“After this year of scolding and moral posturing, we have arrived at a final scene: Dirk Nowitzki — a simple man from vague origins — walks alone into battle against three mercenaries whose heedless and reckless pursuit of personal gain has unhinged the American Way. Everyone our hero has trusted and loved has either betrayed him (Jason Terry) or has died (Jason Kidd, Peja Stojakovic).”
— From a story on Bill Simmons’s (ESPN.com’s Sports Guy) new blog (heavily supported by ESPN it seems) Grantland. I am really digging the writing on the blog and the design is pretty nice, super clean with cool footnotes in the side bar.
