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The most conservative sport?
by Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog
posted November 23, 2009 at 8:23pm
Essayist Chuck Klosterman writes about popular culture as a music critic and sometimes-sports commentator. In a recent article for ESPN, he writes about why he is a football fan. The gist of Klosterman's argument is that football is a sport with an amaz...more
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Irrational Hatred
by Draft Day Suit
posted November 19, 2009 at 12:46pm
Two weekends ago, I was out at a bar on a Saturday afternoon watching college football. A friend of mine was in town from Oregon, so we were catching up on the Oregon/Stanford game. As a fellow Pac-10 alum (Go ASU!), I didn’t mind watching with her. I t...more
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Peyton Manning isn’t a witch you blasphemer, He’s a Jedi
by Draft Day Suit
posted November 18, 2009 at 2:05pm
It recently came to my attention that certain factions out there believe that Peyton Manning is a witch. This is just ridiculous superstition and a lot of heresy from I can see. Obviously, if you are paying attention to your pop culture – you realize th...more
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DOUBLE FINGERS (cuz one post about this was not enough)
by Draft Day Suit
posted November 18, 2009 at 11:26am
When I was younger and more carefree about my office behavior, I worked in a place where the various supervisors spent the day playing pranks on one another and then flipping one another the bird as a thank you for the prank.
We eventually got into troub...more
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I’m going to start calling this “Tennessee Style”
by Draft Day Suit
posted November 17, 2009 at 12:30pm
I’ll either call it “Tennessee Style” or “The Old 250″ in honor of the $250,000 Bud Adams, the owner of the Tennessee Titans, was fined for this little outburst.
I’m still trying to decide if it is worth $250,000 to flip off Buffalo fans en...more
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Snyder Sucks (now with caption contest!)
by Draft Day Suit
posted November 16, 2009 at 12:21pm
Yesterday I went with De in DC and her family to the Redskins/Broncos game. We had a wonderful time. The Redskins even won and that hardly ever happens anymore!
I do have a few complaints, however.
1) Why can’t I get phone calls or internet on my tele...more
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The NFL loves a good slasher film
by Draft Day Suit
posted October 24, 2009 at 12:20pm
OK I’ve already ranted but it’s a new season and we’ve got a new URL so HERE I GO AGAIN.
Dear Marketing Goons of the NFL,
I know that selling off advertising space during your games is fantastically lucrative and helps you pay for things like play...more
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Rush Limbaugh's NFL business
by Sport Management Education
posted October 15, 2009 at 11:35am
I am a firm believer in the idea that it is okay to have differing opinions. I try very hard to teach this to my students. I also tell them that they need to be able to express their opinions in a thoughtful and articulate manner. As individuals, ...more
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The Falcons: Change Has Come
by Draft Day Suit
posted October 13, 2009 at 2:29pm
AH THE FALCONS !!!
When I moved to Atlanta, the first thing that stunned me, was that there were actually FALCONS fans here. At that time, Vick was the QB and they sucked a lot despite his talent.
I couldn’t fathom being a fan of this team. I’ve wa...more
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Real Men DO wear Pink.
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted October 6, 2009 at 7:55pm
Hats off to the NFL for helping to support National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
If you didn’t tune in to a football game this first weekend in October, then you missed NFL players wearing pink or pink-tinged items to help bring attention to breast c...more
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Baby blue for prostate cancer awareness?
by Fair Game News
posted October 5, 2009 at 6:32pm
By Lauren Taylor
Pink is nice, but how about baby blue?
If the NFL wants to leverage the resources of Monday Night Football (and Sunday day and night football, too) on a public health issue — and do it in a gender-coded manner — how about a prostate...more
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Can the NFL make pink a legit sport color?
by Fair Game News
posted October 1, 2009 at 6:44pm
By Laura Pappano
I can’t wait to see what happens when I tune in to the NFL this weekend. Will we see more dropped passes? Missed routes? Hugging and giggling in the huddle?
After all, the league is kicking off a month-long effort to support breast ...more
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Brains & Beauty: The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
by One Sport Voice
posted September 28, 2009 at 6:53pm
Blog reader S.C. sent me a story about the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders (DCC’s). Evidently the DCC’s have to take and pass a 100-question test in order be on the squad. Questions include “everything from the governor of Texas to a country that borde...more
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The football post
by After Atalanta
posted September 18, 2009 at 4:20pm
Title makes it sound like this is my only one of the season.May be. Remains to be seenAnyway mostly it's a generic title meant to encompass two articles I came across that I don't want to talk about in two different posts.The Wall Street Journal has an ar...more
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Sarah’s 2009-2010 NFL Predicitons
by Draft Day Suit
posted September 11, 2009 at 12:19pm
Well, I posted this whole mess in Chag’s comment section so I figure I might as well share my predictions with all of you too.
Behold My Predictions:
AFC
East
1. New England
2. Buffalo
3. Miami
4. N.Y. Jets
North
1. Pittsburgh
2. Baltimore
3. Cincinn...more
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Allen and Mullets and Schisms, Oh My
by Draft Day Suit
posted August 30, 2009 at 5:57pm
It turns out I don’t even really have to understand the game to participate in fun things like following football news and filling in fantasy draft slots. It’s really encouraging to me that I can still enjoy things from a place of total ignorance. (An...more
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Fantasy Freak
by Draft Day Suit
posted August 27, 2009 at 12:33pm
On the drive back from my parents’ house this past weekend, my husband queued up a Mike & Mike podcast from last week in which they talked about the most underrated and overrated players in this year’s fantasy pool. “I saved the Fantasy bit for you,...more
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Las Vegas Fantasy Football Draft Party Contest
by Apryl
posted August 21, 2009 at 5:17pm
Yes, it is that time of year again - time for fantasy football! I've already received invitations for two draft parties in the coming weeks. What about you? How about holding your draft party in the mother of all draft party locat...more
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NFL, Where are you?
by Draft Day Suit
posted August 19, 2009 at 6:48pm
I’m usually giddy by this time of the year. I’ve usually watched some preseason games and am really getting into the hype about the upcoming football season.
This year? Not so much.
The AFC West is imploding. My Broncos are the only team that seems ...more
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