Newsletter - Chris Rawle

09.21.22

Scientific Finding: It Is Impossible To Gamble On The NFL & Be Good At It

Betting on football brings me great joy some weeks and great consternation others, it is ALWAYS incredible entertainment, but there is one thing you will never hear me say about the best sport on earth: I am good at gambling on the NFL.

08.17.22

I Am Live-Betting NFL Preseason Games & I Am Not Ashamed

I had never heard of the poet Ross Gay until earlier this week. I was sitting at my desk, listening to Spotify, pondering the two things that matter to me: the current quality of my golf game, for good and bad; and attempting to will the start of football season

08.10.22

Should The NFL Mandate Ayahuasca Retreats For Players, Coaches, Executives, & Fans?

Aaron Rodgers is the back-to-back NFL MVP and for my money, the best quarterback who has ever lived. He is my favorite player on my favorite team, the subject of an essay I penned last year about QB brilliance, Packers shortcomings, and self-pleasure. On a recent episode of “The Aubrey

08.03.22

It Is August & Football Will Be Played This Month

The most profound stories are told at the granular level. Specificity is key. College football in many ways mirrors storytelling, the grandest proclamations crystallized by moments that represent more than the sum of their parts. The story of David vs Goliath has nothing to do with a beta shepherd slingstoning

07.13.22

Golf Is A Four-Hour Battle Inside The Smallest, Most Claustrophobic Room Of Your Mind

Tiger Woods said of the unique challenge of St. Andrews and links golf, “The game is so dramatically different—let Mother Nature dictate it and you have to try and figure it out.”