and Uhura kissing (or, to make things safer, being telekinetically forced to kiss), and, yet, somehow Western Civilization had endured the last nearly-fifty-years.

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…and i'll just put this here

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Formula E Racing

This is … incredibly cool. I don't see it replacing NASCAR here in the States any time soon (because Americans Can't Get Excited Without Roaring Motors, and it's too much like Formula 1 which is see here by too many as a wussie Euroweenie sport), but I wish it would.

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Big-Name Drivers Flock to the First Fully Electric Racing Series

Former F1 hotshoes Jarno Trulli and Nick Heidfeld are the latest big-name drivers to sign on for the all-electric Formula E series that kicks off later this year.

The two aces bring the total up to 40 drivers competing this season, which opens September 13 in Beijing. The depth of talent underscores just how seriously the drivers, and the 10 teams competing in Formula E, are taking the series and the effort the FIA is putting into making it succeed.

“Formula E is a really exciting project and a really big innovation in motor racing,” says Sebastien Bourdais, who has competed in Champ Car, F1 and Le Mans. “You don’t get to be a part of such technological advances very often in a career.”

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/formula-e-drivers/

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Hairball-curling Olympics Action!

Actually, they look pretty mellow about the whole thing.

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Imgurian winter Olympics. 

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Bob and Vlad

Yeah — most entertaining thing yet from this year's Olympics.

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This was awesome.

The Saga of Bob and Vlad, by John Scalzi and Tom Tomorrow | Whatever
About · A Brief Biography of John Scalzi · Availability for Interviews, Appearances, Writing Work and Optioning Existing Work · Books by John Scalzi · Contact Information · Guidelines for Publicity, Blurbing, Unpublished Work, Retweets, Guest Blogging and Charitable Solicitations …

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Okay, so SOME of the Sochi photos aren't real

Or, rather, they aren't really from Sochi.

Still waiting for the next outrageous scandal thing to hit.  I'm largely with John Scalzi on the whole thing: http://whatever.scalzi.com/2014/02/06/sitting-out-sochi/

8 Viral Sochi Olympics Photos That Are Total Lies
Thousands of images are pouring out of Sochi in the lead-up to the Olympics. And things don’t look great. There are unfinished buildings, a lack of winter weather, and an abundance of trash. But don’t believe every image you see. Like so much of what gets passed on social media these days, a lot of them aren’t exactly what they claim.

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Remembering the LA Olympics of '84

I lived in LA at the time — just out of college — and I remember the biggest concern was going to be the traffic. And, yeah, suddenly companies discovered (with plenty of encouragement) the wonders of telecommuting and timeshifting and the like.  

It probably says something unfortunate about my aesthetic, but I've always liked the 1984 Olympic design aesthetic — bright and colorful and eye-catching within the cityscape.

I guess what strikes me most today about this particular Olympiad was the lack of post-Olympic ghost towns and huge, decaying venues.  It's possible to do the Olympics with some major construction that's reused afterwards (I know London made a seriously determined effort in this direction), but too often the plans are all focused on the Big Event … and everything (even assuming it was completed) falls apart thereafter. Sochi isn't even making it to opening day completed and intact, and I suspect that in twenty years it will be a ghost town.

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This is how you Olympics:

How L.A.’s 1984 Summer Olympics Became the Most Successful Games Ever
It’s almost showtime for Sochi, which may or may not have its shit together by the time the opening ceremonies start. While it’s too late for Sochi to change its trajectory, perhaps the 2016 host city could jot down a few tips from what are widely considered to be the most successful Olympics ever: L.A., 1984.

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Ah, #SochiProblems

Ah, #SochiProblems

Yeah, this should be good.

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Sochi Problems: Journalists arriving in Sochi have been tweeting hilarious/tragic tales of unfinished hotel rooms, toilets that won’t take toilet paper, yellow water, plenty of light bulbs instead of a working doorknob, and even painted grass. It’s clear #sochiproblems   is so far the best thing about this year’s Winter Olympics. #sochi2014  

2014 Winter Olympics plagued by #SochiProblems (and it’s hilarious)
The Winter Olympics: A time of great glory, athletics, feats of strength and heroes. And, when hosted in Sochi, Russia, apparently also involves stray dogs, elaborate disclaimers in Russian translated to poor English (Renglish?), twin toilets and toxic water.

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Osprey

This is a composite video (since the frog turns into a fish) but it's still awesomely cool.

[UPDATE: I am, to some degree at least, mistaken, dagnabbit. About the frog thing, not the awesomely cool thing.]

Ospreys still can't deal with horses, though — unless the horses trip all over themselves and let the ospreys carry them away … (cough)

(h/t +Yonatan Zunger)

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Eyes of an osprey


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If you can't avoid mistakes, recover well instead

Nicely done. 

(h/t +Marty Shaw)

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and the award for the best way to avoid an embarrassing moment goes to

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Ouch. Ouch-ouch-ouch

Okay, so I loathe the headline on this article, but as an example of something that could go wrong during base jumping (from the camera perspective of the person it's going wrong with), it's pretty remarkable.

I am I a bit surprised he's not wearing gloves, though I imagine he's not supposed to be as close to the cliff as he is …

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Slow-Mo GoPro Video Of Cliff Jump Gone Wrong Is Nothing Short Of Insane
Base jumping doesn’t always work out for the…

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I'm not a rabid football fan, but

I have to really admire the hell out of how Auburn did this.  Well played.

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Greatest College Football Play Ever

Wow!  This might go down as one of the greatest college football plays ever.  The Stanford Band may still be hard to beat but wow. Nick Saban and Alabama must really be feeling pretty stupid right now.  

Seriously, if you are a sports fan, watch this video. 

Given it took down the #1 do you think this goes down as the greatest College FB ever?

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=10060074

Auburn Returns Missed FG For Winning TD
ESPN Video: Alabama’s Adam Griffith missed a 57-yard field goal which was returned for the winning touchdown, lifting Auburn to a 34-28 win.

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When is being an asshole a firing offense?

Richie Incognito is a dick.  He's a bully.  He's a jerk.

Does that mean he should be indefinitely suspended?

Before which I have to confess, as a high school high achiever / speech competitor / theater geek, I just might have some vestigial hostility toward bullying jocks.

That said, some thoughts.

1. If this were any office in any corporation in the United States, Incognito would be out on his ass.

2. Professional sports somehow is socially exempt from such workplace propriety because … well … it's guys. With testosterone. Beating up each other.  So, yeah, roid-raging boys will be roid-raging boys.

Honestly, I sort of lean to #1.  

As Brian Phillips puts it in the article, "It's as if we're a nation of gentle accountants and customer-service reps who've retained this one venue where we can air-guitar the berserk discourse of a warrior race. We're Klingons, but only on Sundays."

Which is fine for Joe Accountant who goes back to his HR-monitored cubicle on Monday. Not so much fine for people who actually have to stick around in that work environment the rest of the week.

But, then, what should we expect from a work environment that involves guys hurling their bodies at each other with an intent to knock each other down, if not inflict bodily injury?

Muscle and meanness: Incognito hazing comes down to ‘What’s a real man?’
Miami Dolphins offensive tackle Richie Incognito is indefinitely suspended for sending racist and threatening messages to teammate Jonathan Martin, prompting a debate about masculinity.

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The NFL is a non-profit?  Really?

Um … no. 

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9342479/examining-nfl-tax-exempt-status-challenged-us-senator-tom-coburn has more on the whys and wherefores: short story, all those multi-billion dollar deals the (non-profit) NFL administers are simply to "promote the business" of the (for-profit) individual teams, whose contributions fund, in part, the NFL.  "Football leagues" are, in fact, explicitly mentioned in the tax code for this purpose.

I'm not a big Tom Coburn fan, ordinarily, but I certainly support his efforts here. 

Congress: Revoke the Tax-Exempt Status of the National Football League
Despite the fact that it is a $9Billion/Year industry, the National Football League (NFL) continues to enjoy status as a non-profit organization –…

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