by Randall Balmer | Feb 9, 2023 | Opinion
America enters its high holy days this week: the run-up to Super Bowl Sunday. When thousands of spectators and millions of viewers witness the Super Bowl kickoff on Sunday, they will be participating in a ritual that has become every bit as entrenched in American life...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 16, 2022 | Opinion
Like many people, Susan and I watched the Super Bowl to see what all the excitement was about, and to judge whether the commercials were worth the price of admission. The Coinbase screensaver and the Zaxby’s guy on a buffalo wing were definitely not. The football game...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 19, 2022 | Opinion
The College Football Playoff National Championship (what a name!) has gone to the Dogs this year, which is a good thing for fans of the University of Georgia Bulldogs. As a 1973 graduate of UGA, I belong to that club. Growing up just 60 miles from the main campus in...
by Mitch Randall | Sep 6, 2018 | Opinion
Nike revealed this week that former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be one of the faces for its new “Just Do It” marketing campaign. The first installment of the campaign has a black-and-white photo of Kaepernick with these words embossed over... by Roger Olson | Feb 13, 2018 | Opinion
It’s time for a national conversation about football. The facts are irrefutable now; U.S. football causes long-term and irreversible brain damage in many players. Anyone who doesn’t know this simply hasn’t been paying attention. And in some cases,...
