Editor's note: as it's Indy 500 week, we're re-running this piece, originally from 2017, on MAGA propaganda present at the race track. As has been well documented, especially so on this site, the patriotism gets ramped up to jingoism and then some at the Indianapolis 500 every year. Actually take that jingoism and square it, no wait, take it to the tenth power. In other … [Read more...] about Most Memorable Merica, MAGA Shirts Seen at Indianapolis 500
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Ryan Leaf EXCLUSIVE: Former QB Opens Up About His Addiction and Recovery
Given a. it's NFL Draft night and b. the opioids epidemic that is currently gripping America, we now re-publish this piece from November 2, 2018, and our Ryan Leaf exclusive from November 29, 2018. In the first college football game I attended as a student, the visiting team scored an 80-yard touchdown pass on the very first play from scrimmage. … [Read more...] about Ryan Leaf EXCLUSIVE: Former QB Opens Up About His Addiction and Recovery
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Site is Nothing Today; and Complicated
While my grandma was still alive, she often told our family her story of passing by the St. Valentine's Day Massacre aftermath on her way to work the morning of February 14, 1929. Bessie Banks, 23 years old at the time, was on the Clark Street bus to her job at the Palmer House when the vehicle rode past the scene of the grisly crime at 2122 N. Clark St. just a couple hours … [Read more...] about St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Site is Nothing Today; and Complicated
Super Bowl XXV, in 1991, Remains the G.O.A.T.
We're exactly one week away from the 32nd anniversary of the best of all the big games every played. In the early 1990s, the Buffalo Bills went to four straight Super Bowls and lost all four, but man did they help to provide one of the best Super Bowls of all time. Like Tom Petty said, "even the losers- get lucky sometimes." … [Read more...] about Super Bowl XXV, in 1991, Remains the G.O.A.T.
In Die Hard, What Christmas Eve Bowl Game has Notre Dame vs USC?
The bowl season will soon be upon us, and with it, a lot of games that very few of us care about. The first cadre of bowl games that are just as awful as whatever bowl game hosted Notre Dame and USC in the classic Christmas film "Die Hard." The total number of bowl games has multiplied at an absurd rate these past few decades, but one truth still remains- real bowl games … [Read more...] about In Die Hard, What Christmas Eve Bowl Game has Notre Dame vs USC?
