Bob CollinsNo matter what kind of day you’re having, at least you’re not this guy in Cleveland. Read more →
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Football, booze, and testosterone can make for difficult times after games. Read more →
Maybe we wouldn’t all be so surprised how poorly the Minnesota Vikings performed last night if the sports media hadn’t been quite so fawning during the preseason. Read more →
The Minnesota Vikings are worth $1.59 billion — $1 billion more than what Zygi Wilf paid for the team in 2005. That’s a pretty good 10-year return on investment. Read more →
It’s not quite like finding out that Lassie was a boy, but learning that the drunks of Green Bay often live somewhere else is still forcing us to re-examine all we believe.
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There’s no reasonable economic benefit to be gained by subsidizing pro sports stadiums, most every piece of research in the last two decades has shown. But the pro-sports machine has won, anyway. Read more →
The NFL season begins tonight but is the long-term health of the sport in jeopardy? Read more →
It’s always possible that racism played a part in the incident. But there should at least be a minimal standard of proof required before a person is painted as guilty. Read more →
Torii Hunter of the Minnesota Twins reports on his Instagram account today that the team is learning how to do this dance. We say again: Baseball is the greatest sport. This is what the team dance party looks like. We are learning how to do this dance as a team. My boy @goodieboyy #Hitthequan #danceparty Read more →
I couldn’t really believe what I was hearing on Saturday’s Radiolab segment on football, in which a woman gushed about the tackle football program for four-year-olds, even though her father — a former NFL player — is one of several in her family showing the effects of brain damage from their football days. Read more →
In a perfect world there would be happy endings to stories about cancer, but there’s nothing perfect about cancer, of course. Read more →
The University of North Dakota’s effort to come up with a new nickname is going to have to go through Iowa, apparently.
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This was a nice moment at an NFL pre-season game the other day. A returning soldier surprising his cheerleader-wife at a St. Louis Rams game. It screams ‘America!’ And also: ‘Football!’ Read more →
Oh, you still believe your football is better than baseball? You’re just wrong. So very wrong. Here’s why.
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Jane Rosenberg had a better time sketching Tom Brady today, although he still looks guilty. Read more →