March 14, 2008
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Finally! From our talented Polish colleagues at Historia i Media comes Feeds, a much needed new resource that uses Google Reader to aggregate and filter RSS streams from digital historians around the world. “One Feed to rule them all, One … Continue reading
January 1, 2008
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Ye Olde Hipster. Merlin Mann claims Thomas Jefferson’s ivory pocket notebook as the “great-great-grandfather” of his own creation for Getting Things Done, the Hipster PDA. A History of Snowboarding in 2 Minutes Flat. (Via YouTube.) Happy New Year!
December 19, 2007
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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We all know the Mitchell Report has been digging into ball players’ pasts. So, it seems, has Boston Magazine. In particular, they have found a few embarrassing skeletons in Curt Schilling’s closet. For sure, there’s nothing in the signed 1986 … Continue reading
April 29, 2007
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Unfortunately for Bonds, it seems MLB’s historians now are saying Aaron hit 805. This according to The Onion. Thanks for the tip, Jerm.
January 20, 2007
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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I can’t tell you how tired I am of reading about baby boomers and their impending retirements. The self-indulgence of aging newspaper, magazine, and television news editors in running story after story about just how interesting and important their generation … Continue reading
January 7, 2007
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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This morning Automobileblog gives us the Five Greatest Rivalries in NASCAR History. No surprises in first place. It’s got to be Ford v. Chevy.
December 11, 2006
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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A couple weeks ago I recklessly hypothesized that European sports fans are more likely than their North American counterparts to conceptualize history in terms of best and worst. Not surprisingly, it turns out this is a completely bogus conjecture, and … Continue reading
November 30, 2006
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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I said in the introductory post to this series that it’s difficult for a blog like this one to draw any firm conclusions. I stand by that statement, but patterns do emerge. Over the past week or so of scouring … Continue reading
November 29, 2006
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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InsideEdge, a British sports betting website, has published a list of the “top 25 most outrageous gambles of all time.” Most of these big bets come from the world of sports (especially cricket and soccer), but Nick Lesson’s disastrous turn … Continue reading
November 28, 2006
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Video sharing sites like YouTube, Google Video, and Metacafe are full of homemade sports highlight films. Many of these are “best ever” films, with soccer seeming particularly popular for this kind of analysis. The “Best Soccer Moments” and “Top Ten … Continue reading