Panoptica's Executive Editor and resident NBA fan previews the season and highlights some of his best season-long bets

As the NFL season gets underway, I take a look back at the Luv Ya Blue era of the Houston Oilers and at the ultimate loss for sports fans - when your team and your city get divorced, and there is no more next year in which to get 'em.

We live in a world awash with narrative.

It's worth celebrating those rare moments where a man gets to thumb his nose at those narratives, point to the sky, and say "Scoreboard."

The outcomes of NFL games are inordinately influenced by officials relative to other sports. This is not new.

I'm not sure they're ready for it.