Outside the Beltway

Revisiting an old post.

The inclusion of Negro League statistics has rewritten the game’s history.

The Greatest of All Time is hanging up his cleats a year too late.

Go ahead and pop a few.

Out of a sense of fairness, I gave a listen.

And yes, it is political (and always has been).

Some pundits have high standards.

The legendary football player and coach is gone at 77.

A breakdown of a remarkable career that’s not yet finished.

Gotta clear those tabs.

The Spaniard continues his quest to be the Greatest of All Time.

A long-winded and esoteric discussion about an elusive idea.

An ambitious veepable. What a concept!

Indianapolis Colts Quarterback Andrew Luck surprised the sports world last night by announcing an early retirement.

Tom Brady tried to trademark the nickname “Tom Terrific.” It didn’t go so well.

Bart Starr, who led the Green Bay Packers to five N.F.L. Championships in the pre-Super Bowl era and in Super Bowls I and II, has died at the age of 85.

Tennis great Martina Navratilova is facing criticism for raising questions about how sports handles the issue of transgender athletes competing within the gender they identify with. She shouldn’t be.

President Trump waded back into the National Anthem debate when he revoked the invitation of the Philadelphia Eagles to come to the White House today.

ESPN the Magazine has broken out the slide rule to rank the top athletes during its first two decades.

Ezekiel Elliott got a legal reprieve late last week, but it may not last for long and it could have a big impact on the fortunes of the Dallas Cowboys.

A legal setback for Ezekiel Elliott and the Dallas Cowboys.

Once again, the National Football League sees its disciplinary and appeal process criticized by a Federal Judge.

The NFLPA alleges “egregious violations of legal due process” in the Ezekiel Elliot suspension.

There were 111.3 million people tuned into the Super Bowl on Sunday, slightly lower than last year.

If you changed the channel after the third quarter, you missed what ended up becoming a game for the ages.

New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady has abandoned his option to appeal the ‘Deflategate’ ruling to the Supreme Court and will serve his four game suspension beginning in September.

Tom Brady and the N.F.L. Player’s Association suffered another legal setback in their appeal of the ‘Deflategate’ suspension.

The Ramming Speed Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Deflategate isn’t over yet and, depending on what happens in the Courts, could still be unresolved at the end of the N.F.L. season that begins in September.

A Federal Appeals Court has reinstated the four game suspension imposed on Tom Brady over the so-called ‘Deflategate’ scandal.

A group of New England Patriots fans are providing us with the latest example of stupid lawsuits that don’t belong in Court at all.

If reports today are accurate, one of the great N.F.L. careers will come to an end this week.

A massive defeat in Court for the National Football League.

Not surprisingly, Tom Brady’s appeal of his Deflategate suspension was not successful.

It didn’t take the N.F.L. long to lower the hammer on Tom Brady and the Patriots.

A report prepared for the N.F.L. regarding the so-called ‘DeflateGate’ scandal doesn’t have very good news for the Patriots or their star quarterback.

The Transporters Broken, Cap’n Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

A new Patriots cheating scandal, or much ado about nothing?

Tim Tebow has gone through three NFL teams in a little over a year. Will there be a fourth?

Another week, another innocent person killed by an NFL player.

Mitt Romney is no more of a wimp than George H.W. Bush or John Kerry.

Mike Tanier of Football Outsiders explain why Aaron Rodgers’ ranking as the best quarterback in NFL history is absurd.