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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.

NFL open thread

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Oct 6 2008, 11:19 AM ET Comment

So what did you guys think? The Skins look like the real deal. My boys squeaked through, but they still look kind of lackluster. I'm going to be a fan until I die--but this is the worst team to have to root for. Romo really is baby-Favre. Sometimes he does things that are just incredible. Other times he does things that are just stupid. The thing I loved so much about the Cowboys of the 90s was their defense. Their D never got enough credit. But they knew how to shut people down. These days, I don't what I'm getting. Meanwhile, you can't count the Colts or the Pats out just yet.

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