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147 million trillion chances of desired imperfection (March 13, 2012)
Bracketologists and office workers everywhere chase perfection annually in March Madness. The athletes are the ones who come closest to achieving it.
The Unavoidable Choice of Evil (April 04, 2012)
Choosing a preference among two evils in the NCAA Championship can be tricky. The best trick? Do what men always do.
LeBron James Can't Catch a Break (May 02, 2012)
The seemingly avoidable injuries to Derrick Rose and Amar'e Stoudemire did more than decimate the Bulls' and the Knicks' title hopes. They also altered the way fans will look at LeBron's inevitable 2012 crowning.
Mariano Rivera: Greatness Embodied (May 07, 2012)
Mindlessly shagging fly balls in center field, the Sandman's career may have come to an end. Fans should pray they will see his cutter once more, as so rarely does man recognize greatness when it is within his sight.
Sports Journalism: My Weapon against White Whales (May 16, 2012)
The blank page torments me like Moby Dick tormented Ahab. Fortunately, I now pursue a career with a built-in torpedo to bring down my white whale.
Sports: Why Read Them? (May 23, 2012)
Sports literature, just as the sports section is in a newspaper, is it own genre. A sports drama differs from Tom Clancy's or John Grisham's latest works in nearly every way. Why?
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I was invited to contribute to The Basement in the spring of my senior year at Notre Dame. My former partner-in-crime on the Notre Dame men's basketball beat, Eric Prister, founded The Basement in hopes of striking it big. The Basement, after all, is where real discussion happens, or so the tagline claimed.
To date, The Basement has not reached the mainstream, but I am exceedingly grateful to Eric for giving me the chance to write a bi-weekly column that spring. It provided an avenue to keep my writing fresh and allowed me to remain in the habit of writing.
The NBA Playoffs, Where Monotony Is Broken (April 18, 2012)
The lull between March Madness and NFL training camps can be excruciating. Thankfully, the NBA provides an endless supply of must-win games — begging the question how many truly must be won — to save sports fans from this chance to break their addictions to couches and televisions everywhere.