I guess the rest of the world does it too, but America’s recency bias is particularly impressive. So now, after only six years as a starter in… Read more “MAHOMES V. BRADY”
Tag: Tom Brady
ON THE TOM BRADY RETIREMENT
I have a brother blog to Wandering In a Running World called Specks In A Jaundiced Eye. In it, I take on the non-running topics that pique… Read more “ON THE TOM BRADY RETIREMENT”
HAS THERE EVER BEEN ANOTHER G.O.A.T. LIKE TOM BRADY?
Super Bowl LIII is this weekend in Atlanta and we’re having a party as we do whenever the New England Patriots enter the fray. Of course, the… Read more “HAS THERE EVER BEEN ANOTHER G.O.A.T. LIKE TOM BRADY?”
LEAD PACK: FINDING THE CATBIRD SEAT
Do top marathoners ever watch tape on their opponents? You know, like American football teams do, studying film from one game to prep for the next? They… Read more “LEAD PACK: FINDING THE CATBIRD SEAT”
EXERCISE SHMEXERCISE
We in the running world contain variants of every political persuasion, making the sport the true Big Tent, an open flap for everyone. One reason the sport… Read more “EXERCISE SHMEXERCISE”
TWIXT THE SPIRIT AND LETTER
As an athlete Alberto Salazar was willing to delve more deeply into the dark raging corridors within than any athlete I ever encountered. That do-or-die spirit is… Read more “TWIXT THE SPIRIT AND LETTER”
BRADY AND PATRIOTS TRANSCENDANT
The Boston Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy – author of The Curse of the Bambino, no less, a book about the Boston Red… Read more “BRADY AND PATRIOTS TRANSCENDANT”
2016 INTO 2017
OK, we closed the books on the 2016 campaign, which was a bit of a momentous year both in the sport and around the wider world. Now… Read more “2016 INTO 2017”
THE NEW AGE OF GUILT
Are we surprised Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and Dr. Ben Carson are leading in the U.S. presidential polls? Are we shocked Pope Francis seems bent on radically… Read more “THE NEW AGE OF GUILT”
DEFLATED IN COURT?
Though the Symmonds Matter has managed to leak into the public sphere, let there be no doubt as to which sport’s legal case the population is riveted. … Read more “DEFLATED IN COURT?”
WANDERING IN A RUNNING WORLD 