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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.

I Have To Admit

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Nov 2 2009, 10:00 AM ET Comment

That Gladwell article changed how I watch football. It just did. I can't relish the big hit the way I used to. It's weird, because I think this is the argument that football is about more than just smashing into some dude. I still love watching the game. I still like the quarterback play, the sacks, the running back play etc.

But I watched Felix Jones lay some defensive back out yesterday. Normally I would have been leaping up in the air. But it just didn't feel the same. I don't see football going away. But I do see change coming.


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