The smell reaches the doctor before the stretcher does. It is not the familiar stink of sweat, mud, or infection he has grown used to in this prisoner of war...
It is 4 in the morning when the American sentry hears something moving in the dark beyond the perimeter wire. He raises his rifle. He shouts a challenge in English....
The prisoner grabs the doctor’s wrist the moment the doctor enters the examination room. Not aggressively, desperately, with both hands like a drowning man gripping a rope. The doctor does...
The American general stared at the briefing map and shook his head. It was June 1966, and the first Australian task force had just arrived in Fuai Province with roughly...
Fiberglass. That’s what’s between you and a thousand enemy soldiers. Not steel, not armor plating. Fiberglass. The same stuff they make swimming pools out of. One RPG hit and you’re...
When we talk about the most prestigious fraternities in the history of college basketball, the lineage of point guards who have played under legendary head coach John Calipari undoubtedly sits...
Just when you thought the NBA season couldn’t get any more dramatic, the ghost of Kevin Durant’s social media past has returned to haunt him. The basketball world is currently...
The NBA’s “Greatest of All Time” debate is a never-ending cycle of statistics, eye tests, and subjective nostalgia. But a recent resurfacing of comments from David Griffin, the former General...
In the endless echo chamber of the NBA’s “Greatest of All Time” debate, the arguments usually unfold on television panels or Twitter threads. However, according to a compelling new breakdown...
In the ongoing debate about eras and how legends of the past would fare in today’s NBA, Larry Bird’s name is frequently brought to the forefront. Recently, comments from modern...