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Week 16 Newsletter: For the Soul
Well… this is unexpected. No, I’m not talking about the fact that we saw nearly every higher seed eliminated in the quarter-finals, though that was pretty crazy. I’m actually referring to this newsletter as a whole, the fact that it exists. This is the first set of newsletters I’ve done in back-to-back weeks in nearly two years, after I decided to go…
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Week 15 Newsletter: Ready to Rumble
RIP Andre Braugher, one of the most underrated actors of our time. Braugher, who suddenly passed away days ago at 61, made his bones as a Shakespearean actor while scoring notable roles in movies like Glory and shows like Homicide: Life on the Street. But it took until his role as Captain Raymond Holt in Brooklyn Nine-Nine that he achieved…
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Week 11 Newsletter: The Power of Sports Compels You
On October 28, 2018, I sat in the upper deck of Dodger Stadium, nervously anticipating the game I had come to see. I was more anxious than I had ever been for a sporting event, and for good reason. My beloved Boston Red Sox had a chance to win the World Series and thus give me the ultimate sports fan experience —…
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Week 8 Newsletter: Light the Beam
Tomorrow is going to be fucking crazy. Sacramento Republic FC will continue its pursuit of a second USL Championship crown, when it hosts San Antonio FC in the Western Conference semi-finals. The Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks will face off in Game 1 of the most unlikely World Series matchup of all-time (and one of the…
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Week 5 Newsletter: Swift Pun-ishment
We’ll get to the football and funny business in a minute. But first… Nothing about Tim Wakefield’s career should have worked, yet it did beautifully. Born in Melbourne, FL in 1996, Wakefield rose up the baseball ranks as a power-hitting first baseman at Florida Tech, where he set the single-season and career home run records…
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Week 1 Newsletter: Feeling Blue
Football is back, motherfuckers! The final sign of the NFL’s return is here at last — the first newsletter of the season has been released. With both real and fantasy football being played today, anticipation is high for pretty much everyone whose real team doesn’t have a star player calling out the head coach and…
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