Belichick and Saban resemble Jean Cocteau’s “Infernal Machine” and Flannery O’Connor’s Misfit.
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Belichick and Saban: Infernal Machines
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Ravens Say “Nevermore” to Opponents
The Baltimore Ravens may be the only professional team named after a poem. The words fit the team.
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If They Lose, Irish Can Turn to Poetry
Even if they lose the national championship game, the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame have Ireland’s poetic legacy to fall back on.
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Roll On, Thou Alabama Crimson Tide, Roll
Byron’s “deep and dark blue ocean” rolls on and so does the Alabama Crimson Tide.
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NFL Rookie QBs and Mac the Knife
RGIII, Russell Wilson, and Andrew Luck are escape artists in the mode of Mac the Knife.
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Peyton Manning and the Maltese Falcon
“The Maltese Falcon” captures the existential absurdity of Peyton Manning in a Broncos’ uniform.
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Be of Stout Heart, Gridiron Greats
Notre Dame’s return to football prominence brings to mind ther great programs from the past.
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Packers Screwed in Update of “The Jungle”
The locked-out NFL refs bring to mind the exploited workers in Upton Sinclair’s “Jungle.”
Joe Paterno, a Modern Day Oedipus
The lessons of the Sophocles play “Oedipus” can be applied to disgraced Penn State coach Joe Paterno.
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