Consider the Pass Rusher By Terry Horstman 2007 NFL Season – Week One – Atlanta at Minnesota – Vikings lead 24-3 – Falcons have the ball, 1st & 10 at the Vikings’ 23 with one second left in the 4th quarter Consider the pass rusher. A pass rusher’s prowess is…
Read MoreMister Average (or, A Properly Forged Sword) By Eric P. Mueller Silence, rare on the football field, usually occurs with gasps, like after the hardest collisions, or, in a moments of loss when the team scores, a player is injured, or you lose the game. That’s probably why my silence…
Read MoreThe Diehards by Matthew Kenerly San Jose State Spartans (3-8, 2-5 Mountain West) vs. Fresno State Bulldogs (1-10, 0-7 MW) November 26, 2016 – Bulldog Stadium (41,031) – Fresno, California – 12:30 PM PT Nothing lasts forever, not even unparalleled humiliation. That such embarrassments on occasion come to an end…
Read MoreDrivers Ed By David Armand It’s Saturday. Early in the morning and my parents are already dropping me off at a strip mall in downtown Covington, Louisiana, where I’m going to spend the next eight hours taking a drivers education course so that I can get my license the following…
Read MoreFlash Nonfiction and Poetry By Mary Ardery Trying to Make the 2.5-Hour Drive to the Trailhead Before Rain I drive a group of women into the wet woods of the Pisgah Forest to dry out from booze, pills, and syringes. On the 20-mile stretch before we reach the interstate,…
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