Welcome to the The Stands archives. Here you’ll find thoughts and essays on sports and popular culture.

 

• I’m afraid for the day Paul McCartney will die
• Never fill out a March Madness bracket
• “Batman v Superman” is an Abomination, but It Didn’t Have to Be. Just Look to Marvel.
• How Peyton Manning’s Postgame Interview Should Have Gone
• Dark Tower fans who reject Idris Elba are not (necessarily) racists. But they’re still wrong.
• The Five Stages of Quitting Football Fanhood