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College Football Builds Character in Boys, Men
Three months after he delivered perhaps the most famous pep talk in the history of American football, coach Knute Rockne traveled to Washington, D.C., where he spoke to a gathering of Studebaker executives and then at a…
College football is a fun, glorious mess. These 7 changes would make it even better.
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Get a cat to boost morale this week, even if you can't give them a jersey and a locker. I'm supposed to be on vacation, so we've only got one topic this week…
Trump and the Return of Winning
If they gave out patches for passing the Presidential Daydreaming Test at Rosecroft Elementary, I’d have gotten more patches than a quilt. But alas, it took passing the Presidential Fitness Test to be so honored. News that…
The Great Cheerleader Controversy | Power Line
Twelve National Football League teams announced, more or less simultaneously, that they are adding male cheerleaders to their rosters for the coming season. One of those teams is the Minnesota Vikings. It is fair to say that…
Rob Manfred can’t fix baseball. But these 4 changes might.
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Grab some dip and get that chip in today, I believe in you. This week we're going to fix baseball once and for all—if only Rob Manfred would listen to the wise…
5 Ways DC Is Getting a Major Makeover
President Donald Trump is transforming Washington, D.C., and the effects are already noticeable. In front of Washington’s Union Station, a massive, Beaux Arts-style train station that has been the main artery of the city…
Colin Kaepernick, RIP | Power Line
No, he didn’t die. But the era in which Colin Kaepernick, who had two or at most three good years in the NFL and hasn’t played a down in nearly a decade, and who had a losing record as a starter, could be regarded as some…
He took a bus to watch his soccer team. Instead, he ended up in a Venezuelan prison.
On a chilly Friday night in mid-June, Samuel boarded a chartered bus for a 14-hour journey along Venezuela's winding, decrepit highways. The bus had no air conditioning, no reclining seats, no space for bags or coolers,…
Keep government funding (and political meddling) away from Olympic athletes
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Bring your own smelling salts to today's newsletter, the team will not be supplying them for you. We're going to talk about the Olympics this week, and how America…
Legal clashes are beginning to define European soccer
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Pack your bags, because it's a wonderful month to travel. (Have you read Reason's travel issue yet?) But if you're heading to Europe to watch soccer, you…
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