This World Series could be the distraction and escape America needs
If we have learned anything over the last month of public discourse on the matters of politics and sports — and I am not sure we have learned anything, or...
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What is Atlanta United doing right that the Fire are doing so wrong?
Something amazing — and instinctive — happened after the Super Bowl this year. After the Falcons' crushing, breathtaking collapse against the Patriots despite at one point leading by 25 points,...
Cardinals fan’s October plan: Boo Cubs boo
For the first time since 2010 — back when Donald Trump was calling Barack Obama a "champion" for saving the United States from the Great Depression, back when Joe Paterno...
Cubs finally seem to have upper hand on Cardinals, but still …
The Cardinals and Cubs have been rivals for more than 100 years, but, on the whole, this has been less a "rivalry" than a "ritualistic beating." The Cubs famously haven't...
Hillary Clinton’s sisterhood of comedy
Hillary Clinton will never-never, ever-be confused with a natural performer on a debate stage, at a rally, or in front of a camera. Even in the context of politicians, she's...
Starting Friday, Cubs-Cardinals rivalry takes a profound shift
The Cubs-Cardinals rivalry, as Buzz Bissinger once put it, is about "geography and territorial rights." If you go under the notion that the percentage of Cardinals fans in Chicago is...