Caro LouiseFebruary; or, I complain about thingsFebruary is the wasteland of my sports calendar: no baseball; no football; no F1.Feb 13, 2017Feb 13, 2017
Caro LouiseNo, I didn’t become a baseball fan because I thought Derek Jeter was pretty.I get the sense sometimes that I’m not supposed to know so much about baseball. Or football, professional or college. Or F1. Or cars in…Jan 12, 2017Jan 12, 2017
Caro LouiseFootball is Art. Brutal, brutal art.I keep thinking about and rereading Ricardo Lockette’s Players’ Tribune article, “‘Am I about to die?’”. He took a hit in a game against…Jan 10, 2017Jan 10, 2017
Caro LouiseFuneral Games; or, American Football in Ancient Rome, part iAs a classicist, it is my sworn duty to see parallels to shit that happened 2000 years ago everywhere. Seriously, there’s a blood oath and…Jan 5, 2017Jan 5, 2017