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Sports Metaphor of the Day on 4/5/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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"We don't need to spike the football, given the graphic nature of these photos, it may be a security risk... There is no doubt among al Qaeda members that he is dead... One thing is certain, you will not see Bin Laden walking this earth again." President Obama(via Reuters' Anthony De Rosa/Twitter) , on why the government won't release photos of bin Laden's corpse.
Video of the Night: Jim Cornelison Sings National Anthem on 3/5/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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Video: "God Bless America" at Flyers-Bruins on 2/5/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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He's So Right on 2/5/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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President Obama gets to watch the Chicago Bulls playoff game tonight, in peace, with a beer. Nobody bug him. WSJ's Jason Gay(via Twitter)
Bin Laden Dead x Athletes on Twitter on 2/5/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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Stating the obvious: Navy Seals are studs. As an adopted New Yorker, I couldn't be more proud of the men and women of our country's military for getting the job done. #USA. Hugging every solider I see in the airport..so emotional & happy for all their efforts. I don't like killing, but killing thousands of innocents is evil... And killing evil is good. (via Emma Carmichael/Deadspin) . Carmichael strung together many of today's disparate tweets from athletes about the death of Osama Bin Laden into something resembling a fascinating essay on the topic. In an odd way, this feels like the last word on the topic for today.
Tonight's Focus on In-Stadia National Anthems on 2/5/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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"From an emotional standpoint, this might be the hardest anthem for me tonight." Jim Cornelison(via Darren Rovell/Twitter) , who will be singing the National Anthem tonight before the Bulls-Hawks game on TNT (In an unusual but entirely welcome move, TNT will be broadcasting the Anthem.)
Bin Laden Dead: Generation 9/11 Reax on 2/5/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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In the same way that a World Series win for an historic loser represents, with a single swipe, the quick end to long suffering, this generation of kids places a significance on the capture or killing of bin Laden that trumps the nuance of foreign affairs, or the cynicism of older folks who have seen enemies and crises come and go. Ted Walker(via PitchersAndPoets.com) , in an essay about Bin Laden's death to a generation of people too young to remember anything but the most basic feelings about 9/11 -- then grew up in its aftermath.
More bin Laden Reax on 2/5/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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It was after midnight when I got off the phone and finally watched Obama’s speech. I was drunk and needed sleep but went out to a bar because Bin Laden was dead, goddammit. I was hoping for a party, a collection of firefighters and veterans toasting the fallen and celebrating long-sought closure. But there were no firefighters. No veterans. No closure. Just a handful of people drinking on a Sunday night. Matt Ufford(via WarmingGlow) , part of the KSK football-writer collective, but more defining, a Marine and Iraq War veteran.
Bin Laden Dead: The Last/Best Word on 2/5/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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I’m glad that the Mets and Phillies kept playing, that the patriotic cheers were spontaneous, that there was no stoppage of the game for the president or anything else. The Mets and Phillies had a game to play, and they played it until there was a winner... He met his end on a Sunday night in America, during baseball season, with everything he sought to disrupt and ruin continuing without him — as it has for some time with him. Living as we have and as we wish and as we will is the best revenge. Jason Fry(via Faith And Fear In Flushing)
Payback vs. Justice on 2/5/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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And things have changed, we're told. But sports fans know that isn't strictly true. Things are never final. Change doesn't stick. You win a game and exult, but you wake the next day to the rest of a long season. You win a championship, you raise the roof and celebrate, then wake to the uncertain reach of a distant future. Jeff MacGregor(via ESPN.com)