This is only tangentially related to sports, but it’s far too important to ignore.
South African baboons can now open car doors and have taken to raiding unlocked cars for food. Experts fear it will get worse when the World Cup hits Cape Town in 2010.
The most baffling quote in the article:
“The perception is that the [...]

Good review in the Times today about a new biography of boxer Sugar Ray Robinson. Alex Belth also weighed in over at Bronx Banter.
The Times review mentions how jazz music influenced Robinson’s style in the ring, which I had never heard before.
But it neglects to mention how it was reciprocated.
In his awesome autobiography, Miles, Miles [...]

‘Tis the season for giving thanks. I’m thankful for all the usual stuff, of course, like my family, my friends, Taco Bell and the fact that I’ve got a job in this economy.
I’m also  particularly thankful for these things:
Albert Pujols: El Hombre won one of the least surprising and most deserving NL MVPs ever distributed [...]

This piece on strikeouts and the Anna Karenina principle, from David Roher at something called the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective, is an interesting read.
I’m not certain exactly what Roher is concluding, and I wonder if he’s not either misstating or overstating something that is merely common sense. He notes that hitters who strike out more [...]

The New York Post fires another shot in its feud with Mike Francesa. I don’t know that I can think of any two institutions that deserve each other more. It’s like Phillies-Yankees all over again.
Mets Today asks you to rate the Mets’ potential free-agent targets.
Kerry Rhodes is getting benched. Good. He stunk on Sunday and [...]