Category Archives: Football

Let Russ Cook

Posted on December 8, 2024 by Luke Ford

Russell Wilson was a good quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks from 2012 to 2021 and then a terrible quarterback for the Denver Broncos in 2022 and 2023 and now he’s a good quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Why was Russell … Continue reading →

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You Are Looking Live!: How The NFL Today Revolutionized Sports Broadcasting

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2021 book: * “We all realized what we had [in Phyllis],” said Mike Pearl, “when we took the show on the road for the playoffs and Super Bowl. Phyllis was the main attraction. When … Continue reading →

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Buffalo Bills Safety Damar Hamlin Collapses, Intubated, Critical Condition (1-3-23)

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Luke Ford

06:45 Elliott Blatt joins 44:00 Chris Kavanagh of Decoding the Gurus, https://soundcloud.com/politeconversations/ep-67-chris-kavanagh-pt-2-differences-similarities 1:13:00 Yale philosopher Jason Stanley, https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus/posts 1:22:00 Left-wing writer Owen Jones

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The Sociology of Sports-Talk Radio (9-6-21)

Posted on September 6, 2021 by Luke Ford

Bud: “Luke, because your intro to Carl Schmitt, I no longer believe in Democracy, Human Rights or the Constitution. You should be kvelling with pride!” Perhaps a thru-line to some of what I do is to create a little more … Continue reading →

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God’s Coach – Tom Landry (3-3-21)

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Luke Ford

Skip Bayless writes in his 1990 book God’s Coach: The Hymns, Hype, and Hypocrisy of Tom Landry’s Cowboys: * Landry only wanted to study film of opponents. Landry wasn’t much of a college or even pro football fan. Landry didn’t … Continue reading →

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