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StoryMarcus ValeOct 4, 20266 min

Thanksgiving Football Began With College Kids and a Radio Man

Yale and Princeton started it in 1876. A Detroit radio owner made it permanent. Your town's high school still does it best.

Losing Well Is a Skill and These Men Mastered It

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10 Greatest NFL Catches of All-Time

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Greatest Moments in NFL Playoff History

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Greatest Moments in College Football History

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HIGHEST Scoring Game in CFB HISTORY! 💯 Texas A&M vs. LSU Highlights

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Reliving the Craziest Decade in College Football History

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The Most Important Concepts for Youth Basketball Players and Coaches

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What Actually Makes a Good Youth Soccer Coach

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The BIGGEST Mistake in Youth Basketball Coaching (And How to Fix It)!

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How To Coach ADHD Kids In Sports - What Every Youth Coach Should Know (from a Sports Psychologist)

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Baker vs. Mahomes: The GREATEST College QB Duel Ever! (Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech, 2016)

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The Game that Made Johnny Manziel Famous! (#15 Texas A&M vs. #1 Alabama 2012, November 10)

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Craziest College Football Comeback From Each Year Since 2010!

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CRAZIEST Comebacks In College Football

StoryMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Nine Fights That Explain Boxing From Joe Louis to Muhammad Ali

Four decades of heavyweights, middleweights and one undefeated bricklayer, and the film worth watching tonight to understand all of it.

StoryMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Olympic Moments That Still Get Grown Men Every Time

A cartwheel in Sydney, a father climbing out of the stands in Barcelona, and a 29-foot jump nobody saw coming. The list that never gets old.

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BRO TakeMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Ten NFL Comebacks That Prove Nobody Is Ever Really Finished

From 35-3 in Buffalo to 28-3 in Houston, the greatest rallies in pro football all taught the same stubborn lesson.

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Baseball Isn't Boring, You're Watching It Wrong

The pitch clock fixed the pace. Here's how to actually watch a game so the nine innings fly by, plus five real games worth your evening.

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Watch these courtroom films and you'll follow any trial

Each one teaches a single real idea about how trials work. Start with 12 Angry Men and finish knowing what a jury is actually for.

StoryOutdoorsWes DunbarOct 12, 20265 min

Nobody has beaten the wool blanket, and plenty have tried

It's heavy, it itches a little, and it has outlasted every gadget sold to replace it. Inducting the wool blanket into the Garage Hall of Fame.

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StoryMusicMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

The True Stories Behind the Patriotic Songs You Think You Know

A poem scribbled on Pikes Peak, a tune borrowed from a London club, a bugle call rewritten in a Virginia camp, and why the anthem is so hard to sing.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideMovies & TVMarcus ValeNov 3, 20265 min

Monster movies where the monster was really in the room

Before CGI, somebody had to build the beast. Six films where you can feel it, with plain notes on what's scary and what isn't.

GuideMovies & TVMarcus ValeNov 2, 20265 min

The baseball movies that teach you how the game works

Field of Dreams will make you cry. These six will explain the game, and most of them are clean enough for the whole family.

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Classic Rock Albums That Hold Up From Track One to the End

Turn off shuffle, give a record forty-five minutes of your actual attention, and find out which ones were built to be heard whole.

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GuideMovies & TVDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Where to Start With Gunsmoke's 635 Episodes

Twenty seasons, one marshal, and no finale. A watch plan that gets you to the great stuff without doing twenty years of homework.

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GuideMovies & TVCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

Don't Start Classic Family Shows at Episode One

The pilots are the weakest part of almost every great old show. Nine classics, the episode to open with, and what to flag before the kids sit down.

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Johnny Cash Never Served Time in Prison

The straight version: the pills that nearly killed him, the gospel records nobody bought, and the four months between June's funeral and his own.

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GuideMovies & TVMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Band of Brothers Still Sets the Bar for War on Television

Twenty-plus years on, nothing has topped it. But eight other series come close, and here's exactly what's in each one before you press play.

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The American Biopics Actually Worth Your Saturday Night

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How to Get Into Bluegrass and Actually Start Playing It

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GuideMovies & TVMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Old Movies Grandparents and Grandkids Can Actually Finish

A working plan for the couch: which classics hold a seven-year-old, which ones need a warning first, and the fifteen-minute trick that beats black-and-white resistance.

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The Stories Behind the Hymns You Sing Without Thinking

A telegram reading "Saved alone," a slave ship captain, and a father who lost everything in two days. The hymnal is full of people having the worst week of their lives.

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Latest news · Sports history

Thanksgiving Football Began With College Kids and a Radio Man

The Guy Who Beat You Is the Only One Who Understands

Nobody Owns the Stanley Cup, and That's the Whole Point

Football Legalized the Forward Pass to Survive, Then Ignored It

Three Dads, a Wiffle Ball and the Game That Took Over America

Losing Well Is a Skill and These Men Mastered It

Worth an hour of your evening

Nine Fights That Explain Boxing From Joe Louis to Muhammad Ali

Olympic Moments That Still Get Grown Men Every Time

Ten NFL Comebacks That Prove Nobody Is Ever Really Finished

Baseball Isn't Boring, You're Watching It Wrong

Watch these courtroom films and you'll follow any trial

Nobody has beaten the wool blanket, and plenty have tried

The True Stories Behind the Patriotic Songs You Think You Know

Monster movies where the monster was really in the room

The baseball movies that teach you how the game works

Classic Rock Albums That Hold Up From Track One to the End

Where to Start With Gunsmoke's 635 Episodes

Don't Start Classic Family Shows at Episode One

Johnny Cash Never Served Time in Prison

Band of Brothers Still Sets the Bar for War on Television

The American Biopics Actually Worth Your Saturday Night

How to Get Into Bluegrass and Actually Start Playing It

Old Movies Grandparents and Grandkids Can Actually Finish

The Stories Behind the Hymns You Sing Without Thinking