Dear Rohit Sharma,
India lost yet another Test match and like many other Indians I was also hoping that this new-look Indian team would do something great. Maybe not win, but at least show that they have the ability to play the longest format of the game for five days.
I will be wrong if I say that there were no bright spots, for Murali Vijay with his century showed that he is most technical player in the team who at least knows where his off stump is and can play for long hours despite the heat. Other players like Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane have also impressed. Umesh Yadav has also done well with the ball.
But then when it comes to you I would frankly say that you have been a disappointment. It is very difficult to point out where you commit a mistake ,thus undoing all...
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Dear Fellow BYU Fans,
I am taking a turn at the now popular “Open Letter” format to get some thoughts out. I don’t have the same pull or power as Derik Stevenson or Bryan Kehl, but I want to acknowledge that I appreciate both of their letters.
Honestly, both make great points. While reading through the two letters, there were a number of facts that were presented on both sides that I found myself agreeing with, as I’m sure many other fans did. The point of my letter is to share that it is okay for the fan base to be conflicted; there is more than one solution to the current problem BYU faces.
I see a lot of the opinions shared on sites like Twitter and Cougarboard, the most passionate portion of our fan base. But what I hate to see is the division that is created; many fans...
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Dear Ally,
We’ve known each other a long time.
Back at the start of the 1980s, we were on opposing sides in a match between Brighton and Sunderland – and both of us ended up on the scoresheet.
We later shared a room on a golf trip to Las Vegas and will forever be linked by our mutual involvement in the events surrounding Rangers’ liquidation in 2012, something I could never have envisaged happening.
There have been a lot of questions thrown up since then. I would like, therefore, to make a public appeal to you for answers.
Answers to the questions that have left Rangers supporters dazed and confused throughout the events of the last 72 hours.
To read on the morning of a crucial Championship match that you had tendered your resignation was unprecedented.
To...
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Dear esteemed committee members,
We know you have some big decisions coming up, and we wanted to offer you some guidance (pick us please) in your selections for hosts of future Final Four tournaments. Phoenix (a really great place, by the way) submitted a bid in May to host the prestigious competition in 2017, 2019 or 2020. Although our competitors are all viable contenders (meh), we believe that Phoenix (again, really nice) can provide one of the most successful Final Fours in years. Now that we’ve respectfully laid out our opinion (pretty please just pick us), let’s get to the meat of the argument.
1) Basketball is alive and thriving in the Phoenix area, even beyond ASU basketball. The Phoenix Suns were one of the most exciting teams of the 2014 NBA season and are on the fast...
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Dear Mauricio,
May I call you Mauricio? Calling you by your first name seems a little weird because I have spent years referring to you by your last name and your nickname, pretty much exclusively. Calling you by your first name seems a little too personal, doesn't it? But what I have to tell you today is quite personal, and so I suppose it is only fitting. Let's go with Mauricio.
You don't know me. I mean, we've seen each other many times over the years. I have interviewed you through various translators more times than I can count. I remember sitting down with you once, in Los Angeles, for a pre-fight interview. You were getting ready to challenge Lyoto Machida for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
I sat there in UFC's makeshift media center and asked you questions. And...
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Dear Fawn,
I am writing to you to discuss some of the events of our first personal training session together last Tuesday. On a professional level I enjoyed our session very much. You hum and rattle with unusual energy and promise, like a bottle of ephedra, and you seem to know your way around the gym. I appreciate in particular your opening my eyes to the concept of “portion control” in my eating habits.
On a personal level, however, I have some concerns. Do you remember when I was doing the squats and I started to teeter to one side and you grabbed my arm and leaned me the other way, or when you had your hand on my back and said “what is this?” and I said “what is what?” and then you said “oh, it’s back fat”? In both cases you put your hands on me as if to let me know: Ted, I love...
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Dear Fastest Sir,
I am writing to you on this fine day not just out of admiration for your athletic prowess, as so many others no doubt already have, but also to express my solidarity with your cause. I know that great men of your ilk are often beleaguered by isolation; your life has transcended the paltry understanding of the masses, and you must feel very alone. But I reach out to you today to inform you that your greatness is not lost on me.
To begin, let me go on record as saying that you are, undoubtedly, the fastest jogger at the park. You burst out of the wooded thicket and into my sight like a firework of sweat and sleevelessness amidst Sunday’s leisurely banality. Kicking up a trail of dirt and pebbles, you weaved and dodged through the crowded walking path like Hermes...
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Dear Mr. Charles Barkley:
I write you out of love. I write you out of profound pain. I write you out of deep concern. I hope you accept this letter in the spirit that I write.
Mr. Barkley, I understand that you said, in so many words, that slavery was not so bad and that you were tired of people bringing up slavery. I was shocked by both statements. Then I was mad. Then I was terribly disappointed. Finally, I was just in deep hurt and great pain. Now, I am trying to help you and all those who may think like you.
Mr. Barkley, allow me to tell you why slavery was “not so bad,” but very, very bad. First, African people were snatched from their families, their villages, their communities, their tribes, their continent, their freedom. African people were made to walk hundreds of miles...
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Dear Fans
Coming off a season in which we saw Kevin Harvick claim the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series crown after a thrilling debut for the new Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup format, Chase Elliott burst on to the scene with a championship of his own and Matt Crafton repeat as champion in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, it's easy to see why many say 2014 was one of the all-time best for NASCAR.
However, I think the best is still to come.
As we embark on 2015, we are excited to start a new 10-year agreement with our great partners at FOX Sports and to welcome NBC Sports back to NASCAR. With FOX and NBC we have two world-class media companies committed to bringing NASCAR excitement to our great fans in bigger and better ways.
We could not be more thrilled to welcome Comcast's...
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Dear Michel,
I refuse to talk down to you, because I know that you understand what it means to hold that torch. You looked a little awkward when the camera lingered on you while you had it, but we know that you know the importance of holding it high, and what this team means to the city, the province, and the people around the world who cheer for it.
Last year when 24CH premiered, the camera followed you on your route to the Montreal Canadiens' practice facility in Brossard, and you talked about how special you knew it was to get a second chance here, that you knew it wasn't something that happened often, and that it was your dream job.
You also know what it looks like when things fall apart, like they did for you with Montreal before, and like they did in Pittsburgh. Well Michel...
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