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Welcome to the Read Option column, Week 2 edition! Prepare for plenty of Cowboys talk. Option 1, Week 2’s Burning Question: Which presumed contender will start 0-2? The 0-2 hole is dreaded in NFL circles, and for good reason — teams that have dropped their first two games have made it to the Big Game
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It’s about time that I push out a sports-themed Nostalgia Blast, because sports has definitely taken up a massive share of my time and headspace the past 19 years. I chronicled my time as an athlete in an earlier post, so here I will be diving into my experience as a fan. Rather than touch
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Option 1, Week 1’s Burning Question: How will Tom Brady look in Buccaneer red? Seeing Brady outside of New England and in Tampa Bay colors looked pretty spectacular after years of him beating up on AFC opponents in navy and red. His arm? Not so great. Brady threw two interceptions, one due to a miscommunication
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I love NFL previews. The rush of picking up a thick magazine chockful of predictions and analysis has never left, whether it was the SI Kids in 2007 that got me hooked on football, the Sports Illustrated previews in the mail or the Athlon mega-previews from Barnes & Noble. And as long as I’ve been
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The MVP of my summer of quarantine was my Kindle. Given the unusual circumstances of quarantine this summer, it was no surprise that I turned to reading to fill a lot of my time and to learn a lot as well. And since libraries have been closed for most of the pandemic, I turned to
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I have seen a lot of NFL games in my times. Many times, my team wins. Fewer times, my team loses. But rain or shine, a couple of guys have won my heart as guys I’d want to go into battle with. These guys are A+ dudes, exciting football talents, and, occasionally, Hall of Fame
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A month ago, my good friend Harrison introduced me to a “mod” for my Madden NFL football video game that would allow me to play a fan-created version of NCAA Football 20. Thankfully, it worked. Seeing and playing with the full rosters and team likenesses of around 30 college football teams was breathtaking. Sadly, the
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Confetti. Newspapers. Tears, kisses and raised fists. The sight of a sports championship victory is one of the sweetest sights that sports have to offer (one sadly robbed from us by COVID-19 the past couple of months). Year after year, the crowning of a champion also marks the culmination of a season-long narrative. These teams
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When the NBA suspended its 2019-20 season in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, the prospects of finishing a season looked slim. Fast-forward to present day, and we’re a couple days away from the return of the NBA and its playoff bracket thanks to the NBA turning the Disney World complex in Orlando, Florida into
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Roughly one year ago today, I was sitting in the outfield bleachers in Nationals Park with my brother Nate. The game was great — a interdivisional matchup between the Nats and the Braves with playoff implications, a beautiful night and, best of all for my anti-Washington sports inclinations, a Braves blowout win. Nate even caught
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