It’s been a while since my last basketball post, but the unlikely event of one man scoring 81 points in 42 minutes deserves some ink, even from me.

Here’s video of all 81 of Kobe’s points, condensed down to three minutes. Honestly, I’m shocked at how quiet the crowd sounds, although it’s possible most of the [...]

I have always hated baseball. The standing around. The body-part scratching. The throwing and catching. Goofy socks.
There are so many ways to ridicule the game of baseball that it’s difficult to choose where to start. Difficult, but not impossible.
As a kid whose parents were from South America, I grew up with the notion that soccer [...]

I should be typing this with my elbows, since my forearms are paste. It’s not that the keys are too small; they’re too close together. It’s a design flaw. You ought to be able to type with the appendage of your choice.
My forearms are sore because I went rock climbing with my brother yesterday. Rock [...]

I’ve never seen Michael Phelps, the 19-year-old Olympic swimmer favored to win a half-dozen medals this month in Athens, but from what I’ve heard, I picture him as some kind of otter. Long arms, big hands, wide shoulders, short stumpy legs, and a nice, glossy coat of fur.
But really, I don’t think I need [...]

Who says watching TV makes kids less physically active? In the two weeks since the Timberwolves-Lakers series ended my friends and I have played basketball three times.
The level of play has been laughable, but the nice thing about basketball is it’s good exercise whether you play well or not.
That said, now I can really appreciate [...]

Dear Bruno,
Oh, don\’t you hate Mondays? What about Tuesdays that feel like Mondays?
Minnesota has been wrapped up in clouds like a sunflower seed in a cotton ball for the last week. Everything is gray. Even my skin is gray.
The world seems soaked and mushy. Impermeable things have begun to absorb water; the driveway looks like [...]

Timberwolves, be gone with ye! I don\’t know why I do this to myself. I start actually caring about whether they win or lose. I start thinking that the outcome of this series will have some impact on my life.
But it won\’t. Despite how undeniably likeable KG and the gang are, and depite the Lakers [...]

If by b-boys, you mean, people who never watched a basketball game throughout the regular season, and now are not only on the bandwagon, but vying for the reins.
That\’s me. All year long my affiliation with the Timberwolves has been scant, and my attitude cold: I didn\’t bother them if they didn\’t bother me.
But now [...]

The United States is moving up in the world. That\’s a little hard to believe, I guess, since we do pretty well in so many areas. But there are plenty of things we could be doing better.
Soccer is one of them. 30 years ago, soccer occupied the same place in the American consciousness that curling [...]

I\’m taking salsa lessons.
Is that because I\’m Latin? Is it because my parents are Argentine, and I want to connect to my roots?
No. Salsa is from Cuba, not Argentina. In Argentina they dance tango, which looks a little like two people trying to kick each other while holding hands and kissing.
Salsa, on the other hand, [...]