Library Answer Person » Sports http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson Answering your questions about the library and life since 1982 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:21:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ Sports personalities http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2008/03/06/sports_personalities/ http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2008/03/06/sports_personalities/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:00:07 +0000 Library Answer Person http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2008/03/06/sports_personalities/ Dear Answer Person,Do you think that Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, and other superstar basketball players (I’ll let you be the judge of who’s a superstar and who’s not) feel like they’re living fulfilled lives?In addition, do you think NBA bench players feel they’re living fulfilled lives? Thanks!

Studies have shown that there is remarkably little correlation between income or wealth and fulfillment. But there’s got to be some! Even the bench players are making good money (compared to librarians), so they sure better feel fulfilled. The superstars have pretty big egos, and those sorts of people are usually fulfilled whether they should be or not.

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]]> http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2008/03/06/sports_personalities/feed/ Doesn’t care for looks http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2007/03/17/3353c/ http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2007/03/17/3353c/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2007 22:29:36 +0000 Library Answer Person http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2007/03/17/3353c/ Why is [Duke men's basketball player] so ugly? - just call me “hot lips” [3353C]

As I said in 3350C, I hope you’re just having a bad day.  You’re not going to get anywhere in life by trashing the looks of a handsome guy (or anyone else, for that matter).

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It may have something to do with impatience, which might explain his bolting for the NBA.

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]]> http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2007/03/15/3347a/feed/ Duke table tennis http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2007/03/15/3346b/ http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2007/03/15/3346b/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:38:13 +0000 Library Answer Person http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2007/03/15/3346b/ Will the Duke Table Tennis Team fare well at the National Championships in Columbus? [3346B]

Since AP is trying to catch up on a backlog of questions, I have the benefit of hindsight, but it doesn’t look like Duke went to those championships this year. Perhaps NC State did something sneaky to get by us.  Better luck next year.

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]]> http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2007/03/15/3346b/feed/ Quidditch http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2007/03/15/3346a/ http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2007/03/15/3346a/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:35:56 +0000 Library Answer Person http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2007/03/15/3346a/ In what year will Quidditch enter the Olympics?  Will Harry Potter still be limber enough to compete?  If I were to begin my own training now for this eventuality, what techniques would you recommend? [3346A]

In the same year that fantasy football is accepted.  Harry Potter will probably be a little over the hill to participate.  The techniques you need to be familiar with involve handling a broom, so sweep up your room right now!

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