Tag Archives: NFL

Mourning the Colts’ Loss

By Robin Bates | Published: January 14, 2014

The Indianapolis Colts’ playoff loss brings to mind a childhood poem, “Noonday Sun,” about losing a colt. Peyton Manning can also be regarded as a lost colt.

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Mowgli Upsets Cincinnati Bengals

By Robin Bates | Published: January 7, 2014

The Cincinnati Bengals losing to San Diego is like Shere Khan losing to Mowgli.

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Eagles Prepare a Thunderbolt

By Robin Bates | Published: January 4, 2014

The Philadelphia Eagles bring to mind Tennyson’s eagle, falling like a thunderbolt.

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The Return of King Peyton

By Robin Bates | Published: December 28, 2013

The excitement over Peyton Manning is like that of the townspeople for Thorin Oakenshield in “The Hobbit.”

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Reflecting upon Football’s Carnage

By Robin Bates | Published: December 21, 2013

What may be the greatest poem about American football focuses on its violence.

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Is Emma RGIII or Richie Incognito?

By Robin Bates | Published: November 30, 2013

Some of the dramas in Jane Austen can also be found in the NFL.

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Manning vs. Brady, Hector vs. Achilles

By Robin Bates | Published: November 23, 2013

Once again Manning and Brady square off, reminding us of Achilles and Hector.

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Miami Locker Room, Lord of the Flies

By Robin Bates | Published: November 16, 2013

Richie Incognito may have played Jack in “Lord of the Flies” to Jonathan Martin’s Piggy.

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Hope Springs Eternal in the NFL Draft

By Robin Bates | Published: April 27, 2013

The NFL draft perfectly exemplifies Alexander Pope’s passage about hope.

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