Michael Vick’s Fifteen Months of Fame
I posted a couple of weeks ago on issues of masculinity in college football. Today’s post offers a follow-up to the previous one, this time looking at pro football and issues of masculinity. Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink, Tipping Point, andOutliers, has a great article in the New Yorker this month (thanks, Lane). I won’t do an extensive commentary […]
College Football as a Microcosm
I love college football. The energy and enthusiasm that these young players bring to the field is, for me, highly preferred to that of their professional counterparts. Something about knowing that they’re just in it because they want to be, independent of endorsements and before it becomes a true “job,” makes Saturdays much more enjoyable […]
