This weekend’s NFL championship games should be entertaining. But as the Super Bowl stage gets set in Indianapolis, attention will turn to a more intriguing topic: the future of the city’s star quarterback. Inside the economics …
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Patriots Stop Tim Tebow: Why He Will Be Missed
(FOXBOROUGH, Mass.) – America, you may now dial back your obsession with Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, for now at least: the New England Patriots abruptly ended Denver’s season Saturday night, in a 45-10 trouncing of …
Tebow vs. Belichick: The Battle for the Soul of the NFL!
Saturday night’s New England Patriots–Denver Broncos game pits America’s suddenly most popular athlete against a less-than-beloved coach and team. What more can we ask for than this contest of good vs. evil?
Alabama’s BCS Win: A Fitting End to a Subpar Bowl Season
With ticket sales down and other teams feeling snubbed, it might be time to reevaluate the Bowl Championship Series
Tebow Throws, Saints March and a Giant Defensive Effort: Three Things We Learned from Wild-Card Weekend
1. Whew. Good thing NewsFeed didn’t write that “Play Brady Quinn” story we were thinking about on Friday.
The Denver Broncos backup quarterback had no need to loosen up on Sunday. Tim Tebow crushed all his doubters, NewsFeed …
Penn State’s New Coach: What the Backlash Says About The Program
In major college athletics, coaching staffs regularly get purged when a team does something relatively harmless, like finish a few games below .500. So it was only natural that a school like Penn State, plagued by one of the …
Gentle Giant: Is Eli Now the NFL’s Main Manning?
Eli Manning — you know, Peyton’s baby brother — has quietly had an MVP-caliber season. With the playoffs here, don’t sleep on him
Tebow the Terrible, Colts Win By Losing: Three Lessons from the NFL’s Week 17
TIME’s Sean Gregory breaks down the lessons from football’s 17th week.
Why the NFL Needs a Concussion Ref
This week, the NFL announced a new policy that puts an independent trainer in the press box, charged with spotting injured players. Good move. But why not gives these trainers as much power as a referee?
Study: When Football Scores Rise, Student Test Scores Fall
We all knew it, but academics have now proved it: college kids would rather watch sports than study.
A study conducted by three University of Oregon economists, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research this week, …
Tebow Slowed, Imperfect Pack: Three Things We Learned From NFL’s Week 15
Tebow wasn’t terrible against New England, but his “left-to-right deficiency” has been noted.
Three Things We Learned In the NFL’s — Aw Forget It, Let’s Talk Tim Tebow
We tried to ignore Tim Tebow in this space. But how is that humanly possible?
Tim Tebow and Faith’s Place in Football
In the Dec. 19 issue of TIME, Tim Tebow speaks out about the vitriol over his public Christianity. “Thank goodness I don’t have to live the roller coaster that everyone else lives about my life,” he says
