Updates

Clay yelled at me for not updating often, but my excuse (or more appropriately my reason) is that blogger has been down and my internet at the new place has been shitty. Get off my back. I have a lot to share in terms of reading, so here goes:

• Anyone who has ever read anything David Foster Wallace has written or who has watched Roger Federer play tennis will appreciate this story. Before Wallace's untimely death, he wrote an incredible article on Federer, relating watching him to a religeous experience. There are many sports articles that are timeless (which is altogether another conversation), and this is one of them.
• Incredible, but long piece, by Tom Friend, possibly the best writer at ESPN.com (and someone I've met) on Tierra Rogers. Long story short, Tierra's father overcame a life of violence and gangs to help his daughter become one of the most promising women's basketball prospects ever. When he was killed, his daughter was faced with fulfilling her committment to basketball or letting the situation compromise her dreams. Great story.
• Another e-ticket that I read in the past week or so was the tragic story of the town of Willow, California. Sad story, great message.
• Here's the thing. I'm NOT okay with this whole Tom Brady saga. If I lose Tom Brady from my life, I'm going to kill myself. He's really the only thing I care about. If I needed life saving surgery and Tom Brady was getting ready to go under the knife, I'd let him take my spot. I'm not even kidding.

Finally, I have two videos for you:



You won't see another hit like this for another ten years. I'm not even being hyperbolic. It's true.

Secondly, this is the best thing I've seen in a long time. Seriously, is that a Taz shirt?



Lastly, the picks will be up tomorrow sometime as well as the seventh chapter of Chasing Sunsets.