Staying Alive

Friday, October 14, 2011
The difference between experience and history is often as simple as punctuation. And hashtags.

Here is a timeline of the exclamations, images, lamentations, highlights and tweets from the Tigers' season-saving 7-5 win over the Rangers in the fifth game of the American League Championship Series.
Brewers Cry Wolf And Lefty Levels NLCS
Dolphins Wide Receiver Plans On Fighting, Being Ejected Against Jets
Penguins Forward Mocks Opponent After Brutal Knockout Punch
Curt Schilling: Red Sox Organization 'Destroys People's Lives'
Basketball Trick Shot Troupe Meets Frisbee Trick Shot Master
BLOG POSTS
Peter Worthington: Don Cherry and Hockey Fights Are Just Part of the Game
Are fights necessary in hockey -- or at least NHL games -- to attract fans? Or should fighting be banned as dangerous, dehumanizing and unnecessary, as many now insist? This age-old issue has resurfaced thanks to Don Cherry's provocative remarks at the start of this year's NHL season that upset three former NHL "enforcers" who've come out against hockey violence and linked head injuries to things like alcoholism, drugs and, for all one knows, bed-wetting. It's pretty hard to justify head shots, or anything that might damage the brain. But don't confuse concussions, head shots, or cheap shots with fighting. It could be argued that few things are less dangerous than a hockey fight. The crowd loves it, and little harm is done.
Cyd Zeigler: Rick Welts' Hiring May Be the Biggest Gay Sports Story of the Year
Welts' coming out at the Phoenix Suns was one thing. They couldn't fire him; that would have been a public relations disaster. But when he left, no team was obligated to hire him. Now another NBA team has handed this openly gay man the keys to their kingdom.
Dan Shapiro: Murray Moves on, Nadal Nada
After losing the first set tie breaker, 7-5, Nadal's game deteriorated, while Mayer played a relatively mistake-free contest, full of his signature slicing backhands and finessing drop shots.
Costaki Economopoulos: Broncos Fans, Have You Accepted Tim Tebow As Your Personal Savior?
Tebow came in to the Chargers game and almost won the game for the Broncos. That's how sad things are for Broncos fans this year: almost winning is VERY exciting stuff indeed.
HuffPost Radio: Sports Blitz Now Episode III: LeBron James' Football Career and the Legacy of Al Davis
In the third episode of Sports Blitz Now -- the brand new Huffington Post sports radio show -- Jordan Schultz and the crew broke down the legacy of Al Davis and why the 4-1 New Orleans Saints have some real problems moving forward.
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