The Olympics One in in a series of videos on the 2016 Rio Olympics focusing on American Athletes. The series is produced by Sports Illustrated. This particular video focuses on American track&field star Allyson Felix. One recommendation: play it full screen. It’s very well done. Embed courtesy of Sports Illustrated via YouTube .
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Nightshift Sports Rio Preview: NYT Olympics Issue
The Olympics This is a must see/read: another of the New York Times great journalistic productions, this one on the 2016 Rio Rio Olympics. The Times continues to do great work and take big chances on big events. Lots of terrific writing and artwork. Nightshift Sports will be linking to lots of their material during the Rio games.
Nightshift Sports Rio: Photo Firehose
The Olympics The Photo Firehose first appeared when the New York Times, Reuters, and other large photo agencies combined to live-stream photography from the Sochi Winter Olympics. It is a wonder–a never ending source of great shots coming at a mind-bending pace. Embed from Getty Images Don’t miss this one: click here for the Photo …
Nightshift Sports Rio Preview: Official Guide
The Olympics Embed from Getty Images For the next 17 Days the Rio Olympics will provide a very necessary relief from the circus that is the current American Presidential race. For that reason, alone, we should watch. There is also the chance to see a lot of very-seldom-publicized and televised sports contested at the highest …
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Nightshift Sports Rio Preview: The Games
The Sports of the 2016 Rio Olympics: Just in case you were wondering what sports will be contested in the 2016 Olympics, here’s a complete list, along with some additional notes on certain sports. Most sports have male and female contests; some are male or female only, and in one, the equestrian events, men and women …
How Elon Musk Thinks
Paying Attention: I like Elon Musk. He thinks big. He does big. He takes big risks. He wins some, he loses some, but he’s got the right attitude about it all. He just keeps moving forward. He is also transparent, something which far too many people in business are not. Got to love …
The Art of the Movie Trailer: Dr. Strange
The Latest Word: The power of the Marvel Comics film franchise is undeniable–in a world in which the success of a film is sometimes a direct correlation to it’s CGI/action content and super-hero character traits, Marvel is king of the hill. The Marvel franchise(s) have had quite a labyrinthine history, but despite all the wild …
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Disrupting the bike
Press Clippings: The Tour De France bicycle race (arguably the most famous bicycle race in the world) is now in progress and, with the Tour comes an amazing bump in interest in bicycles and bicycle racing. Embed from Getty Images Maybe it has something to do with the wall-to-wall coverage the event is receiving from …
Last Call At The Four Seasons
Paying Attention: The Four Seasons–the legendary eating and watering spot with interiors designed by superstar architects Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson and located in the equally legendary Seagrams Building on Park Avenue in New York (also designed by Mies and Johnson)–closed on Saturday night. Embed from Getty Images With its closure, as with …
Juggaloos
Paying Attention: The second most famous trophy in sports (the first is reputed to be The Stanley Cup), the Claret Jug is given to the Champion of the British Open, who will forever have as a part of his name, the Champion Golfer of the Year. It is an elegant, tall, trophy, famously used for drinking …