Paying Attention: The soundtrack for today’s news. Turn it on. Turn it up. The Fine Print: Embed video courtesy of our friends at YouTube. This video has not been altered in any way. All rights belong to their respective artists. Video from Don Henley in Tokyo concert. We thank them for sharing. The …
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Street Fighting Man
Paying Attention: The soundtrack for today’s news. Turn it on. Turn it up. The Fine Print: Embed video courtesy of our friends at YouTube and also courtesy of The Rolling Stones, who authorized it for YouTube. This video has not been altered in any way. All rights belong to their respective artists. Video …
Centerfold
Paying Attention: Looking for a soundtrack for this week’s news out of Washington? We found it. The Fine Print: Embed video courtesy of our friends at YouTube. This video has not been altered in any way. All rights belong to their respective artists. We thank them for sharing.
The Ultimate Pep Talk
Paying Attention: On Thursday night, Jimmy Fallon pulled out a brilliant bit for the “Tonight Show” –a pep talk for the lowest rated team in the NCAA tournament that was playing a number one rated team. In this case, the lowest rated team was Texas Southern University of Houston a No. 16 seed (alma mater …
The 2018 Winter Olympics: How to Train Like Mikaela Schiffrin
Nightshift Sports: Last night, before the Downhill run, we posted a short video (thank you, you tube) about how Lindsey Vonn, arguably the best downhiller in the world, trains. Lindsey is at the very edge of physical limits when she trains–because first she knows how dangerous the downhill hill can be(and the price for a …
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The 2018 Winter Olympics: How to train like Lindsey Vonn
Nightshift Sports: Lindsey Vonn, one of the best downhiller racers of all time, is scheduled to run tonight, in prime time in NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage. Vonn has missed the last two Olympics due to injury, but she has come roaring back and is now, again, at the top of the food chain in downhill …
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Why It's Almost Impossible To Perform A Quintuple Jump
Nightshift Sports: From our friends at Wired magazine, a video to explain the physics of big jumps by Olympic ice skaters. Better to see it than have it explained in deep text. Terrific video, we thank them for sharing.
The Winter Olympics Film Festival: 1948 St. Moritiz
Nightshift Sports: Nightshift Sports is posting a series of feature length films on the Winter Olympics, starting with the 1948 Winter Games. The first several posts will be embedded…i.e. you can access the film just by clicking on the play button on this site. Others will require a click-to-link, which will take you away from …
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Transitions: Hugh Masekela, (1940 to 2018)
The Hunt for New Music. Hugh Masekela, one of the world’s finest and most honored jazz musicians, has died at the age of 78. Masekela, called a “great son of Africa”, was not just a terrific trump player, but also an anti-apartheid activist who spent three decades in exile. Masekela died from complications of cancer, …
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The Nightshift: 8 January 2018
Press Clippings: Good morning, it’s Monday, 8 January 2018 and this is an abbreviated Morning Edition of The Nightshift . Welcome to 2018. The Golden Gloves awards ceremony held last in Hollywood was a celebration of the burgeoning #MeToo anti-sexual harassment movement. Gone were the colorful gowns of years past on the red carpet; in …