Feb 7
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Everyone has their own focal point on Super Bowl Sunday. Some viewers are there for the halftime show. Others watch…
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John Teti is the host of the smash-hit pop culture podcast Pop Mom. Once, he was the editor-in-chief of The A.V. Club. Another time, he hosted The A.V. Club's TV show.
Jan 31
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The plan was coming together for the Teti family last weekend. “You take the kids to gymnastics class in the…
Jan 17
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The underdog Houston Texans came into Arrowhead Stadium brimming with confidence for their contest against the…
Jan 10
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The NFL playoffs are not just a showcase for the players. The postseason, with its gigantic TV audiences, also…
Jan 3
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The original plan was that football would simply continue forever. Every Sunday, the men would dress up in colorful…
Dec 20
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They are the eight most generous teams in football. The Dolphins, Bengals, Jaguars, Chargers, Washingtons, Lions,…
Dec 13
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If you watch football for any length of time, you will hear announcers parrot the same familiar phrases. Clichés are…
Dec 6
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No technological trick has done more to shape our experience of TV football than the slow motion instant replay.…
Nov 22
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The New England Patriots were exhausted yet exultant. They had faced down the Philadelphia Eagles in a tense Week 11…
Nov 15
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Since his 2017 debut, CBS football analyst Tony Romo has been the crown prince of the NFL announcing world. Upon his…
Nov 8
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Ad Man X is an award-winning creative executive at a major national agency in Chicago. He has overseen TV ad…
Nov 1 2019
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As the fourth quarter drew to a close in the Chicago Bears’ Week 8 home game against the Los Angeles Chargers, the …
Oct 25 2019
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Coming back from commercial late in the second half of Week 7’s Patriots-Jets contest, ABC showed a clip of four…
Oct 18 2019
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In the third quarter of the Cleveland Browns’ 28-32 loss to the Seattle Seahawks, Cleveland quarterback Baker…
Oct 11 2019
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Specialists—athletes who are good at one particular thing—are not unique to the sport of football, but the gridiron…
Oct 4 2019
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NBC’s Sunday Night Football uses a standard set of visual effects to spotlight key players in that evening’s…
Sep 27 2019
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It’s Week 4 of the NFL year, which means that by Monday night, we will already be 23.529% of the way through the…
Sep 20 2019
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Scorn them if you must, but football would not be the same without its officials. NFL fans watch 22 men crumple each…
Sep 13 2019
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Antonio Brown is a person who catches a football. He does not put the ball in the air—another man does that. But…
Sep 6 2019
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“Football seems like the worst sport,” my friend Anna said to me as we shared drinks on a hot evening in August.…