Two characters from “Hamlet” have been invoked in Tom Brady’s deflategate scandal. Can you guess which ones?
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The Real Victims of Deflategate
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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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Tom Brady Channels Medea’s Fury
Lack of respect can lead to fury and destruction. As it was with Medea, so it was last week with Tom Brady.
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Manning vs. Brady, Hector vs. Achilles
Once again Manning and Brady square off, reminding us of Achilles and Hector.
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Manning vs. Brady, Hector vs. Achilles
Sports Saturday Tomorrow will witness the fiercest rivalry in American football—and maybe in American sports—as Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts travels to Boston to play against Tom Brady of the New England Patriots. Many are beginning to believe that football has never seen a quarterback rivalry that matches this one. Which of the two […]
