By Adam Gilfix About three weeks ago, I put up a post on that annoying phrase so often used by the media: ātalk about.āĀ Having broken down its prevalence using metrics on the percentage of interviews and questions that...
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By Brendan Kent Just last season, Borussia Dortmund placed second in the Bundesliga. The year before that, they also placed second and reached the Champions League final. And in the two seasons before that, they won the...
By Harrison Chase For all of the 21st century, the New England Patriots have been a dominant force in the NFL. Since Coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady first joined forces in 2001, the duo has seen 12 playoff...
By Brendan Kent The Premier League has seen an influx of foreign talent in recent years. Some would argue that as a result, derby matches donāt have the passion and aggression that they used to. These detractors of modern...
By Julian Ryan This Saturday Harvard will host Yale for the 131st iteration of The Game. Each schoolās student body will descend upon the campus and at the end of the day there will be a winner, but who will win and by how...
By Austin Tymins This past week, four of the top five teams in the Associated Press College Football Poll hailed from the SEC West Division. This has led many, such as Nebraska coach Bo Pelini, to question whether ESPNās...
By Austin Tymins In the 94-year history of the National Football League over 14,000 games have been played. And in every game but two a punt has occurred (the recent Packers-Bears game in Week 4 was one of these rare...
By Daniel Silberwasser Jose Mourinho, one of the most successful soccer managers of all time, onceĀ asked: āHow many countries can you think of where a corner kick is treated with theĀ same applause as a goal?ā The self...
By Ari Rubin One of the key points of contention in NFLās collective-bargaining has been the issue of an extended, 18-game season. While owners would like to see the increased revenue of two extra weeks, players worry about the...
By Daniel Adler This summer, I spent a week in mid-July in East Texas teaching SAT math at a football/life skills/SAT camp founded by Detroit Lions Assistant Secondary Coach (and Harvard Law+Kennedy school alum), Daron Roberts...