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🧭 Monopoly

🧭 Monopoly

Part I: the hold sports have over us, and the forces converging to deepen it

Jul 31, 2026

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12 min read

🧭 Born Into It

🧭 Born Into It

The FIFA World Cup monetizes an identity you didn't choose

Jul 17, 2026

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11 min read

🧭 95 Theses

🧭 95 Theses

Part IV: the NCAA is the Catholic Church, and Martin Luther is here

Jul 3, 2026

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20 min read

🧭 The Fall of Man

🧭 The Fall of Man

Part III: the Serpent in the Garden strikes the NCAA's heel

Jun 19, 2026

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21 min read

🧭 Icarus Falling

🧭 Icarus Falling

Part II: the broken economics of the NCAA

Jun 5, 2026

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22 min read

🧭 The Wild West

🧭 The Wild West

Part I: the complete history of the NCAA

May 22, 2026

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22 min read

🧭 Sunday Mass

🧭 Sunday Mass

Stadiums are the new cathedrals, and sports are the new religion

May 8, 2026

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16 min read

🧭 Wheels Within Wheels

🧭 Wheels Within Wheels

Why the same patterns repeat at every scale across domains

Apr 24, 2026

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12 min read

🧭 Chain of Command

🧭 Chain of Command

Hierarchy in sport is both necessary and formative

Apr 10, 2026

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13 min read

🧭 Adrift at Sea

🧭 Adrift at Sea

Sport is the domain of time operating within the domain of space

Mar 27, 2026

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14 min read

🧭 In the Beginning . . .

🧭 In the Beginning . . .

What sits at the center when heaven and earth unite

Mar 13, 2026

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9 min read

🧭 At the Center

🧭 At the Center

An introduction to the patterns that shape sports, culture, and capital

Feb 27, 2026

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5 min read

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