Category: Sportsball!
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New Pro Bowl selection explainer
Pro Bowl rosters selected by Michael Irvin and Cris Carter: Last year, the NFL did away with the AFC vs. NFC format and began using “captains” to oversee a fantasy draft to fill out the teams. In 2014, Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders were the honorary captains, with this year’s choices being Hall of Fame […]
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Sportsball Deciphered (II)
Wherein more jargon is made clear
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Sportsball deciphered
Wherein jargon is made clear
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Jerry Jones: slightly human, mostly Faustian
Wherein many words are well-written about the Cowboys owner
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Tony Romo media circuses over the years
2011: should not have thrown that pass 2012: should not have allowed that pass to be tipped and intercepted 2013: should not have allowed his back to become herniated 2014: should not have gone back for that last donut The Romo singularity is nigh! Soon Romo’s every facial expression will trigger wild fluctuations in betting […]
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Football rules: not hard, even for the defense
The NFL is going through an awkward transition from laissez-faire bloodsport to something…less bloodsport-y. Players-turned analysts often rush to the side of the “victimized” defensive players who are now faced with…rules. It’s pretty dumb, on both sides: It’s not like these players learned different rules in high-school and college. Tackling is the same from age […]
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Peyton Manning, boringly awesome or awesomely boring?
The best thing you’ll read about football today. Peyton Manning is what happens when a guy with the attention to detail of an accountant is also proficient at throwing a football and making snap decisions. Manning also looks like he could give you excellent tips on cutting your hedge or fixing that one toilet. This […]
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Pass interference: can’t live with it, can’t live without it.
Bill Barnwell on revamping defensive penalties. Pass interference is tough business in the NFL. It’s one of the easiest calls to get wrong on the field (besides the myriad of missed holding calls), but the easiest to fix with a slow-motion camera. It’s too easy for both sides to game it as well. There’s some […]
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Burpess and other intense workouts
What’s the Best Exercise? But when pressed, he suggested one of the foundations of old-fashioned calisthenics: the burpee, in which you drop to the ground, kick your feet out behind you, pull your feet back in and leap up as high as you can. “It builds muscles. It builds endurance.” He paused. “But it’s hard […]
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Meditations on golf
Wherein I pontificate on the irrational sport
Adam Keys is typing 