“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity….”
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The (Secret) History of Mosport.
This is the second in a series of posts about the histories of various North American and European race tracks.. The first in the series was posted lasted week and covered Watkins Glen. Paying Attention: Canada. Oh Canada. There are a lot of very neat things to like about our neighbor to the North. Here’s …
Patience Quote
“Two things define you. Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything…”
Close Calls: How The Hawk Eye System Perfects Tennis Line Calls
Embed from Getty Images Nightshift Sports: Editors Note: This piece was originally produced in 2016, to run with coverage of that year’s Wimbledon. We’re just about at mid-point in the tournament and since some really, really big matches are coming up, it seems like the right time to re-post it because in the past …
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Milton Berle on Laughter
“Laughter is an instant vacation…”
Wimbledon Live Scoring
Paying Attention: Stay in touch with Wimbledon Embed from Getty Images as it moves to a climatic weekend of Championship play by checking out their live scoring/schedule site, which is produced by IBM. It is, as you might expect, pretty terrific. The Fine Print: Image courtesy of our friends at Getty Images, who bring sharing …
Summer on the Water: Fly Fishing
Paying Attention: For the latent fly fisher in all of us, a short video on how to tie a fly.
How to Watch Wimbledon(Continuing)
Paying Attention: The world’s most famous tennis tournament continues. There will be play today (Saturday) but traditionally Sunday is an off day. Embed from Getty Images Not this year. Play will continue on Sunday, 3 July 2016 so that the tournament can catch up from all the rain delays during the first week. Here’s the …
The (Unofficial)History of Watkins Glen
Editor’s Note: There’s a six hour endurance race this weekend–Sahlen’s 6 Hours of the Glen–at Watkins Glen, the upstate New York racetrack that is one of America’s most famous. The race is part of the IMSA series and features many American teams that just finished racing at Le Mans, like our friends at Risi Competizione, …
Einstein on Genius
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by it’s ability to climb a tree, it will live it’s whole life believing that it is stupid…”