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Showing posts with label football. Show all posts
Showing posts with label football. Show all posts
Monday, February 10, 2014

How the NFL's Plan for Its 1st Openly Gay Player Fell Apart - And How Missouri Defensive End Michael Sam Is Changing All That

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Two stories from the Bleacher Report - the first details the NFL's plan to announce it's first gay player fell through, and how the...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Richard Sherman Responds to Being Called a “Thug” - The Man Behind the "Rant"

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I did not and do not believe Richard Sherman is a thug. He is a Stanford graduate, a young man who had straight A's in high school whil...
Saturday, December 7, 2013

ESPN's Jameis Winston Coverage - College Athletes and Sexual Assault

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It's refreshing to read that ESPN actually dealt with the Jameis Winston situation in terms of sexual assault (he was not charged with a...
Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Even a 300 lb NFL Offensive Lineman Can Be a Victim of Bullying | On Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin

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Anyone who follows sports has probably heard about the situation in Miami, where second-year player Jonathan Martin abruptly left the t...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

Ian Sinclair - Football’s Dangerous Masculinity

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This is an interesting article from The New Left Project , based in the UK, on the issue of masculinity and football (soccer for the Amer...
Sunday, February 3, 2013

Alva Noë - Poetry In Motion: Why I'll Be Watching The Super Bowl

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The other day I posted a lengthy article from Esquire on the crisis mentality that has emerged in the NFL around head injuries and the v...