The Stories of Baseball

For me, the sport in and of itself is not the draw. The draw is the people. It's why boxing always held more interest for me than any team sport. It was the individual who made the sport what it was. The fire and sheer ballsyness of Jack Johnson, the lightning style and class of … Continue reading The Stories of Baseball →

A Sporting Attempt

Living in Boston means living with sports. In Durham, sports talk was mainly limited to people yelling about college basketball, because that was the biggest game in town. Sure, we had the Durham Bulls, but they don't inspire the same level of fanaticism as, say, the Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics or Bruins. There are four … Continue reading A Sporting Attempt →

Snowboardin’

I'm not especially athletic, so any thought of attempting anything resembling a sport always makes me break out into a sweat. And yet, I always go into a new activity with the dangerous assumption that learning it will only take, at most, ten minutes. That deep down inside, I'm a prodigy that will blow away … Continue reading Snowboardin’ →

Going the Distance

I have a huge problem with exercise: it's not instantaneous. I've always had this problem. I'd run for a few days and I'd still be winded or my time wouldn't dramatically increase and then I'd get discouraged and stop. I couldn't see any real progress being made and that was inordinately frustrating. And I'm running … Continue reading Going the Distance →

Ringside Fascination

This is going to sound a little bit silly, but I'm not sure why I want to box. I have no clue where my fascination in the sport comes from. I'm not sure why I've read two books on boxers (Unforgivable Blackness and Sweet Thunder) and ordered two more (Hard Times Man and King of the … Continue reading Ringside Fascination →

Dressing the Part

Today I made my first step toward my boxing goal. I went to the store and purchased running shoes. As mentioned last time, I'm no where near in shape. So I thunk to myself. What would be the best way to start getting into shape? Why running of course. With running I could increase my … Continue reading Dressing the Part →

On Boxing

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm going to take up boxing this year. As I also mentioned in that earlier post, it's because I watched Rocky a whole mess of times. That's only about 90% of the reason why however. I've never been in shape, except for that one time that I took … Continue reading On Boxing →