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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.
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Ed Reed is sicker than you

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jan 5 2009, 12:53 PM ET Comment

He really is. Often you'll see a great defensive back turn a quarterback's mistake to his advantage, but rarely do you see a play like this. Ed Reed simply creates this. It's true the receiver fell, but this is an freakish interception, and then an incredible run back.



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