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Knowing, Not-Knowing, October, And Letting Go: David Roth's Weak In Review
Baseball spends a great deal of time and effort trying to figure itself out, which is one of its charms. And then, in October, it's something else entirely.
Losing, Loss, And Jose Fernandez: David Roth's Weak In Review
Jose Fernandez's death was a terrible loss for his game and his team. What came after was sad, but also a necessary start on a long journey.
Semi-Wild Life, And That September Feeling: David Roth's Weak In Review
Baseball's wild card races have managed to be extremely close without ever quite being exciting. The good news is that nothing this dull can last into October.
Offense, Defense, And Watching Sports With Your Eyes Open: David Roth's Weak In Review
This was a bad week for people that value the rituals of reverence around sporting events more than they do the conflict that's at the heart of these games. Good.
Business Is Business, Football Is Family: David Roth's Weak in Review
Can the NFL be trusted with something as valuable as football?
Colin Kaepernick's Protest, And What Values Are Worth: David Roth's Weak In Review
Colin Kaepernick, in his protest, offers a challenge to a self-satisfied NFL: action instead of gesture, and a conversation instead of the usual noise.
Dreaming In Context With USA Basketball: David Roth's Weak In Review
The U.S. has done a great deal of winning since it started sending dream teams of NBA stars to the Olympics. The fun of the team in Rio isn't the winning, it's the work.
That's Just Great, Or Watching The Rio Olympics: David Roth's Weak In Review
Find the struggle and even the strangest events in Rio become familiar. But real greatness, of the Simone Biles/Michael Phelps/Katie Ledecky variety, is something else.
Amar'e Was Real: David Roth's Weak In Review
In his 14 years in the NBA, Amar'e Stoudemire was the future, present, and past of basketball. What's worth remembering about him was how he owned every role.
Beat That Wall, or "American Ninja Warrior" in Uneasy Times: David Roth's Weak In Review
What the best sports show on earth shows us about people, and sports, at a less-than-great time.
Tim Duncan, All The Way Down To Earth: David Roth's Weak In Review
The ways in which Tim Duncan was great were easy to miss, and easy to misconstrue. But they're undeniable, and time only made them look more transcendent.
Free Agents, Free Markets, and Who Deserves What: David Roth's Weak In Review
The NBA is rich, and thanks to the rapid rise in the salary cap, so are a bunch of NBA free agents. It doesn't really have to be any more complicated than that.