The Athletic scores with this profile of Doris Burke before Burke's debut as the first female analyst to cover the NBA Finals.
Burke is an analyst that knows the game, comes off as extremely prepared, and is witty without the need of being the center of a vaudeville act.
I will admit that I wasn't always a fan of Burke not for a lack of knowledge, but for appearing so grim and not seeming to enjoy the game.
That's not her M.O. anymore and I enjoy her work.
Doris raises the point that it would be nice if her gender wasn't mentioned every time she worked on a big game and that it'll be a good day when it isn't brought up.
I agree, but what will be equally refreshing will be when you can say I don't care for this person's work and not have to be called a sexist.
I enjoy Burke calling a game, I'm not a fan of Jessica Mendoza's when she commentates on a baseball game.
I'm not a crusader for liking Burke's style and I'm not a sexist for disliking Mendoza- It'll be a good day when you can say I like or dislike and it's accepted as an opinion, not as a stance on a woman calling the game.
NPR really hits one out of the park with this article on the oil companies and their pushing of plastic recycling and the myth of all plastic being able to be recycled.
It's a very eye-opening read with why most plastic isn't recycled due to the cost and the quality, recycled plastic isn't nearly as strong as new plastic (I've been saying that for years!), why recycled plastic can't be recycled forever, among other facts as well.
The illusion of this goes back to the late 70s and early 80s when people were beginning to show anger about the amount of plastic trash lying around and the oil companies (many of whom have subsidiaries that make plastic products from petroleum) and the companies pushing the idea of recycling all plastic.
Rolling Stone writes their feature article on the Beatles and the 50 year anniversary of their 1970 breakup.
The anniversary is based around an upcoming documentary using the films that were saved from the Beatles documentary "Let It Be" entitled "Get Back", but it's still intriguing as it goes behind the scenes as the band is beginning to fizzle.
Yes, there is a bit on Yoko Ono and her influence, but there are other contributing factors to the unhappiness of the various Beatles and the new film is discussed as well.
Discover Magazine writes of the five NASA spacecraft that are on their way out of the solar system.
What I found most interesting was the chart in the article which displays two different views of where each craft currently is located and their trajectory of where they are headed.
The New York Times gives some bad news on climate change and I know that we see these types of articles often and we can become numb to them after a while, but this doesn't write about what could happen.
Instead, it writes of what is happening with hurricanes and the current wildfire situation in California and makes the case that the disruption to the climate is now irreversible to a degree with only the remaining questions of how bad things will be in the future with how able are we to deal with those changes.
Earlier this summer, the temperature in Death Valley, California reached 130, the hottest ever recorded by man, and earlier this week, Arizona hit its 144th day of the year of over 100 degrees for a new record.
You can argue on the causes or the solutions with this issue, but denying that there is a problem is simply closing your eyes and wishing it to go away.
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