Yago Colás would like Chris Webber to go to the University of Michigan game in Atlanta this weekend. Here’s why.
About Yago Colás
Yago Colás writes about sports, literature, and philosophy as equipment for living. He wrote the Cultures of Basketball Course Diary based on a course he created at the University of Michigan. You can find him on his blog, Between the Lines, and on twitter @yagocolas.
Teen Beat, or How I Love the College Game
April 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Yago Colas explains why, despite all the youthful mistakes, the turnovers and the bad fouls, he loves college basketball.
Kobe’s Sin Is Ours: Sports and Homophobic Language
December 24, 2012 By 2 Comments
Kobe Bryant’s use of an anti-gay slur wasn’t an isolated incident; it’s still all too common in our society today.
You Dance and Shake the Hurt
December 8, 2012 By 3 Comments
Yago Colas reflects on race and basketball, as they were lived and played, body and soul, in 1970′s America.
Pain Makes Me Feel Unmanly
October 10, 2011 By 1 Comment
For Yago Colás, the anticipation of pain is often worse than the pain itself.
What Are We Talking About?
September 29, 2011 By 9 Comments
Yago Colás wonders if we’re not just chasing a squirrel when we discuss the end of things like gender and men.
How Basketball Helped Me Realize I’m Not White
September 6, 2011 By 14 Comments
Yago Colás stepped on to the basketball court and out of his insecurities.
An End to Innocence, or How I Learned to Shoot a Jump Shot
August 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Even now, some 30 years later, Yago Colás remembers the jump-shot fundamentals he learned back in eighth grade.
Only Good Boys Get Hurt
August 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As he got older, Yago Colás discovered that being injured wasn’t as cool as it used to be.
You Can’t Check Me
July 6, 2011 By 3 Comments
Yago Colás plays a ton of pickup basketball, but he can’t quite figure out why he never talks trash.
Between Jesus and Wilt Chamberlain (Part Two)
June 29, 2011 By 1 Comment
Yago Colás witnesses a basketball Clash of the Titans and reflects on what Wilt Chamberlain and his dad have in common.
Between Jesus and Wilt Chamberlain
June 22, 2011 By 4 Comments
Why was a kid from Wisconsin painting on sideburns to look like Walt Frazier?
T2TB Week: Nasty Infinities
June 8, 2011 By 8 Comments
“How could my beloved Sheed put his considerable talent and all his energy into that wrong move that would cause so much disappointment and pain and regret?”
Voices of My Father
May 19, 2011 By 2 Comments
What’s it like when your dad is both your biggest fan and your most intense competitor?
“It’s a woman’s job to make her man feel safe — a safe place that doesn’t expect him to do brave things just because he’s a man.”
This is a comment by Kat on the post “A Husband’s Job Is To Create Emotional Safety”.