Tag: cards

  • Game Day Artichoke Dip

    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…

  • To Be a Fan

    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;…

  • From Rupp to Ruprechtskirche: Adventures in the Big Blue Nation

    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…