What we read while reinterpreting Longfellow…
- Count us among those really excited about the NHL’s return to Winnipeg. The National Post’s Bruce Arthur has been terrific with what it means to the city and the NHL (Arthur is quickly becoming one of our favorite sports columnists, and almost certainly our favorite Canadian sports columnist), and The Awl‘s Jim Behrle steps up with 11 possible team names, complete with logos.
- For more on Shaq’s retirement, just check out Quickish’s thorough compilation of stories, including a fun one involving a different Connar Oberst.
- SplitSider hands out awards for the TV season. And BuzzFeed ranks the minor Arrested Development characters.
- Eugene Mirman wrote a letter to Time Warner Cable.
- An oldie but a relevant-ie: the top 100 shots in NBA history, complete with video. We don’t think the list has changed since it was made during the season.
- Michael Weinreb’s weekly top five on his personal blog has become a quick-stop must-read.
- Posner and Becker defend legacy admissions at colleges. Speaking of the academy, some journals are doubting the gold standard of a double-blind review process.
- NYT Magazine takes on another notable sports columnist, Bill Simmons.
- Michael Ian Black and Meghan McCain are writing a book together.
