Analog Nation

Despite months public outrage, the Seattle SuperSonics are on the brink of moving to Oklahoma City. Basketball fans in the Emerald City can perhaps take comfort in the fact that they are by no means the only city to be held hostage by a sports team owner. The strangest such instance may have come at [...]

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-On January 22, 1980, Houston Rockets star Moses Malone began his controversial “cashews and root beer” diet. It lasted 6 days, ending when teammates found him shivering on the locker room floor. “They want my feet,” said a delirious Malone, before clutching Rick Barry’s equipment bag and passing out. -On January 24, 1946, at age [...]

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