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__________ On Sports
Casual & not-casual sports talk from some poets & some non-poets.
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Who Are We & What Are We Doing Here?
Who Are We & What Are We Doing Here?
____ On Sports is a publication dedicated to critical & creative perspectives on all manifestations of sport. (A continuation of…
Karissa Morton
May 29, 2015
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MLB 2016 Season Preview (American League Central-Centric Edition)
MLB 2016 Season Preview (American League Central-Centric Edition)
Another baseball season is upon us. Some early stories of this season (which do not involve the American League Central) include Mets star…
Nate Logan
Mar 15, 2016
All the Clichés Involving the Word “Chip”
All the Clichés Involving the Word “Chip”
A CHIP OFF YOUR SHOULDER
kimberly ann southwick
Jan 24, 2016
Go Your Own Way
My original goal this year was to write about the Dallas Cowboys every week, documenting their sure-to-be exciting season amidst the…
Elliot Imes
Dec 14, 2015
Baby Blue
Black metal/shoegaze band Deafheaven put out an excellent record last month called New Bermuda. Its main theme has to do with believing…
Elliot Imes
Nov 5, 2015
Responsible Citizenship & Fandom [The Tuesday: Week Six]
This week, I found out that Houston Texans owner Bob McNair donated 10k to a group that’s trying to get the HERO bill voted down in…
Justin Carter
Oct 20, 2015
Greg Hardy is Back in the NFL [The Tuesday: Week Five]
My initial plan was to watch football all day on Sunday & watch the Monday night game & then, when the afternoon games started & Greg Hardy…
Justin Carter
Oct 13, 2015
The Tuesday: Week Four
This week’s edition of The Tuesday is going to be balanced a little different than last week’s. Due to some shitty circumstances (fiancee’s…
Justin Carter
Oct 6, 2015
MLB 2015 Postseason Preview or I Was Cheering for the Twins, Now What?
MLB 2015 Postseason Preview or I Was Cheering for the Twins, Now What?
Another baseball season has passed and despite the late season surge, the Minnesota Twins were eliminated from postseason contention, just…
Nate Logan
Oct 5, 2015
The Tuesday: Week Three
With Greg Hardy’s impending return meaning I’m a couple of weeks away from a twenty paragraph anger-filled discussion of how the NFL needs…
Justin Carter
Sep 29, 2015
The Tuesday: Week Two
The Tuesday: Week Two
Welcome to Week Two of the Tuesday. Thanks to the more than three of you who read last week! Let’s just jump right into me criticizing big…
Justin Carter
Sep 22, 2015
Stop Making Sense
NFL games are fake. They’re not the real world because they’re not normal. People don’t usually solve their problems by running full speed…
Elliot Imes
Sep 16, 2015
Week 1 Tweetcap: Pacman Jones, Jameis Winston, The Second-Half Lions, & Other Disasters
Week 1 Tweetcap: Pacman Jones, Jameis Winston, The Second-Half Lions, & Other Disasters
Welcome to Week 1 of Tweetcap! ❤
Karissa Morton
Sep 16, 2015
The Tuesday: Week One
The Tuesday: Week One
Welcome to Week One of The Tuesday, a weekly column where I talk about the NFL (& maybe other things). Thanks to the three people who read…
Justin Carter
Sep 15, 2015
[NFL Preview] Minnesota Vikings: There’s Always This Season
Minnesota Vikings fans have great memories for heartbreaking events, especially in NFC championship games: Gary Anderson’s missed kick in…
Brian Lee Klueter
Sep 13, 2015
Lowered Expetations: The 2015 Oakland Raiders
It’s around this time every year my father and I have what tends be a longer than average phone conversation (fifteen or twenty minutes)…
Ryan J. Rader
Sep 12, 2015
Hop Aboard The Bengals’ Bandwagon!
Growing up in Iowa, you pick your team in one of three ways: familial ties, regional ties or bandwagon jumping. For the most part, Iowans…
David Murphy
Sep 11, 2015
[NFL Preview] The 2015 Philadelphia Eagles Brush Their Shoulders Off, Look Us Straight in the Eye…
Philadelphia made its final roster cuts yesterday, the NFL season starts Thursday, Sunday is the New Moon, and the Eagles play the Falcons…
kimberly ann southwick
Sep 6, 2015
[NFL Preview] I Like the Life I Live, Cuz I Went From Negative to Positive: Previewing the 2015…
What happened last year?
Elliot Imes
Sep 4, 2015
[NFL Preview] The Unbearable Lightness of Zero Super Bowl Rings: Detroit Lions Season Preview
[NFL Preview] The Unbearable Lightness of Zero Super Bowl Rings: Detroit Lions Season Preview
Here we are, back in September — time to revel in the infinite sadness that is being a Detroit Lions fan. Right now, it’s all up in the…
Karissa Morton
Sep 3, 2015
[NFL Preview] The 2015 Indianapolis Colts and the Perception of Reality
[NFL Preview] The 2015 Indianapolis Colts and the Perception of Reality
The Indianapolis Colts have been a team that has never had much of an identity: sure, for a long time they were Peyton’s team — an…
Brian Oliu
Sep 1, 2015
[NFL Preview] It’s Hoyer Time In Houston
[NFL Preview] It’s Hoyer Time In Houston
A couple of years ago, I was sitting at a bar in Bowling Green, Ohio, watching the Browns play someone — seems like it was a Thursday night…
Justin Carter
Aug 31, 2015
[NFL Preview] The New England Patriots This Season (or “Whatever Whatever Tom Brady Is Pretty”)
[NFL Preview] The New England Patriots This Season (or “Whatever Whatever Tom Brady Is Pretty”)
Because any 2015–16 season preview must acknowledge it — even though it doesn’t matter — I will say this word exactly one time…
Doug Paul Case
Aug 28, 2015
[NFL Preview] The Chicago Bears This Season (or “Audible Sigh”)
[NFL Preview] The Chicago Bears This Season (or “Audible Sigh”)
And here we go again…
Matt Rowan
Aug 25, 2015
[OT] Chip Guy: Do Us A Flavor
[OT] Chip Guy: Do Us A Flavor
Occasionally, we’ll have posts on here that are not actually about sports, because our motto at ____ On Sports is “if Deadspin can do it…
Justin Carter
Aug 13, 2015
The 2nd Annual Third String QB Rankings
It’s time, I think — before the preseason starts & we have to pretend to have serious feelings & thoughts about football & we only think…
Justin Carter
Aug 10, 2015
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