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New Rules for March Madness

March 17, 2011 Sports

With March Madness beginning today (okay, cough cough, it began Tuesday, cough cough), I’ve decided I have a few problems with the current/new selection system for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. So, in honor of Bill Maher, here are my “New Rules” for March Madness: 1. To get into the tournament, you must win at [...]

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Madden, Marketing, and the NFL

January 20, 2011 Sports

In my spare time (read: not much), I occasionally play Madden 2010 on my XBox 360. I tend to stick to one or two teams because I really enjoy getting to know the offensive playbooks. This got me thinking. ESPN already broadcasts Madden tournaments. Why not take this one step further and see if my [...]

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A Redskins Fan Open Letter to Mike Shanahan

December 21, 2010 Sports

Dear Mike Shanahan: I was reviewing the letter I wrote to Bruce Allen last year about this time, and decided to write you a letter and some thoughts on what you can do for my beloved Redskins. Let’s get going. Time to call it what it is: Rebuilding Maybe it’s your enormous ego, but I’m [...]

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Fantasy Football and the Fan Dilemma

October 26, 2010 Sports

A few weeks ago, I wrote about concepts email marketers can learn from the NFL and fantasy football. Today, I’m going to talk about the dilemma every true NFL fan faces: The Fantasy Football Dilemma I’m a huge Washington Redskins fan. I’m also in two fantasy football leagues. Fantasy football makes the other games interesting. [...]

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Haynesworth Proves NFL Should Change Compensation Structure

June 24, 2010 Sports

As a lifelong Redskins fan, I have enjoyed some jubilation in my 26+ young years, but also have largely endured 10+ years of serious ineptitude for the team as well. Albert Haynesworth is just another example of the idiocy that has run my favorite sports team (of any team in any sport, by the way) [...]

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