Reader, last week in this space, James Fegan, a fine man and colleague whose opinion is to be respected, wrote that Spring Training is “a false liferaft amid a sea of boredom and unwanted college football recruiting updates.” He calls it “lame,” “meaningless,” and “incredibly long.” He is, I’m sorry to say, right on most…
Traducido por José M. Hernández Lagunes Los Cubs quieren que sepas que no están afiliados con Joe Ricketts. El pasado lunes 4 de febrero, Splinter News publicó correos electrónicos del multimillonario fundador de la casa de bolsa TD Ameritrade en los que abrazaba una variedad de puntos de vista paranoicos, intolerantes y teñidos de conspiraciones,…
During my time as the lone, underpaid employee of a knitting store, I was privy to a great many arguments and bitching sessions between the wealthy middle-aged women who passed the hours there in each other’s company. Even as someone who was, at the time, fresh out of high school, I was unprepared for the…
The ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia fell annually on February 15th. It was a great deal of fun by all accounts, and was celebrated for centuries, drawing a willing and rowdy crowd. It was a lewd, rude, and wildly popular festival that survived imperial Christianity until late into the 5th century. The day began at…