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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 http:…
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Karissa MortonMay 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…
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Nate LoganMar 15
All the Clichés Involving the Word “Chip”

All the Clichés Involving the Word “Chip”

A CHIP OFF YOUR SHOULDER
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kimberly ann southwickJan 24

2016 Presidential Candidates as Pro Athletes

Recently, it occurred to me that a certain political candidate and a certain professional athlete have quite a bit in common with where…
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Ryan TimmermanDec 16, 2015

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…
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Elliot ImesDec 14, 2015
Dispatches from the Pistons Team Pass

Dispatches from the Pistons Team Pass

I was camped out on my couch a few weeks ago, about to watch the Panthers/Packers game, when I thought to myself, I should be a Panthers…
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Justin BrouckaertNov 19, 2015

Daily Fantasy Sports: Are We at the Beginning, or End?

We’re trending towards an awkward place with fantasy sports sites getting in bed with sports organizations, and fantasy sports…
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Ryan TimmermanNov 18, 2015

Expanding the Conversation

If you’re receiving this letter, you’re a subscriber to On Sports. First, thanks so much for following along with us. We appreciate you …
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Justin CarterNov 16, 2015
Dispatches from the Pistons Team Pass

Dispatches from the Pistons Team Pass

The last time I watched the Detroit Pistons, they were getting swept out of the first round of the 2009 playoffs by LeBron’s Cleveland…
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Justin BrouckaertNov 13, 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…
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Elliot ImesNov 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 Houston…
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Justin CarterOct 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…
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Justin CarterOct 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…
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Justin CarterOct 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…
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Nate LoganOct 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…
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Justin CarterSep 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…
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Justin CarterSep 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…
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Elliot ImesSep 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! ❤
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Karissa MortonSep 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…
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Justin CarterSep 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…
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Brian Lee KlueterSep 13, 2015

[NFL PREVIEW] Green Bay Packers: Great Football and Bad Facial Hair

Awww, yeah. It’s that time in Wisconsin again. That time when the fine people of “America’s Dairyland” get Packers football to go along…
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Ryan TimmermanSep 13, 2015

[NFL PREVIEW] Washington: Dysfunction is a Function

What a dark, twisted, beautiful trainwreck the Washington Football Team is about to embark on. Washington had the most controversial…
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Ryan TimmermanSep 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)…
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Ryan J. RaderSep 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…
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David MurphySep 11, 2015

The 2015 Cleveland Browns; Or, We Hardly Knew You, Brian Hoyer

Writing a Cleveland Browns season preview is like writing an obituary before the deceased is pronounced dead on the scene — all wounds self…
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Eric MorrisSep 10, 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…
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kimberly ann southwickSep 6, 2015
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