Words and expressions

1. Southpaws were always lanky, portsiders always chunky,though I’ve never heard “chunky” applied to anything else except peanut butter (to distinguish it from “creamy”), and I have no idea what a chunky person would look like.

southpaw: 左撇子（portsider）

lanky: tall and thin, and moves awkwardly

仿写: He was six feet four, all lanky and leggy.

2. There is a weariness about them.

weariness: temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work

仿写: Weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep.

3. It has a certain mounting hilarity—a figure freak amok at his typewriter.

hilarity: laughter, or a feeling of fun

仿写: He joined in the hilarity as much as anyone.

4. No nugget is too trivial or too boring if it can be cemented into that baroque edifice, the lead.

trivial: not serious, important, or valuable

仿写: They always spar over trivial matters.

Reflection

Those are the values to  look for when you write about sport: people and places, time and transition.

Hang around the track  and the stable, the stadium and the rink.Observe closely. Interview in depth. Listen to old-timers. Ponder thechanges. 

看完这一章的最大感想在于，鲜花和掌声总是给了我们的冠军，媒体的镜头大多追逐在那些巅峰的时刻。作为大多数的观众，似乎永远都只能看到成功者站上领奖台最闪亮的那一刻，而运动场下的泪水、伤痛以及失败者落寞的背影悄无声息。越是这样令人揪心的信息，越是容易被淹没在成功者的光环之下。