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We Might Be Giants

Super Bowl XLII was supposed to be a coronation of the 18-0 New England Patriots. From the hype of the pre-game show, you'd get the impression the Patriots weren't even facing a carbon- based opponent: they were playing history. The New York Giants were given no chance. Yet after a last-ditch touchdown drive by quarterback Eli Manning, and a stunning thirty-two-yard catch by Giants receiver David Tyree--who used his helmet as a hand--we got an ending no screenwriter would have the sand to write. The Giants win is the sports equivalent of standing in front of a tank and willing it to stop

The Super Bowl: Who Stole the Soul?

Before it is anything else, before it’s even a football game, the Super Bowl is first and foremost a two week entertainment festival for the rich and shameless: a corporate Woodstock with suits and sports cars subbing for ponchos and patchouli. Less free love and drugs, more hookers and scotch.

The Firestone Strikes Back

Edge of Sports Nation – Well. my column on Super Bowl sponsor Bridgestone-Firestone’s noxious labor practices in Liberia ended up on the desk of Bridgestone-Firestone President Dan Adomitis.The LA Times printed Boss Adomitis’s response as well as my response to his response (um… that clear?)

Male Fraud: What we are Missing at Rutgers

Super Bowl Slavery

Dennis Brutus Smacks Down Hall of Fame

It's To Lynch a Tiger?!?

Butts on Parade: Clemens meets Wallace

Taking Back Sports in '08

George Mitchell's Drugs of Choice