The $1 million shot that changed sports contests forever
This ESPN article revisits the story of the guy who became an overnight sensation thirty years ago, winning a (supposedly) million-dollar payday by chucking a shot from the opposite free throw line into the hoop, a promotion at halftime of a Bulls game, back when the sports-world seemingly revolved around Bulls games.
I like that, from that illustration, you kind of know from the numbers and hairstyles and facial hair which Bulls figures the artist is trying to draw, but none of them really look anything like who they are supposed to.
You May Know Me from Such Roles as Terrorist #4
This article — a profile of Arab-American actors torn between constantly being asked to play terrorists or not working at all while watching some other dark-skinned guy do it — is from eight years ago, but I found it when I spotted a stage actor I used to know back in the nineties blowing shit up in a crappy action movie I stumbled over.
The man who walked around the world: Tom Turcich on his seven-year search for the meaning of life
A sheltered New Jersey teenager loses his friend, gets lost in teen angst, and vows he will walk the world in search of answers. His family treats it as a stupid teen idea, but starting ten years later, he incredibly does just that.
