Articles Tagged with #football
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End Zone
The Super Bowl Stinks
This season has been the first in a long time during which I’ve watched games consistently, week after week. When I was much younger, Monday Night Football was...
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End Zone
Bye Week Stinks
It’s also a break for the fans, who if they’re anything like me are suffering from playoff-related PTSD. For the next seven days, if I hear...
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The Sports Desk
Game Over
The NFL is an emperor with no clothes, no morals, and vaults of gold. As we prepare for Super Bowl XLVII, author Dave Zirin explains how greed and corruption have ruined the game, endangered players, and fleeced the public.
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End Zone
Conference Championships Stink
Even missing just last weekend’s games would give you a skewed take on the teams heading into next weekend’s Conference Championships. Take erstwhile backup 49ers QB...
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End Zone
Divisional Weekend Stinks
How else to describe Andy Dalton’s stats at the half last Saturday: four for 10, with three passing yards total. How else to explain RGIII limping off the field...
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Birnbaum V.
Ben Fountain
Our man in Boston sits down for an extended chat with the author of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, covering Kissinger’s travel woes, the beauty of track meets, and the very best place to be a fiction writer in America: Dallas.
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End Zone
Wild Card Weekend Stinks
This is the wild card round, and, as the name would imply, there are a few surprises in the mix. Take the Bengals. After Week 9, they were 3-5. They&rsquo...
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Spoofs & Satire
This Will Be the Year That Was
Already 2013 has seen America drive off the fiscal cliff, only to freeze momentarily, then either reverse in mid-air or drop straight into the canyon—depending on how you look at it. Here’s more of what to expect over the next 12 months.
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End Zone
The Kickers Stink
Nevertheless, the NFL is still struggling to get used to the radical idea that the player who usually throws the football might also be able to tuck it under his...
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End Zone
The QBs Stink
My sins of fandom don’t end there: I was a late convert to the phenomenon of the running QB. Instead, I’ve always favored quarterbacks in the...
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End Zone
The Panthers Stink
So when actual tragedy touches the sport—as it did last Saturday when Kansas Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend, then drove to Arrowhead stadium and shot himself...
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End Zone
The 49ers Stink
He had been struggling with his back for years, and even after securing an impressive victory against the Lions that night, he was again sidelined during the playoffs. The 49ers,...