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LeBron James as Personal Essayist

  • Ryan Lejarde
  • January 14, 2015
Beneath all personal essays, especially those that deal with trauma, a change, or, in James’s case, a tough decision, the implicit narrative is that the author is presently in a clear enough place to produce the prose.
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Politics and Football

  • Ian MacAllen
  • November 24, 2014
The Millions takes a look at Rumpus columnist Steve Almond‘s book Against Football: Almond stalks through his arguments against the modern state of football at a pace that is both…
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Leaving Early

  • Holly M. Wendt
  • November 4, 2014
I wasn’t looking at them, but I felt I should have been. It’s an act of bravery, to see and be seen, isn’t it? A way to connect? And wasn’t I, just then, needing to feel something like brave?
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Steve Almond

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • September 23, 2014
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Steve Almond about his new book, Against Football, One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto, the complicity of fans in the violence of the NFL, the sports media's role in the discussion (or lack of one) and the difficulty of leaving a sport you love.
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Like Tiny Little Cracks

  • Justin Brouckaert
  • March 10, 2014
Steve Prefontaine, known simply as Pre to the hordes of teenage runners who idolized him, once said, “Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.”
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A Super Bowl Preview for People Who Don’t Know Football (2014 Edition)

  • J. Ryan Stradal
  • January 30, 2014
If you don't watch football but might be forced to watch the Super Bowl, this may help.
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Test Scores Over Football Scores

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • September 26, 2013
Officials in Pasco County, Florida, have considered squeezing athletic budgets for each of the past six years. They’ve so far agreed to cut about 700 education jobs, and they extended…
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No-Look

  • Siamak Vossoughi
  • June 18, 2013
The first man to make me feel like I could groove in America was Magic Johnson. Not just be here, not just make it through a school day without crying,…
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The Dark Heart of College Sports

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • April 5, 2013
Here is an actual thing said by an actual sports marketing executive to a group of commissioners trying to reform college sports: “You sold your souls, and you’re going to…
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Non-fan Nato’s Guide to Super Bowl Rioting

  • Nato Green
  • January 29, 2013
As the 49ers head to the Super Bowl, San Francisco can’t stuff its excitement into a hemp messenger bag fast enough. In one season, our City—Bill O’Reilly’s favorite punchline for…
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A FAN’S NOTES, THE RUMPUS SPORTS COLUMN #44: The Immortal Head-butt

  • Brian Schwartz
  • November 2, 2012
What if one of your worst moments as a human being was sculpted into a 16-foot-tall bronze statue and displayed in front of a shopping mall? Or a Parisian art…
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The Honesty of Aggression

  • Suzanne Guilette
  • September 10, 2012
The continual references to my sex are striking. On the one hand, they stand in stark contrast to the identity-digging that I am attempting. On the other, they resonate: trying on aggression for size is foreign territory.
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