Mamba
The sports world is reeling after the death of Kobe Bryant in a Los Angeles-area helicopter crash Sunday morning. It is no surprise that this calamity has sparked intense media attention and over-the-top praise for Bryant, who lived just 41...
Conversion or Apostasy? The Chief Rabbi of Rome Becomes a Christian
I am a Gentile, which is to say a non-Jew and a Protestant to boot. So I was born, and I have never felt tempted to alter my religious/spiritual affiliation. One of my female cousins married a Jewish guy, joined him in the synagogue and is...
Seoul’s Venerable Jangchung Arena
“Physical fitness is the foundation of national strength. We must not forget for even a moment that cultivating a strong and fit people, and making sport an everyday part of people’s lives will provide the vitality necessary for the task of...
I Revise ESPN’s 150-Year College Football Team
Offense Quarterback—Roger Staubach of Navy (1962−1964) Running backs—Jim Brown of Syracuse (1954−1956) and Herschel Walker of Georgia, (1980−1982) Receivers—Jerry Rice of Mississippi Valley State (1981−1984) and Larry Fitzgerald of Pittsburgh...
My Visit to Gyeonggi Gwangju, January 4–5, 2020
On the first weekend of a new year and a new decade, what better way to celebrate than to take a trip out of town? I did not go far—about 30 kilometers—to Gwangju, but not the big city in the southwest corner of the country. To differentiate, the...