World Wide Wednesday
Jim Ross discusses his personal connection with Ric Flair’s son Reid, who died at the age of 25 this past week: I was around Reid to see him grow up to a normal kid, with a very famous father, who had...
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Deep Routes Spencer Hall takes issue with the “religious” sticker in Serena Roberts’ Auburn reporting: We live in the most religious portion of the country, a place where a lot of people who...
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Deep Routes In the Boston Herald, Gerry Callahan reflects on the Marathon bombing: Now we will stick out our chests and vow to remain strong and vigilant. We will promise to show up next year in full...
View ArticleThoughts on Clay Matthews’ Extension With The Packers
Earlier today, Clay Matthews signed a five-year contract extension worth $66 million. Already due to make $3.7 million this year, he’s signed for a total of $69.7 million through 2018. Adam Schefter...
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Deep Routes At Mashable, Kevin Ashton talks about inventing a fake Internet persona with seemingly high influence: There’s just one thing about Santiago Swallow that you won’t easily find online: I...
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Deep Routes Spencer Hall remembers Blockbuster: There is literally nothing you should miss about Blockbuster Video. Its employees were wage slaves chained to white particle board fortresses at the...
View ArticleWeek 1 NFL Picks
I had written a very depressing introduction to today’s picks premised around Roger Goodell being a bad person, but it ended up growing to almost 2,000 words. I pitched it to The Classical, their...
View ArticleWin, Win, Win No Matter What: A Badger Road Trip to Iowa City
What a fantastic weekend in Iowa City. We literally could not have asked for a single thing to go differently. These will be the good old days. There’s a lot to unpack so I’ll try to tackle it in...
View ArticleRed Meat and Cheese: A Wonderful Wisconsin Football Weekend With My Dad
The above picture shows a white brat/ribeye combo sandwich and a basket of cheese curds at State Street Brats, which were on my table with a pitcher of Spotted Cow within 15 minutes of getting off the...
View ArticleHoneymoon in Thailand and Myanmar (Part I)
Our honeymoon started out with quite the journey. We had a 13-hour flight from Chicago to Tokyo, a 7-hour flight from Tokyo to Bangkok, and what amounted to an 8-hour layover in Bangkok before a 7-hour...
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