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Travis Kelce has a great game despite the vaccine

John Fea   |  January 29, 2024

11 catches for 116 yards and a touchdown. Not bad. Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs are back in the Super Bowl. Over at the “Lawyers, Guns, and Money” blog, Scot Lemieux writes, “Imagine how good he would have been if he […]

A very busy Martin Luther King Jr. Day

John Fea   |  January 15, 2024

I can’t remember such a busy–at least in terms of news–January 15th. I’m on a research trip in a southern city that is treating a few inches of snow as if it was some kind of natural disaster, so it […]

What happens to the longsuffering Detroit Lions fan if the team starts winning?

John Fea   |  September 6, 2023

I am not a Detroit Lions fan, but I have a future son-in-law who lives and dies with the team. Over the last couple of years I have watched him as the Lions lose yet another game on a last-second […]

What it was like to be a Black man playing for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1960s?

John Fea   |  February 10, 2023

Here is Mark Dent at The Washington Post: When Mike Garrett, a Heisman Trophy winner from the University of Southern California, was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in 1966, the only thing he knew about his new home was the […]

Do American football players need more than prayers?

John Fea   |  January 11, 2023

The nation was shocked when Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed during a recent Monday night football game. For several days the Hamlin story shared top billing in the American news cycle with Kevin McCarthy’s bid for Speaker of the […]

The “Immaculate Reception” at 50

John Fea   |  October 16, 2022

Current editor Eric Miller will appreciate this post. The Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh is celebrating the history of Franco Harris’s “Immaculate Reception.” Here is a taste of WPXI’s coverage: This December marks 50 years since the greatest play in […]

What the six California Super Bowl stadiums tell us about The Golden State

John Fea   |  February 2, 2022

The Super Bowl has been (or will be) held in: SoFi Stadium (2022) Levi’s Stadium (2016) Stanford Stadium (1985) The Rose Bowl (1977, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1993) Jack Murphy Stadium (1988, 1998, 2003) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1967, 1973) Here […]

Report: Tom Brady is calling it quits

John Fea   |  January 29, 2022

Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. Just putting it out there.