I’m a few years older than you, but as a Cowboys fan who was in college (in Philadelphia, no less) during the early 90's, I’ll disagree slightly with your take. This is mostly because I absolutely hated the 49ers for their 80's success. (True story: my earliest football memory is “The Catch” and thus I have been…

To Joe:

My alma mater had something then called “lightweight football” but now, I guess, has re-branded as “sprint football.” The gimmick here was that there was a weight limit of 178 lbs for players. Otherwise, I think, the rules are the same as regular NCAA football.

When did this shift in public behavior take place? I remember in the 70's that people were still dressing their best to fly coach, but ... [in] the late 80's and noticed fewer people wearing suits/professional clothes.

My girlfriend and I went last summer. Not for the film— she used to live in the area and we were visiting just for her to reminisce. The lake part is interesting— you can see by the docks and the terrain where the water used to be. Now it looks like a tiny pond far removed from the lodge. Here is a picture:

RE “Hey man!”— I’m a white dude that works in a place that seems to be ever-expending. I will meet people of all stripes and get introduced and then, since I’m bad at names, promptly forget said name. Next time I see that person in the hall or whatever, he probably gets a “Hey man!” until I can walk by his cube and…

In the end, these people care more about their families and bank accounts than their principles.

You know, I messed around with a somewhat similar concept as this about 10 years ago. There was some low-level (like 4th division?) soccer team in England where a bunch of people— like literally tens of thousands— all pitched in maybe $50 each to actually buy it. There was a forum where people discussed and voted on…

Sorry about your friend, but I totally get that. We had some agreements back in the day when you actually had to have magazines, VHS and DVDs. Now, the internet is our friend. Still: for a variety of reasons, when I leave my house I always close my laptop. If I kick it while out of the house, my password-protected…

“Oftentimes, people want to make politicians perfect. And that’s one of the actual beauties of Christianity, is understanding that no one is.”

You can’t figure out how to eat celery?

I didn’t even realize how unusual he was. In this SciAm piece, they note that “his size-14 feet reportedly bend 15 degrees farther at the ankle than most other swimmers, turning his feet into virtual flippers.” That’s nuts. Also, that 76" height vs. 80" wingspan is crazy.

They wouldn’t even be talented enough to play at the college level, let alone in the Olympics or as a professional in their respective sports today.

Everyone should read at least the transcript of the talk with Turnbull. It’s astonishing. Turbull has to keep explaining the same things over and over, making it obvious that he hasn’t been briefed on anything before hand. Indeed, he doesn’t even know the most basic details. At one point, Trump is like “Well, we don’t…

Everyone should read at least the transcript of the talk with Turnbull. It’s astonishing. Turbull has to keep explaining the same things over and over, making it obvious that Trump hasn’t been briefed on anything before hand. Indeed, he doesn’t even know the most basic details. At one point, Trump is like “Well, we…

For years Rick Reilly was the most visible personality for SI - and had the strongest influence. Peter King was right there with him too. How many stories do you think they suppressed, or how many stories do you think they ran with, based on the suggestions of leagues and companies? I’d say A LOT.

I also noticed that he had the same flair for exaggeration

Thanks for your reply. Honest question: Don’t you think ESPN/ABC’s contracts with the NFL, college football, and whatever NBA, NLB, NHL (?), various soccer leagues, etc., dwarf whatever SI gets? It’s not like if SI ran something about new evidence of HGH use in college football that the NCAA would decide not to renew…

Hi, ItDontFit— re #1 & 2: I won’t pretend to be an expert here, but it does seem that since ESPN fills multiple cable channels with live video events 24 hours a day, and that they have contracts with the NFL, NCAA, etc., that they have a slightly more vested interest in appeasing a league— or their major corporate…

David, I just wanted to say that this was a fabulous piece. I usually will end up skipping parts of long-form sports journalism, but this one had me start to finish (ha!). I ran track and field in HS and college, and am old enough to remember the 88 Olympics, so perhaps I am biased. Nevertheless, it was…