Tag: Football
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Week 7 Newsletter: The Power of Self-Respect
Twitter is the weirdest social media platform. It’s the least complicated and is generally where a lot of shit starts. The whole “trending” topics thing is particularly interesting, because you honestly never know what will be trending on any given day. Sometimes it’s one of those little one-day challenges or questions only meant to be popular…
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Week 6 Newsletter: Fuck the lakers
Sometimes, ideas for newsletter themes fall right into my lap (Fall Guys, Super Mario, Atlanta). A whole lot of other times, I have to do some work to think of a good idea, or even a serviceable one. Next week’s theme is an example of this. Last year’s ChalkZone theme for Week 15 might be the biggest stretch for a theme…
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Week 5 Newsletter: Lightning Strikes Twice
We have (mostly) made it through a quarter of the NFL regular season. Unfortunately, there may not be much more of the season left. The NFL’s coronavirus situation is getting worse. The chief offenders are the Tennessee Titans, who have seen nearly two dozen players and staff test positive for COVID-19. But the bigger news breaking…
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Week 4 Newsletter: Quarantine & Chill
The devil went down to Georgia (fuck, that should’ve been last week’s theme music) and came back without getting burned. That’s right boys, I somehow survived an entire trip in one of the country’s biggest coronavirus hot spots without catching the damn illness! Now I can look back on my mini vacation without regret. Well,…
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Week 3 Newsletter: Just Peachy
Greetings from Georgia! Yeah, that’s the view from my hotel room. The reason this was sent so early is that I didn’t want to wait until 1 p.m. here in Atlanta for it to be my usual sending time of around 10 a.m. back home. Jet lag is only kicking in a little bit and…
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Week 2 Newsletter: Jump Up, Super Stars
Damn, I missed Sundays. Sure, they happen literally every week. But this past Sunday was a different Sunday, especially during the pandemic. This past Sunday was something truly special, something we’ve been looking forward to for a long time. Anyone familiar with me and these newsletters knows this is about the time I throw in…
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Week 1 Newsletter: It’s Fall, Guys
Football is back! Surprised? So am I! Even though the NFL is set to be the least-changed aspect of our daily lives, it’s everything else that’s made the fact that the season is here appear weird. Of course, the NFL is going full steam ahead with its “pretend like nothing’s wrong” plan for this season.…
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Pandemic Newsletter 5/Systemic Racism Protests Newsletter 2: Pessimistically Optimistic
Remember what I said about things getting better? I really need to stop making predictions. Because we were too eager to get back to normal and our government didn’t do enough to help out people and businesses who are struggling with closures, we reopened way too soon. Now we’re seeing more cases than ever before,…
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Pandemic Newsletter 4/Systemic Racism Protests Newsletter 1, Part 1: 2020% Insanity
Remember last month when I said there might not be enough content (specifically NFL-related topics) to discuss in the next newsletter? Yeah… we’ve got a lot to talk about. (cue theme music) THIS IS A CALL You know, I wondered what story could possibly overtake the pandemic as the undisputed top story around the world.…
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Pandemic Newsletter 3, Part 1: Of Masks and Men
For the first time since the pandemic began, things are actually getting better. So naturally, we’re gonna fuck it up. Right now, we’re passed the peak and traversing the flattened curve. All of the staying at home stuff worked, but it would be smart to keep at it for a little while longer to make sure the coronavirus…
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