Halfbak3d Sports
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- MLS Flipped the Calendar — We Flipped the QuestionsMLS finally flipped the calendar, and you could feel the whole soccer world tilt like a restaurant table with one short leg. Not dramatic. Not chaotic. Just that quiet shift that tells you, “Yeah, this was overdue.” For twenty-eight years,…
- Boom Been Finessed #1: A Buccaneer in Buffalo’s Frozen WatersEvery empire needs a storyteller, and Tampa’s been overdue for one who speaks in smoke, pride, and a little bit of unhinged sea-salt honesty. This column is the start of that. Around here, we don’t break down football the way…
- Monday Morning RegretSome weekends don’t just end — they detonate quietly and let the smoke follow you into Monday. You don’t wake up refreshed. You wake up like the sports gods ran your emotional credit report and laughed. And somewhere between pouring…
- Crypt Keeper Jerry: Episode Three – Outsmarting FailureJerry Jones sits back in his throne-chair—half executive leather, half ancient sarcophagus—and folds his hands like he’s about to announce the cure for losing. JERRY (big Texas showman drawl): “Well now… lemme tell y’all somethin’ important. Somethin’ ah learned one…
- Chant Thieves — Episode 3: The Night Bryant–Denny Heard Its Own EchoSeptember eighth, two-thousand-twelve — the air over Tuscaloosa hung heavy enough to chew. Alabama fans filed in with the usual confidence, the kind that doesn’t even call itself confidence anymore. When you’ve spent half a decade breaking scoreboards over your…
















