Articles Tagged with #sports
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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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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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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,...
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The Travel Desk
Twilight on the Tundra
How do you see what mushers see? You mush. An adventure on the Beringia, a dog sled race stretching over Russia’s easternmost tundra. If in the process you see more than you ever expected—more of humanity, more of yourself—then thank the people of 685 miles of snow.
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The Falcons Stink
Sure, the Falcons have performed well since they signed Matt Ryan in 2008, but as reliably well as they play in the regular season, they lose with the same predictability in...
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The Eagles Stink
Three years ago, Vick was a chagrined third-stringer who hadn’t played football in two years because he’d been in jail; the following year, he posted a...
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The Bears Stink
Two weeks ago, Grantland’s Bill Barnwell ranked the Bears as the NFL’s best team. His argument began with a single sentence that speaks volumes: “Yes,...
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The Patriots Stink
The Patriots-specific sections of the Boston Sports fan forum “Sons of Sam Horn” is no different. While the passion and vitriol on display don’t offer solid...
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The Texans Stink
Instead, most of us living outside the greater Houston area feel a kind of neutral respect for the team, despite their enviable narrative momentum: They’re plucky upstarts! Their...
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The Vikings Stink
It doesn’t take a mathematical savant from Football Outsiders to know those numbers stink. In fact, when the Daily Norseman (that’s a real website devoted to...
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The Saints Stink
Neither answer tells the whole truth. Football also appeals to something more fundamental in my character, something worse: a desire for neat narrative arcs. Football narratives are easy and dangerous....
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The Refs Stink
During the post-game analysis, Steve Young seemed to fight back tears. “And it brings it down. To a level of other things that we see in sports, that&rsquo...