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Beside The Points For Thursday, Jan. 4, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Water is technically snake oil, I guess? Tom Brady is really great at being a football player, but his provenance as a nutritionist or health expert is suspect. In the spirit of “just because you’re a bird doesn’t mean you’re an ornithologist,” Christie Ashwanden took a serious look at the […]

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Beside The Points For Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye One game more The 0-15 Cleveland Browns play the 12-3 Pittsburgh Steelers this Sunday, and a loss will make them the second 0-16 team in NFL history. Browns Coach Hue Jackson has promised to make good on a vow he made to swim in Lake Erie if the Browns went […]

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Beside The Points For Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye One game more The 0-15 Cleveland Browns play the 12-3 Pittsburgh Steelers this Sunday, and a loss will make them the second 0-16 team in NFL history. Browns Coach Hue Jackson has promised to make good on a vow he made to swim in Lake Erie if the Browns went […]

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Beside The Points For Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Five years is kind of a hard cap Marvin Lewis was head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals for 15 years and never managed to win a Super Bowl. Reality is, coach-quarterback combos that work tend to be the ones that click early. Every coach/starting quarterback combination who won a Super […]

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Beside The Points For Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Five years is kind of a hard cap Marvin Lewis was head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals for 15 years and never managed to win a Super Bowl. Reality is, coach-quarterback combos that work tend to be the ones that click early. Every coach/starting quarterback combination who won a Super […]

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