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David Roth's Weak In Review: March Madness, And The Tao Of Blowing It
The NCAA Tournament is already kind of a mess, and will definitely continue to be a mess. It's both bigger and smaller than basketball, and the mess is the point.
David Roth's Weak In Review: The Old Ball Game, And The New One
The new baseball season is weeks away from starting, and we're already having the same old arguments about the same old things, and for the same old reasons.
David Roth's Weak in Review: Growing Up in a Golden State
This season has belonged to the Golden State Warriors from its first moments, and it's been amazing. But the future doesn't belong to the Warriors alone.
David Roth's Weak in Review: About That Life
Delonte West played his last NBA game in 2012, and was never a star. There was something shocking and sad about his ghostly resurfacing this week.
David Roth's Weak in Review: On to the Next One
After two weeks that saw precious little in the way of sports and entirely too much bad-faith noise, any green shoot will do. So yeah, bring on Spring Training.
iWeak In Review: The Big Game and the Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is a football game, and it looks like it will be a good one. Everything around it is bigger, dumber, worse, and more expensive. That won't change.
Weak In Review: One Simple Trick For Appreciating Cam Newton
Cam Newton was the NFL's best and most distinctive quarterback this year. People got mad about it. With the Super Bowl looming, we've all entered the meta stage.
David Roth's Weak In Review: The Game At The Eye Of The Storm
A difficult and dull NFL season is shrinking towards its end. The four teams left offer a good reminder of why we care about all this in the first place.
David Roth's Weak In Review: The NFL In LA, Or The Deep Out
On a week when three NFL teams tried to move into the same city—and two succeeded—the question was what teams owe their fans. The answer is...complicated.
David Roth's Weak In Review: Efficiency, Anxiety, And Us
In hiring Paul DePodesta, the Cleveland Browns took a risk and dragged the NFL into the present. This sounds good, but honestly have you seen the present lately?
David Roth's Weak In Review: The Special Ones And Everyone
Jose Mourinho left Chelsea this week, and sports lost (briefly) one of its most hilarious and utterly essential villains. It won't be the same without him.
David Roth's Weak In Review: Talking Back In 2015
This week, two legendary athletes that happen to be Muslim spoke out against a loathsome rising tide of anti-Muslim sentiment, and its author. It kind of stood out.