Happy Tuesday, everyone. I wanted to do something special to commemorate my first year covering the NFL Playoffs, so I settled on a team-by-team breakdown. I hope you all enjoy it!
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Table of Contents:
Playoff Primer
What I am Reading
Playoff Primer
Future Primers on tap will be for the Champions League Round of 16 and the NFL Draft!
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What I Am Reading
Sports
‘Challenge me’: Mercurial or misunderstood, Jalen Ramsey just needs to know the answers ***
‘It’s an epic saga’: An exotic beetle, Barry Bonds, Joey Votto and the end of ash baseball bats ***
Joe Burrow is the NFL’s most aggressive QB and yet its most accurate. How can this be? ***
How an NFL Game Became a Prisoner’s Dilemma **
‘We ain’t through kicking your ass’: The essence of Dirk Nowitzki in a dozen stories **
The takeaway king: Colts’ coaches, players, scouts describe Darius Leonard’s historic season **
Antonio Conte’s Chelsea sacking and the tribunal that ended in a £26m payout *
Sarris: Four pitchers due for bounce-back seasons in 2022
Ed Woodward at Manchester United – like watching a beautiful painting being ripped apart *
Ten talents to look out for at AFCON 2021 *
Kaplan: With another top NFL exec leaving, who could replace Roger Goodell? *
How Villa landed Coutinho: Gerrard’s impact, Barca nightmare – move could be made permanent for £33m *
Ornstein’s transfer mailbag: City’s Haaland move, Arsenal and Vlahovic, Cantwell can go *
Roma 3 Juventus 4 – unpicking the chaos and fallout from an instant classic *
Business
How Shopify Outfoxed Amazon to Become the Everywhere Store ***
My first impressions of web3 ***
Fanatics buys Topps: Here’s what we know about the future of the trading-card giant *
Decentraland: The Metaverse's Early Mover *
*** Must Read
** Very Good
* Recommended