The NCAA’s Super Sweet 16

As you are almost certainly aware, the NCAA men’s basketball tournament’s Sweet 16 begins today. You may also be familiar with “My Super Sweet 16,” a program that ran on MTV from 2005 to 2008, and depicted the wild, over-the-top birthday parties of children with preposterously wealthy parents. But what would happen if those two

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Dan Johnson, Impossible Hero: Past, Present, and Future

Last week, the Tampa Bay Rays announced they were signing 36-year-old former first baseman Dan Johnson and bringing him to camp as a knuckleball pitcher. Under normal circumstances, this wouldn’t be cause for much more than an “oh, okay” from the fans. 36-year-old position players aren’t necessarily known for the ability to suddenly reinvent themselves as pitchers—not even

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Actually, Banning Facial Hair Is a Good Idea

Controversy reigned over the weekend, when the Miami Marlins announced that new manager Don Mattingly would institute a ban on facial hair. The reaction across the Internet was negative, but it was actually a very good idea for the Marlins to enact this prohibition. Will it help the team play better in any way? Will

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Dear Stoolies

This is not written to the general public. This is not written in order to expose the disgusting, festering underbelly of sports fandom that one finds in places like Barstool Sports. If you want to read about what’s going on there, read Nicolas Stellini’s piece, read what Jen Mac Ramos had to say, or read

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