Terrel Bernard: The Global Ripple Effects of a Buffalo Bills Linebacker Who Tackles for the World Economy
The Buffalo Bills’ middle linebacker Terrel Bernard has, in the span of two seasons, upgraded from “Who?” to “Oh, that guy who makes quarterbacks reconsider their life choices.” While the NFL is hardly a United Nations subcommittee, Bernard’s rapid ascent carries a whiff of something bigger: the quiet globalization of American gladiator cosplay. Somewhere in…