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I was thinking the same thing as I wrote this. I think the two sports are inherently different. But the problem with our basketball program is not so much that we encourage creativity at the expense of discipline or that our players lack the fundamentals. The problem is that our game revolves...

I worked with a brit once at a summer camp. One day he lamented that the American kids he's seen are as fundamentally sound as anybody. They can kick, trap, head, tackle and mark as well as anybody. The problem is that once the ball is on their foot they don't know what to do with it, except...

For certain, you can get fine ass-whipping in Newark. But for my money there are some other North Jersey towns where you'll get downright clobbered, specifically Plainfield and Irvington. Red Hook. Brooklyn? Nah. Too gentrified. You might get hit upside the head with a micro-brew, though. Try...