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Lane Kiffin Didn't Break College Football. He Just Stopped Pretending (2008)

This is Throwbacks, a newsletter by me, Michael Weinreb, about sports, history, culture, and politics—and how they all bleed together.

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The Triumph of the Uncluttered Mind: Clint Longley and Thanksgiving, 1974

This is Throwbacks, a newsletter by me, Michael Weinreb, about sports, history, culture, and politics—and how they all bleed together.

Nov 26 •

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The Alright Guys: Todd Snider, Ken Griffey Jr., Ethan Hawke, and the Gen X Ethic

In 1994, refusing to sell out was a virtue. Thirty years later, we're still figuring out what we lost.

Nov 21 •

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Pat Summerall, Joe Buck, and the Lost Art of Shutting Up (1979)

This is Throwbacks, a newsletter by me, Michael Weinreb, about sports, history, culture, and politics—and how they all bleed together.

Nov 19 •

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Victor Wembanyama Doesn't Make Sense (1985)

On watching an evolutionary leap in real time...and hoping it lasts.

Nov 14 •

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"You dust yourself off and you go again" (1964)

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Pat Summerall, Joe Buck, and the Lost Art of Shutting Up (1979)

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Why Won't The NFL Enforce Its Own Rule? (1992)

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Wade Boggs on a Horse (1996)

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