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Posted Monday, March 24, 2008 10:49 PM

Hemingway's NCAA Picks

Mark Coatney

McSweeney's: Often annoying, far too precious, completely self-indulgent and typographically naïve. And yet....how can you fail to be charmed by John Frank Weaver's piece,  "Ernest Hemingway Blogs About the Top Teams in College Basketball?" Though this reads, well, about like you'd expect, and there are many fine moments, including, Devin, this about your Blue Devils:

Coach K is a platoon captain. He can lead men to war. Men would gladly die for him. They would run over barbed wire. They would charge into a battery of machine guns. They would limp toward a field of death on his word. In this game, they shoot for him. They press for him. They pick and roll for him. But he is a man torn. He coaches Duke. He coaches the U.S. team. A man can only love one woman. A man can only love one team. Which team does Coach K love?


It's like the guy was reading your mind...

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