http://www.gelfmagazine.com/ en Copyright 2012 Tue, 01 May 2012 12:50:57 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mark Hyman argued that taking youth sports too seriously—even obsessively—harms kids. Now, in a follow-up, The Most Expensive Game in Town: The Rising Cost of Youth Sports and the Toll on Today's Families, he reports that this national obsession can be good for business, at least some businesses.]]> http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/the_business_of_baby_sports.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/the_business_of_baby_sports.php Books Sports Tue, 01 May 2012 12:50:57 -0500 There are two kinds of people in this world—those who are dog people and those who aren't. That isn't to say the two groups are uniform; not every non-dog person is a heartless, unlovable creep incapable of feeling anything as he looks coldly into the playful eyes of an Australian shepherd puppy. And certainly most dog people don't spend hundreds of thousands of dollars annually on primping and training and breeding their show dogs as they tour them around the country. But wouldn't it be interesting to find out about those who did? http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/dog_days.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/dog_days.php Books Sports Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:10:06 -0500 It's Okay To Like Sports: How Women, Intellectuals, and Artists Can Find Cultural Value in Athletics If you're Matt Wasowski, the host of New York City's Nerd Nite, the answer is C, with a little bit of B, once the nerds are on board.]]> http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/in_defense_of_sports_and_figure_skating.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/in_defense_of_sports_and_figure_skating.php Sports Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:50:38 -0500 official distillations of the bonhomie of Hoda and Kathie Lee during the Today Show's rolicking, Zinfindel-tinged Fourth Hour, or her employ in GQ sex-things column "Don't Be The Worst." Perhaps you recall her lexicographic shoot-out with crossword-hocker Will Shortz on the appropriate usage of early hip-hop colloquialism (Five letters: Dope, or otherwise agreeable). ]]> http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/a_single_sex_with_manifold_voices.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/a_single_sex_with_manifold_voices.php Media Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:17:04 -0500 picked up on the common thread, and carried it through to decades of celebrity profiles in which male writers had made "did they or didn't they?" a central thrust of their pieces. ]]> http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/cracking_the_celebrity_profile_code.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/cracking_the_celebrity_profile_code.php Internet Sports Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:49:15 -0500 released a tally of female bylines from the world's most prestigious English-language literary magazines. The group, a nonprofit named VIDA, focused exclusively on articles published in 2011. Their findings were not pretty: of the nearly dozen publications surveyed, around two-thirds of the bylines belonged to men. Draw from this fact what you will, but one point is plain: the internet rolls different.]]> http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/not_your_mamas_blog.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/not_your_mamas_blog.php Media Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:13:51 -0500 Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrong, the sabermetrics wars were in full swing. Joe Morgan was still sharing commentary on Sunday Night Baseball, which included his dismissal of those who rely on "computer numbers"; and the site Fire Joe Morgan was still offering its commentary, which routinely would rip on Joe Morgan.]]> http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/the_war_is_over_but_the_work_isnt.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/the_war_is_over_but_the_work_isnt.php Sports Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:50:12 -0500