Game Six of the Thunder and Spurs: Zeus Goes One on One with Cronos

In any driveway or gym, the human eye is a keen observer. Youth bears witness to technique and instinct without even knowing: dribbling, shooting, pump faking, jabstepping, slashing. The slashing is key. And with every successful drive to the basket, a young athlete learns that not only can he do what his father does but he can do it quicker--precision be damned--gashing his way through an invisible veil, making the realization of the moment feel as effortless as a bulldozer burning through spiderweb. Driveways are full of big gaping holes between the past and the present.

Northwest Division Profiles: Jeff Green, the Baker

Later in the week Russ will preview the Northwest Division in its entirety, and to hype up his work, here's the story of OKC Thunder forward Jeff Green baking cakes:

Too much emphasis at weddings is placed on the kiss.  Romantic comedies always come up with scenes where brides discuss with their maid of honors whether the kiss should be short and soft or long and hard.  The euphemism is present, intended or not.  I've never judged weddings by the kiss.  I find it pointless.  Who marries someone they don't enjoy kissing?  And maybe because I've never been married, I find it difficult to judge a marriage's future success by an act that two people obviously enjoy doing with one another already.  The truth of the matter is: I find the wedding kiss to be redundant, nothing new, nothing learned.  No, the real harbinger of a wedding's success or failure can be found in the cutting of the cake, because at the cutting of the cake we finally see a couple share something with their gathered friends and family that is not rehearsed; the act is unknown to the audience as much as it is to the actors, which is why the creator of the wedding cake is such an unsung hero.