George Pickens: How One Gravity-Defying Catch Became the Planet’s Favorite Distraction
George Pickens and the Weaponization of Spectacle By Our Man in the Cheap Seats, Circumnavigating the Globe One Highlight Reel at a Time If you squint at the right angle, George Pickens is less a wide receiver than a perfectly calibrated piece of soft-power ordnance—launched weekly by the Pittsburgh Steelers straight into the retinas of…