Archive - Cory Gunkel

The Price of a Car

The most famous actor in this particular universe drove his Maserati into the maw of a tangerine horizon pocked with purple clouds. Steep cocoa-colored…

Jul 6, 2023 •

January 2023

Jan 5, 2023 •

December 2022

Barry Enderwick Knows the Best Sandwich Ingredient Is Sincerity

Meet the man behind "Sandwiches of History."

Dec 8, 2022 •

January 2022

The New Orleans Saints Are America's Team

There isn’t a team that better encapsulates the current American milieu than the 2021 New Orleans Saints. They wake up and trudge to their day job…

Jan 4, 2022 •

November 2021

Waiting For Nothing

Nov 5, 2021 •

October 2021

Sun Shines on USM's Brand Again

I’ve worked in enough communications departments to know that most people who use words like “branding” and “synergy” unironically should be sent to…

Oct 28, 2021 •

The NFL's War on Fun

Like a lot of bad decisions, the NFL’s new heightened emphasis on taunting penalties was conceived by a group of bureaucrats hand-picked by a befuddled…

Oct 14, 2021 •

September 2021

College Football Dive Bar Special: Week 4

This is the perfect week to read this newsletter. There aren’t many matchups this week that pop off the schedule, and if you have other plans like a…

Sep 24, 2021 •

College Football Dive Bar Special: Week 3

Bringing you the best games you probably had no idea were happening between programs you may or may not know exist.

Sep 17, 2021 •

College Football Dive Bar Special: Week 2

It's the second iteration of our weekly college football watch list, where we'll bring you the best games you probably had no idea were happening…

Sep 10, 2021 •

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the (Deep) Bomb

The 2021 New Orleans Saints could be the franchise's most pleasant surprise since 2006, or the worst team since that year's rebirth. Embrace the chaos.

Sep 10, 2021 •

College Football Dive Bar Special: Week 1

It's the first iteration of our weekly college football watch list, where we'll bring you the best games you probably had no idea were happening between…

Sep 2, 2021 •

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