Hartline, USF, and The Implication
USF just hired Brian Hartline, and I don’t think people fully understand what kind of fuse that lights. This isn’t a…
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Chant Thieves — Episode 3: The Night Bryant–Denny Heard Its Own Echo
September eighth, two-thousand-twelve — the air over Tuscaloosa hung heavy enough to chew. Alabama fans filed in with the usual confidence,…
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Michael Penix Jr. Has No Friends
Michael Penix Jr. walks into the Falcons facility like a man showing up to work the day after everyone else quit….
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Therapy Wednesday: Still Gutted, Still Bucs, Still Blindly Believing
It’s been a few days since the Patriots game, and I’m still walking around like someone stole my Sunday and replaced…
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Locusts from Logan: Boston Fans Flood Raymond James
You ever seen locusts with accents? That was Dale Mabry this weekend — Raymond James crawling with Boston fans like Logan…
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TOM VS TOM
They still chant his name sometimes, but never loud enough to admit it. It slips out between beers, between plays, between…
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Chant Thieves — The Big House Got Smaller (Michigan vs Appalachian State, 2007)
They don’t like to talk about that game in Ann Arbor. Not because it’s a secret, but because it still makes…
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Three Teams Walk Into a Trade Deadline
The NFL trade deadline isn’t strategy. It’s therapy disguised as chaos. Three teams showed up for group counseling this week —…
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Emperor Brady and the Clone Army of Lua
At this point, Tom Brady isn’t playing the game. He’s rewriting the rulebook in a different species’ handwriting. Seven rings. Two…
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The Origin of 6’7”
(Small hoops. Tiny plays. Huge ego. Big feelings.) Basketball slang used to be simple. You had your “buckets,” your “handles,” your…
