I don’t see the issue: he was obviously just paying tribute to the memory of Buddy Ryan. As an honorary Canadian, he should obviously say, “Sorry,” but otherwise it seems quite touching.

It nags at me, but there’s absolutely nothing in this piece that makes me want to read Wallace’s essays. There is no hook that says, “You need to read this, because of Thing X.” He wrote words about tennis, and Michael Chang had a head like a mushroom. I am reminded of Gertude Stein’s description of Oakland.

Holy cow, so many actual answers. I had no idea people actually knew teenagers in Moose Jaw and Spitsbergen.

The Knicks have Porzingis, who is interesting to watch. The Kings have Cousins, who is interesting to watch. The Browns’ best player is Joe Thomas, and to measure whether he’s played well, you count the times you notice him and hope the number approaches zero.

Worst spelling of “Ray Farmer” I’ve ever seen.

David Thompson, Tom Burleson, and Monty Towe beat UCLA in 1974. UCLA never lost, and N.C. State was basically a guy who could grow, a guy who couldn’t, and a guy who would jump.

Wait, Ohio is in the USA, which is in the United States?

Either 1995 Indians over Atlanta or 1997 Indians over the Marlins. The 1995 team was better, but fuck the Marlins.