All but playing on one leg, Patrick Mahomes led the Chiefs to a second Super Bowl victory. Think of him as Long John Silver.
Tag Archives: Super Bowl
Super Bowl: One Leg, Still Deadly
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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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A Poem Overshadows Super Bowl
Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration and Super Bowl Poems are bringing back occasional poetry.
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Keeping the Super Bowl in Perspective
Tom Robbins’s “Skinny Legs and All” has a wonderful reflection on the importance of the Super Bowl in American life.
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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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Peyton: Old Age Hath Yet His Honor
Two narratives clash on Super Bowl Sunday: the return of the king vs. the aging king that must be overthrown. Is Peyton Manning Odysseus and the Panthers the suitors? Or is he the dragon who must yield to the next generation?
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The Super Bowl, Comic & Tragic Versions
The Patriots miraculously escaped a hanging, the Seahawks did not. It’s the difference between Gay’s “Beggars Opera” and Bierce’s “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”
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