Tag: Football
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Professional Sports Records: The Great, Lamentable, Weird, and Irrelevant BY THE NUMBERS
Congratulations to LeBron James for reaching and surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time regular-season scoring record, previously 38,387 points. Despite this shout-out, my apologies in advance if you are either an NBA or NASCAR fan, as I didn’t include either sport in the following. It was enough already. NFL19355Career rushing yards: Emmitt Smith (1990-2004)23 (200)Penalties (and penalty…
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Punishing a Cross-Country Runner
“Our sport is your sport’s punishment” has been boasted on many a cross-country teams’ shirts—printed on the warm-up tee (only making a meaningful statement when worn in the halls). It’s essentially true, though, as football coaches bark out “Gotta catch those, kid—take a lap!” and in basketball, “Hands up on D—give me a ladder!” So,…
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My Storied Sports History
I’m in my fifties, and as far as sports go, I am a runner, and that’s primarily it. I do go kayaking with my wife and we hit the gym regularly, just to engage the battle against atrophy. And there’s occasional croquet. Very occasional. Anyway, my main thing is to lace up the shoes and…