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Black-and-white still of a leading corgi looking back at two trailing corgis on the football field.
Culture & Absurdity

He Wanted Them to Know He Knew.

Marnie Kells · · Week 4

Winning the corgi race was insufficient. He needed witnesses.

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Jameis Winston smiling while speaking to reporters at a New York Giants press conference
Fame & Personality

The Jameis Winston Turing Test

Hollis Crane · · Week 3

After a decade of motivational philosophy, recursive metaphors and sentences that sound important without technically containing information, Jameis Winston has become an unexpectedly interesting case study in intelligence.

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NFL fans on Regent Street in London during an international fan rally
Money & Power

When Your Favorite Team Became an Asset Class

Dashiell Pike · · Week 2

Sports spent a century as an exception to economic pragmatism. The mean is reverting.

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Dallas Turner and a second Minnesota Vikings defender sack Indianapolis Colts quarterback Daniel Jones on October 25, 2026.
Football & Tactics

On the Saturation Bombing of Daniel Jones (née Dimes)

Maude Gannon · · Week 8

How Brian Flores declined all pleas for a ceasefire and continued carpet-blitzing the shit out of the Colts.

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Detroit Lions celebrate together after an offside penalty against the Green Bay Packers.
Culture & Absurdity

A Study in Movement: The Detroit School, 2026

Marnie Kells · · Week 8

On the spontaneous birth of an artistic movement, and the evolution of human expression.

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Jay-Z at the Shawn Carter Foundation Carnival in 2011.
Fame & Personality

Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself

Conrad Sorrell · · Week 7

Finding someone equal to the occasion is easier when you consider yourself the occasion.

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Josh Allen speaks with Tracy Wolfson during a postgame interview.
Culture & Absurdity

The Delicate Etiquette of a Sporting Pat

Marnie Kells · · Week 7

Encouragement from an era with fewer follow-up questions.

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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts prepares to throw in the rain.
Money & Power

The Medical Clearance Industrial Complex

Conrad Sorrell · · Week 7

Thirty-six hours without sleep. A blood clot. And somehow, a starting quarterback.

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Cincinnati defensive lineman Josh Hough transported by a medical cart at West Virginia.
Culture & Absurdity

West Virginia's Medical Assistance Raises Some Questions

Hollis Crane · · Week 7

Cincinnati's Medical Emergency Acquired a Second Medical Emergency

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Blake Grupe kicking for the New Orleans Saints.
Culture & Absurdity

The Rams Have Lost 89 Pounds at Kicker

Hollis Crane · · Week 6

Los Angeles has replaced the NFL's heaviest kicker with its lightest. A remarkable change in personnel, and an even more remarkable change in the amount of personnel.

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Mike Evans checks Trevon Diggs’s nameplate during the 49ers–Seahawks game on October 11, 2026.
Fame & Personality

And You Are?

Sabine March · · Week 6

Ten great moments in the sporting art of withholding recognition.

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Giants defenders celebrate as Washington tight end Ben Sinnott looks on after the 27–27 tie on October 11, 2026.
Football & Tactics

The NFC East Declines to Name a Winner

Maude Gannon · · Week 5

The Giants and Commanders spent the afternoon reducing the requirements for victory. Neither could meet the final version.

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