Tag Archives: New England Patriots

20 bold predictions for 2020

I will begin this annual tradition of mine by acknowledging a failure of my final prediction of 2019. You see, in last year’s column, I told you that this year I would simply do a top 10 list of my predictions, as the number of required predictions each year was getting unwieldy. Alas, there is […]

Resentment in sports, and politics

The day before the Super Bowl this year, my oldest son — who is going to be 12 this month — and I were in the car, talking about the upcoming game. After I stopped to get some gas, he mentioned to me that “nobody wanted the Patriots to win.” Living in New England in […]

Sometimes, you need to explain yourself

The world of sports, and the world of politics have many similarities. Winners and losers. Fierce competition. Obsessive, almost cult like, devotion to individual people and teams. Cheering crowds. The biggest similarity, though, is the reliance on the public. A football team is a business enterprise that relies on consumers of their product. In the […]