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The Run of Play on SIATVS

I have a guest post this morning on Sport Is a TV Show, on the subject of not liking anything and wanting to replace the entire league season with a penalty shootout. It’s not what you’d call a serious argument, but I think it gets at the kernel of something true, which is that the league season wound up being relatively boring this year and it would have been better to replace the entire thing with a penalty shootout.

Take a look, and a) explore, b) marvel at, and c) add to your RSS reader the brilliant SIATVS while you’re there.

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The Run of Play on SIATVS

by Brian Phillips · May 22, 2009

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