May 2023 – Hayden Coombs

To Bare My Soul

As I silently wrestle with my soul,A secret burden heavy on my heart,To speak the truth, my fears I must control,And from this inner darkness, I must part. Yet courage falters as I seek her eyes,To bare my soul and share this heavy weight,Will she stand by me, where my heart relies,Or shall my fragileContinue reading “To Bare My Soul”

This Shadowed Beast

In shadows deep, a nameless specter forms,A shapeless dread that haunts both night and day,Its touch, like ice, enshrouds in chilling storms,A constant fear that leads my heart astray. With whispered doubts, it sows the seeds of woe,A phantom, lurking in the mind’s abyss,It rends my peace, and where my hopes should grow,It binds myContinue reading “This Shadowed Beast”

Spiral of Bias- Local Media Voting Bias in the NBA Over Time

https://doi.org/10.1353/jsm.2022.a899586 Spiral of BiasLocal Media Voting Bias in the NBA Over Time Braden Bagley, Sean Fourney, Hayden Coombs In 2015 the National Basketball Association (NBA) began making award ballots, which are cast by media members, transparent. Using media ballots from seven NBA seasons(2015-2021), this study sought to identify the diﬀerence between how players are viewed byContinue reading “Spiral of Bias- Local Media Voting Bias in the NBA Over Time”

Cloak of Dark Despair

Amidst the darkness, where anxious thoughts dwell,A crushing weight upon my chest does bear,In breathless night, I feel my spirits swell,As suffocating doubts obscure the air. Each moment fraught with gnawing, nameless fears,Like vipers coiled within my troubled mind,They hiss and strike, inciting bitter tears,While shadows dance, and solace I can’t find. Yet in thisContinue reading “Cloak of Dark Despair”