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The 'Patriots Way' Forward, Part III: The Firing Line
If one has been schooled in the world of adulthood, at some point in their life whether they were at their highest point or lowest depth,...
Phillip C. Cooks
Nov 13, 20239 min read
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The 'Patriots-Way' Forward Part II: The Culture War
The current state of the New England Patriots has its roots as far back as when the team won its most recent Super Bowl. The team relied...
Phillip C. Cooks
Nov 6, 20237 min read
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The 'Patriots Way' Forward: Part 1
“The Patriots still face a long road toward again being perennial participants in high level playoff football games. However, on a...
Phillip C. Cooks
Oct 31, 20237 min read
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The 'Patriots Way'-ward Part 2 (3 0f 3)
The Patriots organization and those who control the direction of the franchise, through their red, silver and blue colored lenses,...
Phillip C. Cooks
Feb 1, 20227 min read
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The 'Patriots Way'-ward Part 2 (2 0f 3)
In the post-mortem of the 2021-22 New England Patriots season, it is hard to find positives with the specter of a thorough 47-17 beating...
Phillip C. Cooks
Jan 25, 202210 min read
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The 'Patriots Way'-ward Part 2 (1 0f 3)
In the post-mortem of the 2021-22 New England Patriots season, it is hard to find positives with the specter of a thorough 47-17 beating...
Phillip C. Cooks
Jan 16, 20227 min read
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The 'Patriots Way'-ward
The plight of the 2020 New England Patriots is a lesson in life for all you young whipper snappers who were not alive for the real bad...
Phillip C. Cooks
Dec 29, 20207 min read
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A New Game Within The 'In-Game' Experience: Post Covid-19 Sports
The4 hopes all of its readers are doing well throughout a very...interesting time both in the United States and throughout the global...
Phillip C. Cooks
Oct 15, 20206 min read
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NBA Leverage Pt. 2
On June 18th, The4Corners published an article titled "NBA Players: Again Squandering Leverage" in which there were questions posed as to...
Phillip C. Cooks
Aug 26, 20205 min read
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Going on the 'Offensive'...Team Names
Recently, as the citizens of the United States are undergoing a form of social reckoning as it pertains to race, politics, identity and...
Phillip C. Cooks
Jul 4, 20206 min read
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'Flagging' the Incomplete Mission
"The flag may be gone, but the attitudes remain..." -Me
Phillip C. Cooks
Jun 30, 20205 min read
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Advanced Statistics Drive Away Fans
The chart says I should substitute him and play him a minimum of x-minutes because his rate is often better when the concessions are....
Phillip C. Cooks
Jun 25, 202011 min read
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NBA Players: Again Squandering Leverage
Once again, The4Corners comes to you from planet earth, where popular opinions continue to defy the notion of properly and adequately...
Phillip C. Cooks
Jun 18, 20209 min read
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Why The New England Patriots Should Not Sign Colin Kaepernick
In these days in which apologies, discontent and pandering are the new modes of human interaction, we as observers and fans of sports...
Phillip C. Cooks
Jun 11, 20205 min read
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