Category: Character

When what’s most important is tested

Imagine you’re a girl who plays rough with the boys and grows up to be a track-and-field world champion. You’ve been teased most of your life for looking and sounding like a boy. Now also imagine that your affinity for competition coupled with your masculine features captures the attention of the International Association of Athletics …

The separator: Ineffable Poise

David Wright, Ian Kinsler and Hiroki Kuroda all have this in common; they have really hard skulls.  All three were hit in the head by baseballs traveling 90+ miles per hour and on Saturday night August 15, they served as visual reminders poise daily confronts the dangers of professional sports. I can conjecture that there …