Will Carroll
Will Carroll
Will Carroll is a sportswriter specializing in the coverage of medical issues, including injuries and performance-enhancing drugs. Carroll's "Under the Knife" column appeared on Baseball Prospectus for eight years during his stint there as a senior writer, and he also contributed to the site's radio efforts as well as the Puck Prospectus spin-off site. He is the author of two books on sports-related medical topics. Carroll has no formal medical training...
other-worlds relaxation breeze
There are times when we stop, we sit still. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.
progress stories denial
The whole story of human and personal progress is an unmitigated tale of denials today-denials of rest, denials or repose and comfort and ease and pleasure-that tomorrow may be richer.
war hero air
American fighters of the Pacific War were not heroes. The desperation of island combat included exchanged barbarities of which no one would willingly speak for a generation. On the American side, there were foul racism, vengeful refusals to take prisoners, a generalized brutality that extended to a savage air war.
life-changing book reading
Before entering the seminary, I had not encountered the life-changing potential of reading as a source of meaning, as a way of ordering one's inner life, and being rooted in the world.
thinking flaws fixed
There are so many flaws, .. I don't think they can be fixed.
memories stories definitions
Telling our stories is what saves us. The story is enough... The very act of storytelling, of arranging memory and invention according to the structure of narrative is, by definition, holy.
memories silence stories
The very act of story-telling, of arranging memory and invention according to the structure of the narrative, is by definition holy. We tell stories because we can't help it. We tell stories because we love to entertain and hope to edify. We tell stories because they fill the silence death imposes. We tell stories because they save us.
games goal rest six start year
If I start the rest of the year, I'll go out there and get six interceptions. My goal is to get 10 this year and I'll have to get them in 14 games now.
deal duchess everybody faster minded round
If everybody minded their own business,"" the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, ""the world would go round a deal faster than it does
deal duchess everybody faster minded round
''If everybody minded their own business,'' the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, ''the world would go round a deal faster than it does.''
sit
If I had been a fan, I would not have wanted to sit through that.
decisions receive report speculate
I can't speculate on what the report will tell. Once we receive the report, the decisions will be made.
compound government iraqi ok perfectly
He told me that he had been released, that he was perfectly OK and in an Iraqi government compound having a beer.
messenger
He's an Anglo-Saxon Messenger - and those are Anglo-Saxon attitudes.