Category: Football
The Flying Wedge: The Greatest Play in Football
The Flying Wedge from when men where men. This is a totally cool name for a play. But few actually know what it was.
A Taste Of The Life Of A Practicing Lawyer
Even when they’re really rich and really famous and really attractive, other peoples’ actual lives are typically insipid.
Explaining Soccer
Mike Dwyer asked us to explain the appeal of soccer. Here’s my attempt, using a goal the Netherlands’ Robin Van Persie scored today. First watch the video of the goal, then I’ll break it...
The answer to the question, “Who cares?”
Because people who “don’t care” if you’re gay don’t usually make laws making it illegal for your employer to keep you on.
Ghanaaaaaaa!
World Cup draws. Early predictions. Frustrations. England fans singing vulgar songs. Cheering. Zero-zero ties. It’s a beautiful game.
Halfway Highlights
With 8 weeks behind us, let’s re-assess the contenders and the pretenders in the NFL. The criteria are the same: I rank teams based on how I think they’d fare against one another in...
Sunday!!!
FOOTBALL IS HERE! FOOTBALL IS HERE!!! HEY, EVERYONE… FOOTBALL IS HERE! Yes, I know, technically the season started on Thursday, but Sundays are what it is all about with the NFL. Even though my...
Peyton Manning: Mr. 41%
You probably missed it, because only mere mortals were involved, but Peyton Manning threw 7 touchdowns last night. Of course, that is just 41% of what Tim Tebow threw when he was with the...
An honest question for football fans
How will it remain possible to separate enjoyment for the game from its unambiguous potential to harm its players?
Briefly, On Football’s Culture and Rape
On Monday, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will compete for college football’s national championship. This is the kind of thing that gets sportswriters in a tizzy. If you’re of a certain Age, Notre Dame...
Surely a sign of the Apocalypse…
I’m starting to wonder if the Mayans were at least in the right ballpark on the date of the whole end of the world thing. Last night my beloved and perennially hapless Seahawks destroyed the the...
2012-13 College Football Bowl Season Preview
Last year, I posted the bowl preview I always write for a friend. Since I wrote it again this year, I figured I’d post the new version. I tried to edit for a more...
