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The Jerk Store Called. They've Got Your New Coach.
In an age of jerkdom, do we want our coaches to be insufferable?
Oct 17
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Michael Weinreb
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Replay Review, AI, and the Truth Itself
What does "beyond all doubt" really mean anymore?
Oct 15
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Michael Weinreb
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The Last Newspaper Columnist
Ron Bracken, 1943-2025.
Oct 10
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Michael Weinreb
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"Let's Trade Managers" (1960)
How purely transactional do we want sports to be?
Oct 8
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Michael Weinreb
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All Baseball Is Local, Until It's Not
Why does baseball shut out its most treasured voices in the playoffs?
Oct 3
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Michael Weinreb
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The Five: Run, Paul, Run?
Paul Finebaum as a voice of reason in politics? Maybe so.
Oct 1
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Michael Weinreb
10
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September 2025
The Big Game (2004)
...and why we need them now as much as we ever have.
Sep 26
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Michael Weinreb
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The Week's Top Five: Can't Knock the Hustle?
Plus: Tom Brady, the Tush Push, and other assorted acts of dubious morality.
Sep 24
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Michael Weinreb
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Robert Redford (1936-2025)
The quietly rebellious life of an American icon.
Sep 19
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Michael Weinreb
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The Week's Top Five: Redford, Daniel Jones, and the Fall of Dabo
Plus, a 300-pound punter who plays the cello.
Sep 17
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Michael Weinreb
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Rosey Grier, RFK, and What Happens Next (1968)
America at a crossroads, again.
Sep 12
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Michael Weinreb
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The Week's Top Five: The All-Quarterback Edition
The golden age of the quarterback is here, from Josh Allen to Lamar Jackson to John Mateer, and man, is it beautiful.
Sep 10
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Michael Weinreb
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