A “ring” by the bedside, unbearable at timesOutside the windows, chirps to the winds Continuing without the beautiful chimesOffer chances to repent such sins. Static vibration under a smooth baseThe wood beholds and carries such weightsPassing rhythm to the capacious spaceAnd into the mind, of what awaits. Creaks of the stairs, cacophonous messWhat greets the …
Clashing swords, blood spilling on the ground, and soldiers rising from the grounds to fight their last breaths, quite indicative of a horrific war. This is the true nature of rivalries between opposing forces. The Legends Club, by John Feinstein highlights a rivalry between the three coaches, Jim Valvano, Mike Krzyzewski, and Dean Smith. …
In the latter half of the 20th century, there was a heated rivalry in the ACC division of college basketball, particularly between Duke, North Carolina State, and North Carolina. Duke was in a good place, but disaster struck when their coach said he wanted to leave. Now, they were on a hunt for a …
The A’s were, in one word, different, from virtually every other team in the MLB. With what would be considered pocket money for some other teams as their overall net worth, the team still proved to be a strong competitor, season after season. What kind of tricks were they pulling out from their sleeves? …
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The most frequently taken path is often not the best path to go down. This is clearly the case regarding how modern day baseball managers acquire new players. For the longest time, managers around the game looked for physically gifted players due to their high potential. Their thinking was that high caliber physical ability …
Talent can be loosely defined as a natural skill or a skill that you are essentially born with. Although talent can certainly grow your skill much faster than the average person, we still need to consider that sole talent isn’t actually what governs “skill.” Everyday, people are born with talent in certain activities and …
John O’neill was a man who bore the weight of criticism better than most could. The combination of O’Neill’s personality and the inner demons that haunt him made him an unsuitable FBI agent. He was a dedicated and persistent worker, yet he continued to feel the internal struggles constantly tugging him away, and eventually, …
Osama Bin Laden led Al-Qaeda from its founding in the late 80s until he was killed by the U.S. Navy in May of 2011. He was one of the central masterminds between the numerous terrorist attacks against Western powers executed by Al-Qaeda, most famously on the United States during the 9/11 Attacks. He was …
This Christmas, I had the opportunity to build my own gaming PC and I really enjoyed the whole experience, from budgeting, researching, ordering parts, building, troubleshooting to getting the PC up and running, I learned a lot and below is a repot. Most memorable experience: I liked building, troubleshooting, then waiting in suspense as I …
Frankly, reading the title “Now It Begins,” sort of strikes a feeling of laughter inside me because I feel like that phrase has been used so many times up till now in a comical way that I don’t feel that sense of rush that it is supposed to invoke in this context. Anyways, clearly …
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