American Anti-Imperialist League

Super Bowl LI just happened this past Sunday. The Atlanta Falcons v. the New England Patriots. The Falcons started off strong in the first half ending it with them leading 21-3. Coming into the 3rd quarter, Atlanta scored a touchdown on their first drive, but the Patriots came brought a fight. New England tied up with Atlanta by the end of the 4th quarter, 28-28. In overtime, the Patriots scored and won the game, 34-28. The producers of Super Bowl LI did a great job overall. Now it’s my turn to…

Prospect Impressions: Soustal pulls out the "Michigan move," Draisaitl stays hot, North Dakota's teamwork Every year it seems like one or two players in the hockey world pull off a lacrosse-style goal and catches the attention of national media. Tomas Soustal joined the club this weekend, drawing the attention of hockey fans worldwide. Also in this week's edition of Prospect Impressions, Leon Draisaitl and Teemu Pulkkinen score, plus more from junior hockey and one college play that has…

football in the United States and Canada, it is often called gridiron or American football in different parts of the world. It evolved from rugby football, and the first game was played in 1869 between Princeton and Rutgers. A lot of people in america play football if it's not professional they play it professional and for fun it is a American Football grew out of English sports such as rugby and soccer and became popular on American college campuses in the late 1800s.American football…

Football broadcasts are often riddled with stereotypical code labels of white and black players. Even on the biggest stage of the year, the Super Bowl, there often is not any exception to this. This year, we saw the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons battle in Houston for the Lombardi Trophy. Fox was on the call, with Joe Buck and Troy Aikman in the booth. Buck was only doing play-by-play, so it was Aikman who was giving these labels to certain players. When talking about white players in…

Australian Football also known as Aussie Rules, AFL or footy has been around since the 1850s and is now one of the most popular sports in Australia. Although Australian Football was developed in Australia, it is now played by more than 100,000 people in over 80 countries. In 1858 the first game of Australian Football was played. The idea for the game came from a Victorian man called Thomas Wills. There is a statue next to the MCG in remembrance of the first match Melbourne Grammar Vs Scotch…

Odell injured his hamstring two weeks ago against the 49ers. He didn’t practice all week last week leading up to the game against the Eagles on Monday night. Nevertheless, as you would expect Beckham played in the game on Monday night. In the first half it looked like he would have a big game being targeted seven times catching all seven passes for 76 yards one touchdown. However, in the second half the Eagles pretty much shut him down. The Eagles pretty much doubled teamed him the whole game…

"The Ransom of Red Chief" is a short story in which O. Henry, the author, presents a hilarious view of a ransom. Bill Driscoll, Sam, Red Chief are the main characters. Bill and Sam decide to come up with a kidnapping plot for two thousand dollar so they can have enough money to finish their scheme somewhere else. They had taken in the first person they saw which was Red Chief and he did put up a fight. Once he was taken the kidnappers took him outside of the village and inside a cave. The boy…

off, have if you ever turned on the tv while the sports announcers were talking about the Broncos? If so, then you have probably heard them mention Von Miller. Von Miller was voted Super Bowl MVP, and is even being called the best linebacker in the league. That name is true because of his 338 sacks, 72 assists, and 12 pass defends. Now if you ask anyone, they would say that that’s pretty good. But not as good as the man, the myth, the legend, Peyton Manning.…

In its times, “Brian’s Song” was the most iconic made-for-TV movie. ABC strategically placed its premier, utilizing the concept of “flow” to cross-over their normal, stereotypical male Monday Night Football audience, towards the broad audience they were striving for their prime-time football games. Doing this allowed Monday Night Football to become a “consensual space”, thanks to the high viewing rates of the connecting film. These ideas worked with the themes of the movie to construct a…

Football League is the greatest success story in the history of American sports.(American Football and Its Heritage) Baseball may always be called "the national pastime," but in recent decades pro football has become a national obsession. (American Football and Its Heritage) Pro football is now by far the most popular sport in America, its tens of millions of impassioned fans turning the NFL into a rapidly growing multibillion-dollar business that is now known as, “America’s Game.” (American…