Colin Allred’s Political Playbook | The New Yorker

Colin Allred’s Political Playbook | The New Yorker

Something strange is happening in Texas: a Democratic challenger is within striking distance of winning a Senate seat. Stranger still, that challenger, Colin Allred, is a former professional football player who is running as a Democrat. Allred played for Baylor University, then spent four years in the N.F.L. as a linebacker for the Tennessee Titans, … Read more

Let There Be Football | The New Yorker

Let There Be Football | The New Yorker

So the N.F.L. blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it there was football. Then again, there was also football on Thursday. And on Friday, in Brazil, a game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers. But, first, Thursday. And the N.F.L. said that the Kansas City Chiefs, the Baltimore Ravens, … Read more