Category Archives: Sports
The Olympic Boxers and 5-alpha reductase Deficiency
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 6th August 2024You may have heard of the controversy involving two boxers competing in the female division of the sport in the Paris Olympics. The issue causing the furor is whether the competitors are really female. The press reports state that previous testing has shown that the two have XY chromosomes and high levels of testosterone. They…
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Novak Djokovic For CDC Director
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 17th September 2023As anyone semi-sentient knows the great Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has won more Grand Slam tennis tournaments than any male player in history. He might have won two more had he not been denied entry to Australia and the US last year because he refused to take the COVID vaccine and thus was unable…
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The Excitement of Soccer
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 26th November 2022The US soccer team held England to a scoreless tie in an —— (fill in your own adjective) game that held those fans still awake to the backs of their seats at a FIFA World Cup 2022 match. That the entire world save the USA is enthralled by the game is the full measure of…
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Watching Sports on TV is a Waste of Time
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 21st January 2019I used to watch sports on TV. But doing so is another activity the internet has rendered unnecessary. The three to four hours spent watching a series of commercials interspersed with a few minute of football is time that could be spent in a useful endeavor like a long nap. You could record the game…
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The Drunkard’s Walk and the World Series
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 27th October 2012The Drunkards Walk is a book by Leonard Mlodinow which examines the ubiquity of randomness in all things human. As our annual celebration of randomness, The World Series, is now underway another look at the random seems worth an at bat. Baseball is a game where the “best” team often loses to a “weaker” team. It’s rare…
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Forgotten Miracle
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 26th February 2010Glory does not always blaze; sometimes it goes dark. The 1960 USA hockey team is an of example of forgotten greatness. Olympic hockey is now one of the winter games premiere events. Professional players from the NHL form the core of the strong teams’ rosters. This year’s Winter Olympics mark the 30th anniversary of the…
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Luck, Not Ripeness, Is All
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 4th February 2008As almost everyone knows the New York Giants upset the New England Patriots to win the 42nd iteration of the Super Bowl. The Giants won the game with a touchdown with only 35 seconds left to play. But the critical play happened moments earlier. David Tyree a mostly invisible player made once in a century…
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