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The 10 at 10: January 4
1. Out with Civil War re-enactments, in with cowboy and gangster “Zootshooting.” 2. You’ve probably played Tetris. Now you can play Debtris. 3. I’ll read this later. 4. Facebook will stop growing...
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How to Make Sports Fair: Get Rid of the Rules
When it comes to what’s fair in sports, there are the rules, and then there are the Rules. The best officials are ones shrouded in mystery. An official should be just as much an observer as an actor,...
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A Gay Cowboy’s First Castro Pride
One gay cowboy’s mind is opened by the diversity of celebrants at the 1987 San Francisco Gay Pride parade. I grew up in an ultra-religious, deer-hunting, cowboy family with a father who claimed that...
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Defining Masculinity
“…gangsta culture is the essence of patriarchal masculinity.” Jack Donovan introduces his book, The Way of Men, with this quote from feminist author bell hooks, because it encapsulates two of Donovan’s...
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A Manly List of Summer Fun
Tom Matlack puts together a man’s man list of things that have made this summer truly awesome. I was walking down the beach today with my 7 year-old son Cole and his buddy after they had caught 17...
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Fantasy Football Week #1: Cool Your Jets
Deanna Ogle talks about Romo, “overreaction week”, and how good it is that football season is back. The NFL’s first week of the regular season commenced last week, which means it’s that beautiful time...
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Every Super Bowl MVP Revisited
Jim Jividen examines all 47 Super Bowl MVPs and determines who really should have won each award. And no, he’s not still bitter about that 49ers game. I just have to get something out of the way...
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“Before video games my friends and I nearly killed each other using sling...
Do you let your kids play video games? If you do, how do you decide what is too violent for their age? Does it matter? These are comments by Glides, Nico, and Mr. Supertypo on the post “We’re Raising...
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I Was Supposed to Marry a Cowboy
A mediation on the difference between men of action and men of ideas. When I was young, I thought I would marry a cowboy. In West Texas, you see, this is still a thing you can do. It wasn’t so much a...
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Wildcat: The Origins of the Black Rodeo (Video)
A unique rodeo in Oklahoma is viewed through the lens of filmmaker Khalil Joseph in this dream-like short film. Khalil Joseph puts together this hauntingly beautiful and raw short film about an...
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How I Was Taught to Have Sex Like a Cowboy
Gregory Jaquet tells how he thought he was supposed to “ride” his first sexual partner. And how he was wrong. I was late. I made love for the first time at 17. I know. Making love with a woman had...
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These Gay Cowboys are Living Their Dream and Shattering Stereotypes
Dan and Miki are proof that you don’t have to give up who you are to do what you love. “This isn’t a crusade for me to prove that I can be a gay cowboy…I’m just someone who enjoys this particular...
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So . . . This Happened: Three Things in Sports (Jan. 12, 2015 Edition)
Our Monday sports round-up features the defining plays of Divisional Playoff Weekend in the NFL, The Bills choosing unwisely in Rex, and the Knicks finally begin the process of blowing it up. ♦♦♦ 1....
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Finding the Silver Lining In The NFL
The final whistle has blown and the NFL season is finally over. Wai Sallas wants you to know there is a silver lining to the season most would like to forget. ___ On Monday, New England Patriots...
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Of Masculinity and Child’s Play
Embed from Getty Images — New trends come late into these deep wrinkles in the Appalachian Mountains where I live. It couldn’t have been more than a month or two ago when I first came across the...
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Cowboys & Aliens (2011 Movie Review)
Before completely digressing, “Cowboys & Aliens” is a lot of fun. I enjoyed it, and you got to love the title. What is astounding about “Cowboys & Aliens” is its pedigree. Steven Spielberg is...
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National Day of the Cowboy
The National Day of the Cowboy, the fourth Saturday in July, was created 15 years ago to preserve the role and contributions cowboys and cowgirls made to our western heritage. Cowboy traditions were...
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Kathryn Bigelow 101: The Road to Detroit
ScreenPrism took a look back at 30 years of film making for the Oscar winning director. . . Transcript provided by Youtube: 00:14 Kathryn Bigelow has been a household name since 2010 when she won...
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