Topic: Football

So long, Baltimore Colts
So long, Baltimore Colts March 27, 2024 Silvio Canto, Jr. ‘It’s probably the most famous sporting move ever.’
Collegiate head coaching madness
Collegiate head coaching madness December 8, 2019 Steve Holland I live in Tallahassee and I am in the process of watching the machinations of the hiring process for a new collegiate head football coach play out.  It is not a pretty picture to see. 
Notre Dame and the Curse of the Peacock
Notre Dame and the Curse of the Peacock December 7, 2019 Will O'Toole Notice one school missing from the playoffs discussion?
Who likes football teams staffed by foreign mercenaries?
Who likes football teams staffed by foreign mercenaries? February 4, 2018 Ed Straker The Philadelphia Eagles are not from Philadelphia. 
Monuments to ingratitude
Monuments to ingratitude December 5, 2017 Richard A. Rail Colin Kaepernick can be proud. 
The Moral Merits of American Football
The Moral Merits of American Football August 31, 2016 Mark Plum For Americans raised with football, its sense impressions return and remind us that losing is never okay.
Hell Week
Hell Week September 6, 2014 Michael Geer Forget the media-generated images of Ferguson, this is a better view of the lives of young African-Americans.
A Dog in the Manger on Football's Big Day
A Dog in the Manger on Football's Big Day February 2, 2014 Jon N. Hall Football fans have lost their sense of proportionality. Football has taken over their lives; they're obsessed with it.
American Football: Helmets, Cracked Eggs, and a Red Card
American Football: Helmets, Cracked Eggs, and a Red Card November 23, 2013 Stephen D. Bryen and Shoshana Bryen Helmet-to-helmet abuses can easily be banned without diluting the nature of the game.
NFL's Obamacare Touchdowns, Rush Limbaugh, and Big Bang Theory
NFL's Obamacare Touchdowns, Rush Limbaugh, and Big Bang Theory November 20, 2013 C. Edmund Wright Football is a sport facing a lot of challenges -- some of them, evidently, from eleven-dimensional spacetime.
Reducing High School Football Concussions
Reducing High School Football Concussions September 15, 2013 Michael Bargo, Jr. High school football needs to be more carefully supervised and regulated than it is now.
The Pressure of Choices
The Pressure of Choices August 3, 2013 Lance O'Neil To athletes have opportunities that are available to very few, but they have access to all the excuses that the rest of us have.
How Traditional Values Shape the NFL
How Traditional Values Shape the NFL November 27, 2012 Jack Cashill Although sportscasters have the unfortunate habit of stressing the presumed physical differences between black and white quarterbacks, they tend to overlook the cultural similarities.