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Batter Up

February 11, 2013 By Robert Steven Williams 2 Comments

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My girlfriend’s 15 year old kid had played a year of Little League and hadn’t picked up a bat or glove since. This was an opportunity for us to bond, but the odds were stacked against us.

Filed Under: Divorce, Featured Content, Mixed and Step Families, The Good Life Tagged With: adolescent boys, Babe Ruth baseball league, baseball, baseball lessons, baseball try-outs, batting cages, batting practice, bonding experiences, challenge, championships, children of divorce, coaches, Connie Mack Stadium, Divorce, fathers and sons, girlfriend's son, Little League Baseball, losing, mentorship, new york city, Philadelphia, Phillies, playoffs, practice, pride, sports, step-families, stepfathers, striking out, teenage boys, Yankee Stadium, Yogi Berra

An Open Letter to Yankee Fans

October 19, 2012 By CJ Kaplan 4 Comments

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CJ Kaplan to Yankees supporters: It’s called losing gracefully. Try it.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Sports Tagged With: Alex Rodriguez, baseball, Boston Celtics, championship, CJ Kaplan, fandom, fans, grace, jim brown, Los Angeles Lakers, Mark Teixierira, Montreal Canadiens, New York Yankees, playoffs, Robinson Canoe, Russell Martin, sports, sportsmanship, World Series

#whodwin Wednesday Championships: “… and the winner is …”

December 21, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

This is it.

Filed Under: Escapism, komplicated Tagged With: championship, krona, playoffs, season one, Superman, Wednesday, whodwin

#whodwin Wednesday: Playoffs Issue #4, “Eight Is Enough” [Fan-Decided Character Battles]

November 30, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

The Elite Eight duke it out! Batman! Incredible Hulk! Wonder Woman! Blue Marvel! Dr. Strange! Death! Krona! Thor! Who’d win?

Filed Under: Escapism, komplicated Tagged With: batman, battle, blue marvel, choose, death, decide, dr. strange, fans, Fight, hulk, krona, playoffs, Thor, who'd win, whodwin, Wonder woman

#whodwin Wednesday: Playoffs Issue #3, “Sixteen Ways To Die” [Fan-Decided Character Battles]

November 23, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

After fifteen weeks of intense battle, the tournament continues in its third week to settle … who’d win!

Filed Under: Escapism, komplicated Tagged With: battle, conflict, debate, fan, playoffs, showdown, Wednesday, wednesdays, whodwin

#whodwin Wednesday: Playoffs Issue #2, “Crisis on Infinite Imprints” [Fan-Decided Character Battles]

November 16, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

After fifteen weeks of intense battle, the tournament continues in its second week to settle who’d win!

Filed Under: Escapism, komplicated Tagged With: battle, conflict, debate, fan, playoffs, showdown, Wednesday, wednesdays, whodwin

#whodwin Wednesday: Playoffs Issue #1, “Contest of Champions” [Fan-Decided Character Battles]

November 9, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

After fifteen weeks of intense battle, the tournament begins to settle who’d win!

Filed Under: Escapism, komplicated Tagged With: battle, conflict, debate, fan, playoffs, showdown, Wednesday, wednesdays, whodwin

#whodwin Wednesday: Playoffs Time, Baby! [Fan-Decided Character Battles]

November 8, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

After fifteen weeks, fifty two characters are left to do battle, until there can only be one …

Filed Under: Escapism, komplicated Tagged With: bracket, decide, decided, fan, fun, game, playoff, playoffs, Wednesday, whodwin

Phizzled Dreams

October 10, 2011 By Robert Steven Williams 9 Comments

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Is Philadelphia cursed? Robert Steven Williams thinks so.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2011, baseball, Cliff Lee, MLB, National League, Philadelphia Phillies, playoffs, Roy Halladay, Ryan Howard, St. Louis Cardinals

The NBA Playoffs: On to the Main Course

May 3, 2011 By Max Ornstein Leave a Comment

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If you missed or just ignored the first round of the NBA playoffs, we’ve got you covered.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Atlanta Hawks, basketball, Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat, NBA, Oklahoma City Thunder, playoffs

Required Viewing: Canucks–Blackhawks

April 26, 2011 By Ryan O'Hanlon 3 Comments

Sports fan or not, you need to watch tonight’s decisive game seven.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog, Newsroom Tagged With: Alain Vigneault, Arsenal, collapse, confidence, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, hockey, neurotic, NHL, playoffs, pressure, Roberto Luongo, Stanley Cup, Vancouver Canucks

The Conversation: NBA Playoffs

April 15, 2011 By the Editors 2 Comments

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Ryan O’Hanlon and Max Ornstein trade a bunch of words back and forth, but they come to one conclusion: the NBA playoffs are going to be awesome.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Amare Stoudemire, basketball, Boston Celtics, Carmelo Anthony, Chicago Bulls, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Derrick Rose, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, momentum, NBA, New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder, playoffs, Portland Trailblazers, San Antonio Spurs, The Conversation, Tim Duncan

Debunking 4 NBA Myths

April 13, 2011 By Lance Ryan Pauker Leave a Comment

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Not everything you hear about the NBA is true.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog, Newsroom Tagged With: Amare Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony, Danilo Gallinari, Denver Nuggets, JR Smith, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Miami Heat, NBA, NCAA Tournament, New York Knicks, playoffs, Raymond Felton, role players, San Antonio Spurs, Tim Duncan, Ty Lawson, Wilson Chandler

Worthless Rookies

April 13, 2011 By Zack Schlemmer 1 Comment

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Once you get your face on the card, you’ve made it—no matter how terribly things go from there.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Anthony Miller, Blake Griffin, Byron Dinkins, cards, collecting, Julius Nwosu, Mike Iuzzolino, NBA, Nigeria, Oliver Miller, Phoenix Suns, playoffs, rookies, Space Jam

Keeping the Faith: A Love Letter to the Futile Franchises

January 15, 2011 By Nick Lehr 5 Comments

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When the going gets tough, auctioning your loyalty isn’t an option.

Filed Under: Advice & Confessions, Best of Advice & Confessions, Best of Good Men Project Magazine, Best of Sports, Sports Tagged With: allegiance, Boston, Boston Globe, championship, Cincinnati Bengals, Patriots, playoffs, Red Sox, ritual, sports, sports fan

The Jets Beat the Colts: a Photo Essay

January 13, 2011 By the Editors 1 Comment

Reubens, plucked eyebrows, mascot action, and the Red Garter: One Jets fan’s road trip to Indianapolis.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog, Newsroom Tagged With: football, Indianapolis Colts, New York Jets, nfl, photo essay, photography, playoffs

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Phoenix Police Show Support for Fallen Officer’s Daughter at Graduation

Phoenix Police Seargent Ben Kartchner said, “He’s left a precious child and a wife behind, and it’s our responsibility to make sure that they’re taken care of for the rest of their life.”

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My Daughter Was Arrested, Expelled and Charged With a Felony for a Same-Sex Relationship She Had as a Minor

The nightmare began in February when the cops came to arrest my daughter, who had just turned 18, and took her away without telling us what was happening.

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Zach Sobiech May Have Died, But His Music and His Love Live On

Justin Baldoni: “It’s not because you’re dying. It’s because of the way you’re living.”

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Gun Rights Group Files Lawsuit Against Officials in Connectucut

The Office of the Connecticut Attorney General asserts that the new legislation is legal and the office is “prepared to vigorously defend the law against any court challenge.”

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Walmart Security Accuses Father of Kidnapping His Own Biracial Children

A Virginia man was accused of kidnapping his own children last week because, according to Walmart security, a white man with biracial children just didn’t “match up.”