Tag Archives: NFL

The Miraculous Ride of Tom Brady

By Robin Bates | Published: January 30, 2015

If they win the Super Bowl, Brady and Belichick will become as legendary in the sports world as that patriot of old, Paul Revere.

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.

By Robin Bates | Published: December 13, 2014

In this surrealistic poem about football, a quarterback holds on to the ball too long but does so for understandable reasons.

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By Robin Bates | Published: December 6, 2014

Ogden Nash’s celebration of football also points to its violence.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 29, 2014

Coach Bill Belichick resembles the nefarious plotters in such works as “Portrait of a Lady” and “Liaisons Dangereuses.”

By Robin Bates | Published: November 22, 2014

Upton Sinclair uses a football analogy as he makes a case for workers needing workplace protections.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 25, 2014

Peyton Manning is like Edgar Allan Poe’s detective Dupin, who uses his keen mind to triumph over devious opponents.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 11, 2014

Lack of respect can lead to fury and destruction. As it was with Medea, so it was last week with Tom Brady.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 27, 2014

Howard Nemerov’s 1975 ambivalence about televised football anticipates our own mixed feelings today.