Posts Tagged “view from the hill”

Boston: Big Papi Back in the Spotlight

Posted on July 13th, 2010 by Ryan.Engler

Even though I am supposed to be the Boston correspondent I strongly considered writing a post about the Bill Simmons dubbed, “LeBroncolypse” or “LeBacle.” Bill Simmons did a better job than I would have done and the submissions from his readings are very funny, so I urge you to read it. I don’t think any [...]

Cleveland: Final Thoughts on LeBron

Posted on July 11th, 2010 by Sam Aleinikoff

A few friends are getting together to play some basketball. That’s all this is. Three guys like each other and have fun playing on the same team. Is that so wrong? Because that’s the situation right now. On Thursday night, the world came down hard on LeBron. Dan Gilbert was the ringleader and the people [...]

Washington, D.C.: Superheroes in the District?

Posted on July 4th, 2010 by Sam Aleinikoff

The newest crop of D.C. superheroes has arrived. Strasburg, McNabb and Wall are here to save the day. They hold office on a diamond and a pair of rectangles rather than in an oval, but the way that Washington fans have reacted you wouldn’t have known. Strasmas has already lasted 27 days instead of the [...]

Welcome to View from the Slope

Posted on July 4th, 2010 by Sam Aleinikoff

It seems fitting that Cornell’s first national sports blog launches on such a momentous national holiday.  On this Fourth of July we celebrate life, liberty and the pursuit of blogging.  And with that in mind, Cornell students across the United States (or for now just the Eastern Seaboard) are officially free to start blogging about [...]