Tag Archives: Johnny Manziel

Are the Gods Out to Destroy Manziel?

By Robin Bates | Published: December 20, 2014

The epic fail in Johnny Manziel’s first NFL start invites Sophoclean analogies. Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus also comes to mind.

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Sports Autographs & Locks of Hair

By Robin Bates | Published: November 8, 2014

Fans’ obsession with autographs are like the Baron’s obsession with Belinda’s locks in “Rape of the Lock.”

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Poems on Mayweather, Manziel, Rivera

By Robin Bates | Published: September 28, 2013

“The Daily Sports Poem” blog has poems that perfectly capture a wide range of sporting events.

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Manziel: Whom the Gods Would Destroy…

By Robin Bates | Published: September 14, 2013

Johnny Manziel has “Greek tragic hero” written all over him.

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