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March 2022

Letting Go of Sports Trauma Likely Makes Room for More Sports Trauma
Sorry we missed last week, we were not in jail or anything
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Don't Worry, There's Always Ira Glass
Contrary to popular belief and long lines of ex-spouses looking for certain members of this office – his name is Karl, he’s in the IT department, and…
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Patrick McNerthney
Beware of Physics and Esprit de Corps
The original conversation went something like this: Lieutenant: “He said he never makes mistakes, they’re just misunderstandings.” Chief: “What were you…
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Patrick McNerthney
Don Johnson May Be the Key to Bringing Jai Alai Back to Life
The opening sequence to the ‘80s narcotics interdiction/buddy crime-noir drama Miami Vice featured some incredible guitar riffs, sweet bongo drum…
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Patrick McNerthney

February 2022

Nicknames Ensure Sports Greatness or at Least That Somebody Sort of Likes You
A recent internal poll revealed nine of the 37 members of our executive leadership team excelled in athletics at either the collegiate or professional…
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We Lost a Bet and Had to Write Something “Fairytale-Like” So Here You Go Steve, We Hope You're Happy
“I’m not going behind that hill,” said Princess Olgreth. It was actually a beautiful hill, covered in wildflowers. Well, except for the menacing…
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Boost Your Status In Society with the Right Super Bowl Foodstuffs
A rare, extra post because this won't make sense next week, which means we have to come up with something else..any suggestions are fine, encouraged…
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Patrick McNerthney
History Is Confusing, and None More So Than Super Bowl History
The two weeks between the conference championship games and Superbowl LVI are not stressful like the two weeks prior to the federal individual tax…
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Try Something New, But Maybe Not Icy Hot
Given the general assumption by those with athletic-minded persuasions that their excellence within a given sport is automatically transferable to…
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January 2022

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