Native American Son: The Life and Sporting Legend of Jim Thorpe by Kate Buford

On November 7, 2010, in Book Reviews, by Wilfried F. Voss

Buford gives a full account of the legend and tragedy of Native American sportsman Jim Thorpe, considered one of the greatest athletes of the twentieth century—ESPN picked him seventh, ahead of Willie Mays, Bill Russell, and Gordie Howe.

Really! Baseball is NOT a Sport!

On April 16, 2010, in Baseball is NOT a Sport!, by Wilfried F. Voss

Yes, I do stand to my statement that Baseball is not a sport. To put it in a nut-shell, Baseball is a game interrupted by momentary eruptions of athletic interferences, or, as Yogi Berra put it so much more exquisitely, “Baseball is 90% mental; the other half is physical.”