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T2TB Week: A Cavs Fan’s Love for Laimbeer
The first NBA Finals I remember, 1988, lends itself to my strongest NBA Finals memory. I grew up (and remain) a Cavs fan, but my best friend was a Pistons fan. I’ve always been a contrarian by nature,...
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T2TB Week: Zeke’s Ankle
Isiah Thomas, Game 6, 1988 Finals v. Lakers, when Isiah severely sprained his ankle en route to a Finals-record 25 points in the third quarter. In the voice of the ball.The flu game was bullshit....
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National Glory: Division I Sports and the Olympic Games
Athletic competition was never a spiritually innocent pursuit. College football is no exception.The Olympic Games were born of agon—struggle—among the ancient Greek city-states. In the modern era, the...
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We’ll Always Have Chicago [Video]
Thomas G. Fiffer remembers Julia: “Fingers that penned intense love poems … Fingers that were skilled in other arts as well.”Thomas G. Fiffer originally told this story live for MouseMuse, Ina...
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The Royal Rumble: A 30-Man Pro Wrestling Brawl Turns 25 (Part 1)
In preparation for the most anticipated Royal Rumble in a decade, Jericho Ricardi reviews the highlights of its twenty-five-year history.The first in a three-part series.Royal Rumble 1988 What...
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The Young Gay Man and the Wedding of a Queen
A gay man recalls attending a drag queen’s wedding in his youth and harboring fantasies of his own marriage. It was 1988 and I was a theater costume design major at Southern Illinois University at...
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How Harvey Milk’s Death, and the World AIDS Losses Brought Us Marriage and...
“World AIDS Day is a reminder of all the loving souls we have lost as the price for what we have gained. The assassination of Harvey Milk reminds us that there are those who would willingly shoot the...
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