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Click here for reuse options! How the culture of pro-football prepared us for a Trump presidency. The Super Bowl is superfluous this year. Who needs a reality show about violence, domination, and sexism, not to mention brain damage, now that we have...

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Print this entry “The Coach” “Dr. Football” The Boys Like Tom Brady’s Revenge By The Coach and Dr. Football LAS VEGAS, Nev. — When the all-morning-afternoon Super Bowl LI Preview Show begins on Sunday, you will hear the name Tom Brady early and...

In the midst of all the hype, sports bettors can sometimes forget that the Super Bowl is supposed to be fun. Especially when there are 600 to 700 different ways to wager on the big game when you add up all those proposition bets – AKA props – released...

New Jersey Generals owner Donald Trump couldn’t destroy the NFL in court 30 years ago when he tried to force a merger but won a judgment of only $1 — trebled to $3 under antitrust law. Now Trump, the train wreck of a candidate, has replaced the NFL as...