Columnists Shi: Playing for fourth place gets you fourth place
I don’t find myself agreeing with Piers Morgan often, but when I do, the idea terrifies me. The CNN talk show host and Arsenal …
Read This ArticleShi: Are two goals worse than one?
Of all the harebrained ideas in hockey, the concept of the “worst lead” makes the least sense. There seems to be a belief that leading by two goals is actually worse than leading by one.
Read This ArticleShi: NBA or college ball?
Everybody likes to complain about the NBA, I have heard the same argument over and over for why college basketball is superior. The sad part, though, is that all the criticism is true.
Read This ArticleTime to expand for Seattle basketball
On Monday, an NBA committee unanimously recommended against Seattle’s bid to relocate the Sacramento Kings to the Emerald City. The committee was composed of seven team owners, and since the Seattle group needs 23 out of 30 owners’ votes in order to purchase the team, Seattle’s chances of getting the Kings are almost zero. The clock has not struck midnight on Seattle basketball, but the dream is living on borrowed time.
Read This ArticleShannon Turley, Part III: The student teaches the master
In contrast to the public’s typical perception of the ultra-secretive football coach—think of Eric Mangini burning his files or the late Al Davis’ coaching counterespionage—strength and conditioning coaches share information freely. In fact, Turley will be speaking at the annual conference of the National Strength Coaches Association in July.
Read This ArticleShannon Turley, Part II: It pays to be different
What drives the wildly successful training philosophy of Shannon Turley? Here is an example: It’s a beautiful spring day on the Farm, and instead of being totally dumbstruck by Shannon Turley, I am now positively terrified by the freshman year version of Alex Debniak.
Read This ArticleShi: Sports is not bigger than life
What does Al Gore have to do with sports?
Read This ArticleShannon Turley, Part I: Sometimes it rains
This is the first piece of a three-part feature on Shannon Turley, the sports performance coordinator entering his seventh season with Stanford football. Part …
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