New York Giants | Mental Dimes

Cinematic oil painting illustration of an empty football stadium at dusk split down the center by a jagged crack, one side bathed in warm amber stadium light representing the world of sports, and the other side cast in cold blue light representing the world of politics, with a single football sitting at the center of the divide on the field — symbolizing the increasingly complicated intersection of athletics and political identity in modern American sports culture.

Mixing Sports and Politics is Often a Losing Game

Picture this scenario if you will: You’re in the third grade, it’s the first day of school, and you’re sitting next to a new kid. You notice that on his shirt is your favorite superhero and you start talking. In addition to that superhero, he likes all the same stuff you do, and it seems as though you might have found a new best friend. But then at lunch when you take out your peanut butter and banana sandwich – your most favorite food in the world – he grimaces. Says he ha

The View from Here

Tim Josephs

10 hours ago4 min read

Cinematic impressionistic oil painting of a father and child tossing a football in a sunlit autumn backyard, surrounded by fallen leaves in warm amber and orange tones, with a television glowing through a window in the background showing a football game — symbolizing the generational love of football passed from parent to child.

Football Is Love: What the Game Has Given Us and What We Give Back

From a father tossing a pigskin in the backyard to David Tyree's helmet catch, football doesn't just entertain us — it connects us. One writer reflects on what it truly means to love this game, even when it breaks your heart.

The Grey Zone

Kristina Hopper

Jul 276 min read

Mixing Sports and Politics is Often a Losing Game

Football Is Love: What the Game Has Given Us and What We Give Back

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