You'll remember Marcus Lattimore for his outsized talent as a running back and his incredibly bad injury luck. Lattimore was an explosive athlete for the University of South Carolina. He burst onto the scene as a freshman in 2010. In his second game in Columbia, he carried the ball 37 times for 182 yards against Georgia. He finished that season with 1,197 yards and 17 touchdowns on the ground and was named a second-team All-American.
Then, he blew out his knee twice, curtailing both his sophomore and junior seasons. He declared for the draft in 2013, and was selected by the San Francisco 49ers. He never played a down in the NFL.
Lattimore stayed in the game, though, coaching at the high school level before joining the staff at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR until a few years ago. But it's an entirely different passion we're here to talk about today.
Turns out Marcus Lattimore is a hell of a poet.
Lattimore teaches creative writing at the Oregon Change Clinic. Jeff Pearlman calls Lattimore's evolution "maybe the greatest second act in American sports history". You can see Pearlman's podcast story on Lattimore at the bottom of this post.
Here's Lattimore himself:
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i like his poem but he's using that weird, cadenced "poetry voice." i don't like that.
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ReplyDeleteLattimore was an absolute monster. Took Florida apart in the Swamp. I watched his second knee injury in a hotel in Auburn. Not sure I’ve ever felt worse for a player I didn’t have a true rooting interest in.
ReplyDeletenew pet peeve unlocked: at least half of the homes in my neighborhood haven’t shoveled their sidewalks, making it practically impossible to walk a dog without having to walk in the street.
ReplyDeleteTribal consanguinity maintains in Buffalo--Joe Brady is the new head coach. Jimmye Laycock has a bigger NFL head coaching tree than some NFL head coaches.
ReplyDeletemy wife is making coq au vin. our house smells outrageous.
ReplyDeleteVirginia residents are absolute knuckleheads with winter weather. Sure, most of the time you can ignore it and it will melt away in a few days. When the forecast calls for single digit low temps and more than a week of highs in the 20s, you should get down to clearing snow as soon as possible.
ReplyDeleteI watched someone futilely trying to chip away at a 2 foot snow bank this morning and felt a smug sense of superiority at having handled such matters yesterday, when you could still pick it up with a shovel. I'll be awaiting commendation from the city.
drove around town a little bit today. the beer's not gonna deliver itself to my fridge, after all. my professional assessment is that there's no chance our county goes back to school this week. a majority of the places where kids would gather at bus stops are covered with 6-9" of snow and ice, more in places where plows have come through. that's some civic malpractice.
ReplyDeleteI will not make any coq jokes but I will agree with rootsy that Virginians are bad at snow and rob confirms it. zdaughter drudged down to the bus stop today and waited for her ride next to a three foot snowbank in 15 degree weather. Buy these Virginia kids hats and down jackets, they'll be fine.
ReplyDeletethe cold isn't the issue. the fact that they'd have to stand in the middle of active thoroughfares because homeowners can't be bothered to clear their sidewalks is the problem. jerks.
ReplyDeleteORF Rock 7pm tonight. WODU Studios app. Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteOr they could stand on the snowbank and throw snow at cars passing by. Loudoun County Public Schools weather management is a joke.
ReplyDeleteHad these localities had the foresight to not wait until Monday to start dealing with what fell, they could have avoided this. Now the yuge banks are frozen in stupid places, and we’re fucked.
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