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Beowulf and Rifts within the NFL

By Robin Bates | Published: February 3, 2010

Roger Goodell, a Beowulf or a Hrothgar?       While football joy currently reigns supreme in Miami, dark clouds loom on the horizon (to use a hackneyed metaphor).  Even as more people than ever are watching football, the owners are unhappy with the current players’ contract and want them to take an 18 percent salary cut, along […]

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Manning as Beowulf, No Joy in Mudville

By Robin Bates | Published: January 23, 2010

A quick update for today’s post: some football fans are elated this morning, some are dejected.  “There is no joy in Mudville,” the immortal line from “Casey at the Bat,” may come naturally to citizens of New York and Minnesota – an instance of poetry providing solace by naming our pain.  Here’s the passage: Oh, […]

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