In "Quest for Mollie," Liebling tells of travelling during one offensive on La Piste Forestière, a dirt road on the northern coast of Tunisia, where Allied forces had fought Italian and German troops, and coming across the refuse of fighting — "bits of the war... like beads on a string".
One offensive machine on every team, surrounded by guys named Eric and Raja, cranking away?
Gladwell's pieces in The New Yorker are always worth reading, so I'll just pick out one, "Offensive Play," on the lingering effects of football violence, for a Sidney award — in part to celebrate his work and in part as protest against the envious herd.
As he has taken refuge from the judicial storm inside the Lakers' triangle offense, as he has fashioned one offensive playoff show after another, the marveling over Bryant's ability to endure the so-called distractions in his life has taken on the epic proportion of a Hollywood survival blockbuster.
San Diego won the coin flip in overtime and scored on the first possession.... Cleveland has had one offensive touchdown in its last eight games.
One offensive lineman, who had a Band-Aid on his butt, strode back from the shower yelling, "Anybody need cutters?" — meaning scissors, for removing the tape that was wound around so many ankles.
"I'm going to stay low-key as much as possible," said one offensive player, "because one misstep and you end up on Court TV".
The Chargers had just one offensive play in the third quarter thanks to an interception on that one play, and a Pittsburgh punt that hit Eric Weddle's helmet for a fumble the Steelers recovered.
One offensive deluge and a humiliating outburst later, the Cowboys were on the receiving end of a 50-0 rout.
