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Is This What We Wanted Football To Be? (2012)
The NFL is better than ever—sharper, more efficient, more competitive. So why does it feel like we've hit a plateau?
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Michael Weinreb
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The Baseball Hall of Fame Has Officially Become the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Two rejections. Same impulse. A museum that can no longer handle the truth.
Dec 12
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Michael Weinreb
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Justin Herbert Doesn't Want To Perform
On refusing to sell every moment at the position that demands you sell everything.
Dec 10
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Michael Weinreb
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"Congratulations on Saying The Biggest Number"
Plus, a new podcast to check out.
Dec 5
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Michael Weinreb
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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.
Dec 3
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Michael Weinreb
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November 2025
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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Michael Weinreb
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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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Michael Weinreb
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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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Michael Weinreb
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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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Michael Weinreb
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Victor Conte and the Triumph of Shamelessness (2000)
How the BALCO founder pioneered the logic of our cynical age.
Nov 12
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Michael Weinreb
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Gus Johnson, Fox Sports, and the Exhaustion of Bro Culture
Is the era of screaming gimmickry finally subsiding?
Nov 7
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Michael Weinreb
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When Did Quarterbacks Become Too Perfect? (1987)
How the NFL systematized brilliance--and what it means for the rest of us.
Nov 5
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Michael Weinreb
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