A “Wide Receiver” poem by Mark Halliday to honor the Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs.
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A Poem Honoring Wide Receivers
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The Team Named After a Poem
The Baltimore Ravens, headed for the AFC championship game, are the only team named after a poem. In some ways, the poem fits them.
Super Bowl: One Leg, Still Deadly
All but playing on one leg, Patrick Mahomes led the Chiefs to a second Super Bowl victory. Think of him as Long John Silver.
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Chaucer’s Miller & the Los Angeles Rams
The LA Rams won the Super Bowl, bringing Chaucer’s Miller to mind.
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Rogers, Covid, and Atlas Shrugged
Quarterback Rogers’s favorite book, “Atlas Shrugged,” helps explain his Covid resistance.
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The Fearsome Georgia Bulldogs
To honor the world champion Georgia Bulldogs, I compare them to the bulldog (actually, bull terrier) in “Oliver Twist.”
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The L. A. Rams and Chaucer’s Miller
Tuesday I’m experiencing déjà vu after seeing the Los Angeles Rams in the playoffs. When I was a teenager and just becoming interested in football, my beloved Minnesota Vikings were always encountering the Los Angeles Rams in playoff games. Then the Rams became the St. Louis Rams, but now they’re the Los Angeles Rams again, […]
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Eagles’ Win Was Like a Thunderbolt
A Tennyson poem to toast the Super Bowl champs.
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