Amusing &Art &Basketball &Blog &News &Video Eugene Fischer | 02 Jul 2011
On Robert Krulwich’s NPR blog, a post about the shape of stories as drawn by Kurt Vonnegut. Includes one of my favorite science cartoons ever. The Genderfloomp Reading List. I won a copy of Whipping Girl as my prize for being Best Dressed. I’ve only read the introduction so far, but it looks very good. [...]
Basketball Eugene Fischer | 23 Nov 2010
The Spurs are looking good this year. Manu is leading the way for us. And when he’s not playing incredible basketball, he’s writing ecotourism articles, advocating in favor of gay marriage in his native Argentina, and educating his teammates about the placebo effect. I really, really like him; expect to see this face a lot.
Amusing &Basketball Eugene Fischer | 03 Apr 2010
In response to a caption contest for a picture of Manu Ginobili from last night’s game against the Orlando Magic (in which he scored 43 points), a user of the SpursTalk.com message board who goes by the name Interrohater penned a lovely bit of basketball mythology. Basketball Fairy- The Basketball Fairy is an urban myth [...]
Basketball Eugene Fischer | 09 Sep 2009
On April 24, 1994, David Robinson was 33 points behind Shaquille O’Neal for the NBA scoring title. In the last game of the season, against the L.A. Clippers, he scored 71 points. This brought his season average to 29.8 points per game. Shaq played later that night, knowing how much he had to score to [...]
Basketball &Video Eugene Fischer | 07 May 2009
Ron Artest explains that a basketball game isn’t really getting out of hand until players are getting table legs thrown through their hearts.
Amusing &Basketball &Video Eugene Fischer | 25 Mar 2009
Manu Ginobili forcing amorous attention on Ian Mahinmi after they are singled out by the Kiss Cam during a stoppage of play: (Were you aware that I am a fanatical supporter of the San Antonio Spurs? I’m a fanatical supporter of the San Antonio Spurs. This is my only sports obsession.)
