next in the line of non-sports that ESPN will probably show

Today's NYTimes contains an entertaining article on tournament-level Rock, Paper, Scissors. I personally have always felt that the strategy is to try to be as random as possible, with two exceptions. First, other people will usually repeat themselves very little (while in a truly random sequence, with only three choices, there will often be long repeated stretches). Second, as the NYT article says, some people have a 'go-to' throw. Bart Simpson's was 'rock' ("Good old rock. Nothing beats that."), and Lisa always won by playing paper.

Other gems from the article: a strategy tip, calling a throw before making it (you may or may not actually throw the object you call). Psyches people out.

I'm also biased towards a NYT article that references the Princess Bride. I need to get a copy of that movie.