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Jayden Daniels has given Washington plenty of reasons to believe in his talent. His body keeps giving the Commanders reasons not to bet their future on him. iPINIONS argues that the echoes of RGIII are becoming impossible to ignore. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/jayden-daniels-is-not-built-for-football Read more.
To woo female fans, the NFL is turning training camps into showcases for players and their WAGs. But iPINIONS warns that, as hockey learned with the glowing puck, repackaging a sport for new audiences can risk turning off the fans already watching. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/nfl-turns-training-camp-into-love Read more.
International sports may be thriving, but can they still deliver the unity global diplomacy keeps failing to achieve? From Trump’s World Cup meddling to Putin’s Olympic exile, iPINIONS explores how sports remain the world’s last honest broker — even as everything else burns. Read it now on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/the-last-diplomat-standing-can-sports Read more.
Make women barefoot and pregnant again The kicker on a football team is like the coxswain on a rowing team — they play a key role. But if you ranked 25 NFL positions by importance, the kicker would be no higher than 22. In other words, they’re among the most expendable players. Indeed, teams famously show little patience if a kicker lets… Read more.
Let’s face it: this whole NFL season was more about the relationship between Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift than the games themselves. So it’s hardly surprising that this Super Bowl was too – from tracking Taylor’s flight from Japan to make it to Travis trying so hard to impress her that he lost it. Chiefs defeat 49ers in overtime Patrick… Read more.
9 Black NFL coaches? Oh, hell no! Last month, the New England Patriots replaced legendary head coach Bill Belichick with his Black assistant, Jerod Mayo. But most football analysts marked the occasion more by speculation about which team would snag Belichick than by hailing the Patriots for hiring their first Black head coach. That’s why everyone was… Read more.
Conference Championship matchups I maintain that Conference Championships Sunday is the most exciting day of the NFL season. The stakes, intensity, rivalries, and suspense often render the Super Bowl anticlimactic. This year’s AFC Championship game showcases a clash between the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens, while the NFC Championship pits the Detroit Lions against the San Francisco 49ers. My… Read more.
Belichick retires It was the worst-kept secret in sports. But legendary coach Bill Belichick made it official on Thursday. He announced that he is retiring from the New England Patriots after 24 seasons and six Super Bowl titles. The NFL did not miss a beat last year when Tom Brady retired, proving that no player is bigger than the sport. But… Read more.
Fans boo Swift Remarkably, the biggest story in the NFL this season has nothing to do with the game. Instead, it has everything to do with the budding relationship between pop star Taylor Swift and tight end Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs. Every game Swift attends becomes more about her than the game. This holds even when fans… Read more.
Nobody outside knows what goes on inside a marriage. But, like most people these days, Tom and Gisele shared much of what was going on inside theirs on social media. Tom and Gisele Divorcing That’s why their announced divorce settlement today surprised no one. Never mind the folly inherent in their horses-already-left-the-barn request for privacy. The only wonder… Read more.
