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Category Archives: Football
Decoding The Super Bowl (2-10-25)
01:00 The NFL is humiliated by a terrible Super Bowl02:00 The Kansas Chiefs only got to the Super Bowl by the NFL rigging the refereeing07:00 Commentary magazine podcast crew on the Super Bowl, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAjy7iObB0815:00 Democratic party leaders have bad optics27:00 … Continue reading
Super Bowl Preview
The Eagles are stronger and faster and more skilled than the Chiefs. The Eagles offensive line outweighs its Chiefs counterparts by 40 pounds on average. According to Grok, the Eagles are also faster. The only way the Chiefs win is … Continue reading
Let Russ Cook
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
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)
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)
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
God’s Coach – Tom Landry (3-3-21)
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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Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty
Jeff Pearlman wrote in 2008: * In addition to finding the whole Talley affair uproarious, the Cowboys were encouraged that, in the heat of the action, not one Bill came to the linebacker’s defense. As he sat bloodied and humiliated … Continue reading
Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL
Jeff Pearlman writes in this 2018 book: * During camp the Invaders stayed at a Red Lion Inn, and one night one of the leaders of the team’s regular Bible-study group was caught having anal sex with a prostitute against … Continue reading
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Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton
Jeff Pearlman writes in this 2012 book: * In the year 1975, a significant racial divide still existed in professional sports. White teammates hung with white teammates and black teammates hung with black teammates. There was a lingering mistrust and … Continue reading
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