Smart Links – 12/14/2011

Indiana’s buzzer-beater to beat Kentucky set to the theme from Hoosiers:

Craig James runs for Senative.

What happened to the Triangle Offense? And the last frontier of the Triangle, in Manila.

Coach Hoover on Tebow.

Amazon rewarding people who report on higher prices in stores.

The rise of the “genre-busting” essay as an alternative to fiction. The internet and mobile devices are factors in this.

Malcolm Gladwell to speak in favor of banning college football.

David Remnick on Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Christopher Hitchens on whether the maxim “that which does not kill you, makes you stronger” is actually true.

Economist Richard Thaler takes an extremely unpopular position: He would prefer a playoff to the BCS. Shocking, I know.

Good podcast on the Europe mess. I am not an expert, but I grow increasingly pessimistic about the situation in Europe by the day.