http://www.gelfmagazine.com/ en Copyright 2013 Wed, 08 May 2013 12:36:17 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss There were never any grand promenades surrounding Shea Stadium. When it stood, it carried on demurely among the Bedouin village of chop shops along 126th Street and under LaGuardia landing patterns. When it returned to the Flushing dirt, not a lot changed. For all its nouveau-New York eats and anatomically-considered seat pitches, the gleaming, near-billion-dollar hulk that sprouted in its parking lot is the same heartbreak hotel with a better pool and free cable, flanked by the same mottled streets. If you've aligned yourself with the Mets, you probably like it that way, because that's how it's always been. http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/a_lifetime_of_mets_fandom_one_win_at_a_time.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/a_lifetime_of_mets_fandom_one_win_at_a_time.php Sports Wed, 08 May 2013 12:36:17 -0500 Hindsight has been unkind to many of our widely held beliefs from the mid-2000s. Remember those days? Tiger Woods was considered a loyal husband. Working the graveyard shift at White Castle was sufficient income to qualify for a $500,000 mortgage. Lindsay Lohan was an American sweetheart who could do no wrong. http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/getting_nailed.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/getting_nailed.php Sports Tue, 07 May 2013 13:49:59 -0500 There was something dreamlike about the Knicks' 2011-12 season. A few weeks felt as if they may have been taking place in the mind of an Asian-American middle-schooler who had drifted off in biology class. Though shortened by a lockout, the season contained enough narratives for four or five mini-seasons. And then it was over. Injured, battered, outclassed, and down in five games to the Heat, the Knicks limped into the offseason and let go of one of the most exhilarating, unexpected things to ever happen to their fan base. http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/reliving_the_dream_of_linsanity.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/reliving_the_dream_of_linsanity.php Books Sports Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:17:56 -0500 One Shining Moment" montage. Trey Burke's game-tying three against Kansas, the high-flying antics of Florida Gulf Coast, Harvard stunning New Mexico—they're all great moments, but they tell you precious little about college basketball.]]> http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/a_collegebasketball_story_from_the_inside.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/a_collegebasketball_story_from_the_inside.php Books Sports Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:48:25 -0500 article revealing Pat Summitt's Alzheimer's diagnosis all the more intense. "Full disclosure: It is the measure of Summitt's large-heartedness that she could call any of a half-dozen people her closest friend. This writer has only one: her. 'I would rather drive stakes through my own hands than write this story,' I said," Jenkins wrote.]]> http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/jenkins_helps_summit_sum_it_up.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/jenkins_helps_summit_sum_it_up.php Books Sports Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:39:33 -0500 The English language is missing a word for the opposite of fandom. "Hatred" is too broad and "apathy" too bland. We need something that adequately expresses the passion and devotion that its adherents bring to scorning the object of their derision. There's nothing quite like anti-fandom, and no one attracts anti-fans like Duke University. http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/hating_duke_like_its_their_job.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/hating_duke_like_its_their_job.php Sports Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:11:32 -0500 ESPN analyst and College Basketball Prospectus editor John Gasaway sees it.]]> http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/the_man_who_lives_in_march_all_year_round.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/archives/the_man_who_lives_in_march_all_year_round.php Sports Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:30:28 -0500