football

Big Ben’s Redemption

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I grew up a Miami Dolphins fan. (How a kid raised in the New York metropolitan area became a Dolphins fan is a long story, but there are a lot of us out there.) I thus despised the Steelers. As...

My first John Madden memory

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As a kid I was a diehard Miami Dolphins fan. It is thus tough for me, over 46 years later, to post this highlight video from the 1974 AFC Divisional Playoff: To this day I cannot hear the names Ken...

Why do the Detroit Lions always play on Thanksgiving?

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It’s a Thanksgiving tradition. This year the woeful Detroit Lions are looking for their first win of the season. Here is James Dator at SBNATION: When the Lions moved to Detroit in 1934, owner G.A. Richards was hellbent on starting...

Kareem Abdul Jabbar blasts Aaron Rodgers

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The hoops legend pulls no punches on the former Cal-Berkeley student: Professional athletes have come so far from the dark days when the public saw them as perpetually partying adolescents, mean-spirited bullies, and worse: dim-wits one step above tackling dummies...

Brady and Brees

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Two great quarterbacks met on the field after last night’s divisional playoff game. There are reports that Brees will retire during the off-season....

Monday in Trumpland

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It was a rough start to the week for the president. White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, a Trump loyalist who is one of the few staff members who has not left the administration, announced that she is leaving her position....

How to get Mississippians to wear masks

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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo6MbsjC57k&w=560&h=315] If you can’t get people in to wear masks out of a sense of social responsibility, commitment to the public good, or appeals to citizenship, just tell them that they won’t be able to watch their favorite college...

Don Shula, RIP

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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7NLRpatx9c&w=560&h=315] I was a diehard Miami Dolphins fan until Don Shula retired. So sad to hear about the death of the winningest coach in NFL history.  My favorite line from the above video: “Garo IS off the hook and...

Tony Romo Was Amazing Last Night

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I was never a Tony Romo fan during his playing days.  I probably would have liked him better if he did not play for the Dallas Cowboys. But I have come to enjoy Tony Romo as a CBS NFL commentator...