
The NFL is bad at playing football
We’re just about at the halfway point of the NFL season, and it has been a pretty entertaining one so far. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs sit atop…
By Doug Cobb – 2 months ago
We’re just about at the halfway point of the NFL season, and it has been a pretty entertaining one so far. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs sit atop…
By Doug Cobb – 3 months ago
I think most of us expected the shutdown to last a few weeks, or maybe a month at most. We didn’t need to think about how to continue our lives…
By Doug Cobb – 4 months ago
Well, they made it. Almost. Major League Baseball (MLB) survived its chaotic, shortened, 60-game season and has begun its postseason. And this may have been the strangest year in MLB…
By Doug Cobb – 4 months ago
In my last article, I discussed the varying levels of success that the NBA, MLB and NHL experienced in returning to play during the pandemic, and expressed skepticism at the…
By Doug Cobb – 5 months ago
Imagine for a moment that you are a fit, healthy 20-something who gets paid millions of dollars a year to play a game while the rest of the country is…
By Doug Cobb – 6 months ago
Just a couple weeks ago, hundreds of Vassar students locked up in their parents’ houses rejoiced at the news that they would be returning to campus this fall. For many,…
By Doug Cobb – 8 months ago
America is getting antsy. Nobody was thrilled to start social distancing and shut down the whole country, but after about two months of rewatching old Nationals games, and with no…
By Doug Cobb – 9 months ago
[CW: This article mentions sexual assault.] Imagine if we could vote for a super exciting, unflawed, very progressive candidate this November. Unfortunately we live in the real world. The reality…
By Doug Cobb – 10 months ago
Man, being stuck inside all day is boring. Maybe I should watch some sports. Wait, the NBA is indefinitely postponed? And the NHL? The MLB too? And golf, tennis, NASCAR…
By Doug Cobb – 11 months ago
Our democracy is in danger. The Senate is no longer an effective check on the president. They voted to acquit Donald Trump, but that is not even the key issue.…