Tag: football

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 621

By Erik Loomis

In General

On January 26, 2020

This is the grave of Mara family. The main thing to know about the Mara family is their ownership of the New York Giants. Tim Mara was the founder of the Giants. He was born in New York in 1887 and grew up poor. He was just a newsboy on the streets, a very low […]

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“Jackson could be an ultimate weapon”: A Discussion with The Baltimore Sun’s Childs Walker about Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens

By Elizabeth Nelson

On January 9, 2020

No NFL storyline in the 2019 season has been more compelling than the emergence of Baltimore Ravens’ quarterback Lamar Jackson as the sport’s most electrifying superstar, a dual-threat run-pas

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Football: The Game of Trumpists

By Erik Loomis

On July 20, 2018

I love football, as is well-known around here and of course derided. Well, whatever. But there’s no question that the politics around football are utterly atrocious and have only gotten worse as

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 141

By Erik Loomis

In General

On September 2, 2017

This is the grave of Ernie Davis. Born in 1939 in New Salem, Pennsylvania, Davis grew up in Elmira, New York, where he became a major prep star in baseball, basketball, and football. He attended Syracuse University because he wanted to follow in Jim Brown’s footsteps. And boy did he. He led the Orangemen to […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 81

By Erik Loomis

On April 30, 2017

This is the grave of Walter Camp. The so-called “Father of College Football,” Camp was born in 1859 in New Britain, Connecticut. Even at a very young age, Camp became interested in the new

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A Good Use of Resources

By Erik Loomis

On May 12, 2016

Since Texas obviously has the best system of education and most fair social programs in the United States, they have nothing better to spend public funds on. So might as well have a race to the top fo

Why We Need Football

By Erik Loomis

In General

On January 1, 2016

There are many, many reasons why we can argue football is a horrible scourge on the nation. The terrible workplace conditions, the exploitation of unpaid college labor, the deification of violence–these are all really good reasons! I’m not going to defend any of them. But, as an American, I also have to at least acknowledge […]

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Surely Harbaugh Could Have Made More than $8 Million a Year in Hollywood

By Erik Loomis

On January 3, 2015

I don’t know why Jim Harbaugh decided to take the Michigan job when he could have returned to his fine acting career.

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Hand-Egg

By Erik Loomis

On June 14, 2014

P.S. I am not a crank. One of my all-time favorite letters to the editor of @nytimes (1909) pic.twitter.com/Z68ddCocyJ — Adrienne LaFrance (@AdrienneLaF) June 14, 2014 Has anyone ever published

Football’s Decline

By Erik Loomis

In General

On May 11, 2014

I’ve said this before, but one really wonders about the end of football as we know it as parents just bail on a sport that destroys their kid’s brains.

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The Liberal Conspiracy

By Erik Loomis

On September 14, 2013

Evidently, mentioning that football leads to massive brain trauma is a liberal conspiracy against real America. In other news, I think we all are cheering for Oregon to crush Tennessee today in the ki

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Student-Athletes Indeed

By Erik Loomis

On February 20, 2013

Heisman winner Johnny Manziel’s class schedule: Johnny Football still finds time to be a college student too, even though the Texas A&M star doesn’t have to be on campus very often fo

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