Peter King Profiles Tom Brady, Who Drinks Salt And Smiles And Therefore Is A Genius

Of all the clichés of the hack celebrity profile, perhaps the most overdone is the one where the writer opens with an observation of the famous person’s eating or drinking behavior from across a table. You’ve encountered this countless times, I’m sure: the bombshell sex-symbol tearing lustily into an implausibly huge,…

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Small-Time Bookies: The 2016 NFL Season Was Not Kind To Us

Overall—and I’ll spare you the details—my football gambling track record isn’t pretty, so when I ended the 2016 regular season well in the black, I knew something was off. And after reaching out to a bookie on the West Coast, my suspicions were confirmed. No, I had not finally cracked the football gambling code. My…

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Israel fumbles goodwill visit of NFL players (Yahoo Sports)

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2017, file photo, Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett (72) walks off the field after an NFL football divisional football game against the Atlanta Falcons, in Atlanta. In an embarrassment to the Israeli government, only five of 11 NFL players have arrived on a sponsored trip aimed at improving the country's image. The ministry for strategic affairs and public diplomacy issued a press release after the Super Bowl boasting that the visit would bring

It was supposed to be a feel-good visit by a group of professional football players to give a boost to image-conscious Israel. Israel’s ministry for strategic affairs and public diplomacy issued a press release after the Super Bowl boasting that the visit would bring ”influencers” who would serve as ”goodwill ambassadors” when they returned home. The announcement led Seattle Seahawks defense lineman Michael Bennett to pull out.


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