Tag: Basketball
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Things We Have in Common, Like Hating Duke
It’s that time of year again, when the entirety of my attention turns to college basketball and the never-actually-dormant UK fan in me comes bursting forth to the front and center of my life: March Madness. I love March Madness: it’s one of my absolute favorite times of the year. I love the ups and downs,…
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Game Day Artichoke Dip
Friends, comrades, fellow fans of the ball we call basket, I write to you today in a much more morose state than when I composed my last post. As you may have heard, my beloved Cardinals faced a mighty Spartan horde this past Sunday and fell, like so many noble warriors before them, in a…
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March Round Up
Not gonna lie to y’all, our lives this month mostly consisted of navigating unseasonable weather, as we tried (only somewhat successfully) to emerge from the self-imposed hibernation of February. While we mostly remained in Netflix-binge and blog-planning mode, we did manage, in the spirit of spring, to poke our heads out of our abodes. Zelda…
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To Be a Fan
On Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at approximately 12:30 p.m. EST, the internet exploded. Feeds dissolved, statuses reached dangerous levels of emojis, and social networks everywhere threatened to collapse under the weight of millions of tweens (and a few people outside that age range) losing their collective mind. Never has such despair sounded from the screen;…
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Kentucky: It’s Not Just For Bourbon Anymore
If you’ve stopped by the blog since last Friday, you know that the holy festival of March Madness is upon us. I was originally slated to produce some sort of basketball-viewing cocktail for you today; however, my basketball viewing hardly ever involves a mixed drink. The Momma and The Granmomma have been known to down a…
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From Rupp to Ruprechtskirche: Adventures in the Big Blue Nation
“…So please, be tolerant of those who describe a sporting moment as their best ever. We do not lack imagination, nor have we had sad and barren lives; it is just that real life is paler, duller, and contains less potential for unexpected delirium.” – Nick Hornby, Fever Pitch I’ve discussed my upbringing as a Kentucky…
Zelda & Scout 