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Category Archives: Football
I Am Just Glad Jameis Winston Can Write His Own Name
Too often the news media concentrate on the negative instead of looking for uplifting angles to a news story. That’s the case here. There’s good news. Jameis Winston is not illiterate. He’s a university-educated scholar. Report: Even as Florida State … Continue reading
Will The Final Round Draft Of Michael Sam Change History Forever?
I can’t think of any great male athlete who’s come out as gay, only a bunch of mediocre ones, such as Michael Sam. I don’t expect many great male athletes to be gay because great male athletes tend to be … Continue reading
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The Fearsome Foursome
I thought I loved the NFL series, “A Football Life.” I loved, for instance, the episodes on Tom Landry and Jimmy Johnson. Then I watched the one on Tim Tebow. It was lame. Next I watched one entitled, “The Fearsome … Continue reading
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Richard Sherman Is No Rhodes Scholar
I enjoyed the performance of Richard Sherman on Sunday after the game. I enjoy his trash talking. He entertains me. I respect that he went to Stanford. I don’t think the guy is ignorant. But if you are going to … Continue reading
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Who Accused FSU Star Quarterback Jameis Winston Of Rape? Erica Kinsman
The formula for winning in college football is to have as many thugs on your team as possible. The downside of this is that you will have to put up with more rapes on campus. No charges are pending for … Continue reading
Broken-Hearted Over A Child He Never Met?
Fox sideline reporter Pam Oliver says today before the game that Adrian Peterson was “brokenhearted” over the death of his child three weeks ago. Brokenhearted over a kid he never met? Please. He was heartbroken for being outed for fathering … Continue reading
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What’s happened to my beloved NFL?
A couple of weeks ago, the NFL had everybody (players, coaches, referees) wearing pink for breast cancer awareness. They even had pink penalty flags. White people are crazed for awareness. Why isn’t the NFL agitating for some manly man disease … Continue reading
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The Tom Brady Slouch
It looked like Tom Brady badly needed some Alexander Technique after he lost his second Super Bowl to the Giants. You can’t feel bad unless you tighten your neck. The emotions of sadness, rage, disgust, contempt are not accessible to … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Technique, Football
Tagged Alexander Technique, cleats, disgust, new york giants, slouch, tom brady
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Even Rabbis Like Tim Tebow
I have never seen a phenomenon in sports like Tim Tebow. And that he is such a genuinely good person is a bonus. He reminds me a little bit of Steve Young who was the only professional athlete during my … Continue reading
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Tagged cbs fox, miami dolphins, professional athlete, religious boundaries, tim tebow, wsj reports
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Pimping Out Football Players To Rich Donors
I heard about this going on at UCLA when I was there in 1988-1989. I heard about the pimping out of black football players to rich boosters. This was talked about among the faculty and how little respect they had … Continue reading
Posted in Football, Prostitution
Tagged coach joe paterno, college football players, head coach joe, jerry sandusky, president graham spanier, university president graham
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