Why do you hate LeBron James?
Posted by Simon in Sports on 14. Jun, 2011 | 3 Comments
Admit it. You hate LeBron James. Come on now, it’s OK. Unless you live in Miami you hate the guy. You do. Even if you don’t know who LeBron James is, that just means you hate him and you don’t know it yet. Sports is often a narrative. In the case of the 2011 NBA [...]
The 2012 Olympic logo: unifying haters around the world
Posted by Simon in Pop Culture, Sports on 01. Mar, 2011 | 1 Comment
Just like on the African savannah, there is a circle of life within the macro lens of Marshall McLuhan’s Global Village. One such online tradition is the revered and bi-annual making of snarky derisions about Olympic logos and mascots. It should have come as no surprise than, that when the 2012 Summer Olympic committee took [...]
Boo Chris Bosh: it’s the right thing to do
Posted by Simon in Sports, Toronto on 16. Feb, 2011 | 5 Comments
People who watch a lot of NBA basketball tend to suffer from a sort of myopia. There is an unwritten code to the game, a subculture within the NBA and an implicit understanding that these players are also performers — that this sport is more a business than anything else. Understanding these nuances is, what [...]
The official rules of Quidditch
Posted by Simon in Sports on 18. Nov, 2010 | 1 Comment
To capitalize on all this Harry Potter hype today, here is a video of the Harvard Quidditch team. No judgement. Despite my lack of appreciation for the world of wizarding, I am totally for games where you make-shit-up since I grew up looking for people to play Calvinball with. Want to start your own team? [...]
LeBron’s new Nike ad asks a lot of questions. Here’s a lot of answers.
Posted by Simon in Sports on 25. Oct, 2010 | 0 Comments
You know those people who ask a lot of rhetorical questions in order to make their points? Don’t you just hate that? Have you seen LeBron James’ new ad for Nike? Seriously though, let’s walk through this ad. LeBron is conversing with us. Directly. OHMIGODOGMIGOD. “What should I do?” Look, it’s the set of the [...]
