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- It's Not Whether You Win Or Lose . . . - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2008 from Bill CairoTwo things surely signal the arrival of spring: the appearance of determined flowers from a seemingly barren ground, and the start of a new baseball season. Across the country, little leaguers will be told this one quotation more than any other: “It’s not whether you win or lose, ...
Views: 6436 - Soaring High With Arthur Ashe - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2008 from Bill CairoThirty-three years ago this summer, a tennis player thought to be way past his prime set his sights on winning the biggest tournament that had eluded him in his illustrious career. In a sport where teenager winners are common, where young twenty-somethings dominate, and thirty-one-year-olds are ...
Views: 2148 - Sports Wisdom (Or, Why We Watch the Games) - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2007 from Bill CairoSports Wisdom (Or, Why We Watch the Games) Why do we watch sports, other than to see who wins? Political and baseball author George Will gave one outstanding response: “Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.” Sports are a 21st century version of the classic ...
Views: 3190 - The Best Uniforms In The Big Four Sports - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2008 from Bill CairoHave you ever noticed that the greatest franchises in the big four sports have the best looking uniforms and the greatest team nicknames? Start with baseball, the sport with the longest history. The Yankees are the most dominant franchise in all of sports, and they have the winning combination ...
Views: 4619 - The One Great Scorer - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2007 from Bill Cairo“It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.” Through overuse, this quotation usually falls on deaf ears. If one were presented the entire quotation, it might have its intended impact. The abridged quotation came from the final two lines of one of the ...
Views: 11434 - Time For A New Surge - In Patriotism - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2008 from Bill CairoTIME FOR A NEW SURGE—OF PATRIOTISM We joke about political pork. We laugh at the Defense Department paying $600 for a toilet seat. We tolerate the confused craziness of the farm subsidy program. Forty years ago, former Illinois Republican Senator Everett Dirksen said, “A billion ...
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