Sports
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Death to the Opposition: Joy, Loss, and Baseball in Deep Space Nine’s Most Endearing Episode
Twenty-two years ago today, Deep Space Nine — at the height of its dark, complex, morally nuanced depiction of war, and the impact it has on utopia — delivered a poignant message about the concept of accepting loss. It did so in a comedy holodeck baseball game, and the result cemented itself as one of…
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Olympics 2021: International Olympic Committee Says the Games Will Happen ‘With or Without Covid’
The International Olympic Committee wants the world to get something clear: It is not postponing the Olympic Games again. In fact, as uneasy as that sounds at the moment given that more than 27 million coronavirus cases have been reported worldwide, the IOC has said that the games will be held “without or without covid.”
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Twitch Is Bringing Radio to the United States
Twitch, home to popular esports streamers, is partnering with Radio.com parent Entercom for interactive livestreams of sports radio stations in major cities in the United States.
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Noted Sports Fan LeSean McCoy Didn’t Realise How Seriously Nerds Take The MCU
Let the record show that there aren’t really all that many demonstrable differences between sports nerds and genre nerds, two groups of people who obsess over and become overly emotionally involved in the minutiae of larger than life, titan-like people.