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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged NFL

1. February 10, 2011 08:56 PM

   Audit Notes: NFL Hell, No Inflation Here, Fraud Without Fraudsters

   By Ryan Chittum

   Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post has the column of the week, a righteous piece of outrage at the NFL and what it says about our society. I don't know about you, but I don't want to live in Jerry World. In Jerry World, a $1.15 billion stadium looks like the Taj Mahal on the outside, but inside some of...

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2. September 18, 2012 10:58 AM

   Take one for the team

   Football season is upon us, and so are its tried and true clichés

   By Robert Weintraub

   There is so much to love about football’s 24/7 ubiquity on television, but there is one (and only one) downside: the toxic exposure to clichés from the litany of former players and puny communications majors who analyze the game. I’m not talking about “taking it one game at a time” or “it is what it is,” the crimes against language...

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