Category: Sports

Baseball Stars, sports, and summer ’89

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Parents’ basements were made for safekeeping childhood memories. I recently rediscovered a stack of Nintendo Entertainment System cartridges locked inside a storage bin in my folks’ home. The titles were part of an obviously curated collection that boasted some of my all-time NES games, including Contra, Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos, and …

I once wanted to see Conor McGregor fight, but then UFC hyped him

Conor McGregor, The Notorious One

Conor McGregor is a trash-talking mixed martial artist who possesses a skill set that lets him back up his never-ending lip-flapping. “The Notorious One” has the impressive footwork, speed, and striking ability of a man with an extensive boxing background. He’s good. Really good. I’ve followed McGregor’s meteoric UFC rise for a few months now, …