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Why did the NFL get political now?
In their public honoring of Charlie Kirk, the NFL is playing with a dangerously partisan vision of political theater with big implications.
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Dangerous Expectations
When we tell stories, we take shortcuts. We generalize, connect, and get the audience to fill in the gaps. However, this can distort the truth.
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The Beast Doesn’t Need to Speak
It is easy for the guy on the top of the pyramid to demand that the ones at the bottom do their jobs. To him, it is irrelevant that his job is actually to carry a football and get the snot beat out of him. That the “other duties as assigned” include ridiculous press conferences full of…
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How the 2014 Super Bowl should effect the draft
If this Super Bowl has taught us anything, it is that the cult of the quarterback needs to end. Like John Elway and Tom Brady can attest: your team may have the best quarterback, but that doesn’t mean you’ll win. In fact, history doesn’t side with the better quarterback, but with the better team. Here’s…
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Mark Sanchez and the Handling of Quarterbacks
The world of sports, like religion, is often treated as black and white. Fans often think of players and coaches as either “good” or “lousy” and tactics as “right” and “wrong”. In this world, when a coach’s approach is different from how others might go about it, most are quick to offer criticism. It goes…