Welcome to Adapt & Respond with RJ Young. RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in sports and pop culture. Tune in live on College Football Saturday Night, Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football, Tuesday Night College Football Playoff rankings revealed and Thursday Night Football. RJ also performs daily segments taking on the biggest breaking news stories in college football and the NFL.
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F.A.F.O.Ohio State and Michigan have scores to settle on multiple fronts, but the one that matters the most is who runs the Big Ten among them. The Michigan Wolverines have beaten Ohio State each of the last four years and won three of the last four Big Ten Championships, but Ohio State's hold on the Big Ten has been reasserted with a national titl…
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Penn State coach James Franklin is 0-7 against Ohio State and Michigan over the last four years. Should that narrative matter in 2025? --RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in college football, sports and entertainment every week. --Tune in live on College Football Saturday Night, Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football, Tuesday…
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Ohio State has the only unanimous selection for the Big Ten's Preseason Honors in 2025. RJ takes on SMU coach Rhett Lashlee's assertion that the SEC is top-heavy and just how many teams can win the national title in 2025. --13:32 how many teams can win the national title? --26:33 Is Rhett Lashlee right about the SEC? --RJ gives his strong opinions …
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The Athletic reported Big Ten commissioner Tony Pettiti sent a letter to the NCAA's Committee on Infractions asking it not to level any more sanctions or penalties for Michigan's football program. --RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in college football, sports and entertainment every week. --Tune in live on College Football Saturda…
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Ohio State enters preseason without a QB1 while their Week 1 opponent, Texas, knows its coming to Columbus, Ohio, with Arch Manning as the Longhorns' starter. Julian Sayin feels like the penciled starter, but Lincoln Kienholz is the older and more experienced player. 9:50 Does Iowa finally have a QB good enough to lead it to the College Football Pl…
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Since becoming head coach at Georgia, Kirby Smart is 105-19 -- 53-5 in the last five years. Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer could learn from the man who actually spent nine years on Nick Saban's staff. DeBoer and the Crimson Tide also need a win against Mike Norvell's Florida State more than the Noles do. And Oregon's Will Stein is the best offensive co…
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RJ recapped this week's SEC media days. He unpacks the preseason SEC media poll and takes on what Oklahoma fans should expect as well as whether or not Texas is the best team in the SEC. --15:11 Oklahoma is betting on Brent Venables' decision? --29:33 Greg Sankey doesn't want to expand the CFP? -- 38:51 DJ Lagway's health is key to Florida success?…
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RJ unpacks the first two days of SEC Media Days in this jam-packed episode: 0:00 Texas feels like the best contender to unseat Georgia 11:11 Josh Heupel insists on having a QB Derby at Tennessee 21:30 Jackson Arnold might have found his happy place at Auburn 35:00 Kirby Smart 'offered' Nick Saban 42:44 Kalen DeBoer can't afford to miss the CFP agai…
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Colorado coach Deion Sanders and Big 12 coaches want a salary cap to fix tampering and spending?
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Probably not. --RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in college football, sports and entertainment every week. --Tune in live on College Football Saturday Night, Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football, Tuesday Night College Football Playoff rankings revealed and Thursday Night Football. --RJ also performs daily segments taking o…
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Penn State is just 1-15 against AP top 5 opponents with James Franklin as head coach and 0-7 against Ohio State and Michigan over the last four years. Is this the year the Nittany Lions move past and defeat the Buckeyes? --RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in college football, sports and entertainment every week. --Tune in live on …
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Oklahoma QB John Mateer threw for 3,139 yards, rushed for 826 and helped Washington State get to the Holiday Bowl in 2024. Can he lead the Sooners past Arch Manning and the Longhorns? Can Texas A&M beat Texas for the first time in 15 years (12:37) Jake Retzlaff withdrew from BYU (22:18) --RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in colleg…
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Nebraska ought to be headed into a magic year with Matt Rhule who has never failed to win 10 games in Year 3 at any of his previous FBS stops, including Temple and Baylor. With Dylan Raiola at QB, there's reason to believe the Huskers can win 10 games in 2025. --RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in college football, sports and ente…
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Joey McGuire's Texas Tech and Kenny Dillingham's Arizona State could make a push for the College Football Playoff with the right recipe. Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark believes the best way forward for the Big 12 and college football is to implement a College Football Playoff that incorporates a 5+11 format, believing multiple Big 12 teams could…
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Colorado coach Deion Sanders enters 2025 with Kaidon Salter and Jeheim Oatis looking to take the Buffaloes to their first CFP appearance after last year's nine-win season. --RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in college football, sports and entertainment every week. --Tune in live on College Football Saturday Night, Sunday Night Foo…
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SEASON PREVIEW: Josh Heupel, Joey Aguilar will return the Tennessee Vols to the CFP in 2025?
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Josh Heupel no longer has Nico Iamaleava at the helm. He's got former UCLA and Appalachian State QB Joey Aguilar running the offense. But the Vols have enough to return to the CFP with another solid year in the SEC. --RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in college football, sports and entertainment every week. --Tune in live on Colle…
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2025 Texas Longhorns Season Preview: Is Arch Manning the missing piece to Texas' first national title since 2005?
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Arch Manning might be the best QB Texas has had since Vince Young. With games at Ohio State and at Georgia, we'll have a chance to find out if he's the missing piece to the Longhorns' first national title in 20 years. --RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in college football, sports and entertainment every week. --Tune in live on Col…
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Michigan has its work cut out for it, and no one knows that more than Sherrone Moore and Bryce Underwood. The Wolverines hope to regain their 2023 form. --RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in college football, sports and entertainment every week. --Tune in live on College Football Saturday Night, Sunday Night Football, Monday Night…
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Ryan Day's Ohio State looks to run it back and defend its 2024 national title in 2025 with a new QB in Julian Sayin, new offensive coordinator in Brian Hartline, new defensive coordinator in Matt Patricia and new offensive line. But they've still got wide receiver Jeremiah Smith and safety Caleb Downs, and that's enough.--This is the official podca…
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In this episode of Adapt & Respond with RJ, he unpacks Jeremiah Smith's revealing interview with The Athletic, Steve Spurrier's criticism of Arch Manning and Dez Bryant's take on Nike losing out on Smith in a shoe deal. 00:00 to 8:49 Steve Spurrier isn't buying the Arch hype 8:49 to 19:13 Jeremiah Smith says he won't lose to Michigan again 19:13 to…
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In this episode of Adapt & Respond with RJ, he unpacks the addition of Jim Harbaugh to a lawsuit against former Michigan offensive coordinator Matt Weiss; Texas State expects to join the Pac-12 conference and LSU might have a CFP team. 8:41 to 16:31 Jim Harbaugh has been added to a civil suit against Matt Weiss 16:31 to 24:16 Texas State expects to…
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RJ unpacks the anonymous quotes provided by Athlon Sports about Ohio State and Michigan. He also discusses Bruce Feldman's feature about Arch Manning's upbringing. 00:00 to 10:39 What coaches had to say about Ohio State anonymously 10:39 to 26:11 What coaches had to say about Michigan anonymously 18:08 to 26:11 Are Max Klare and Jelani Thurman the …
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Thomas Castellanos has already started to talk his talk ahead of the Florida State's game against Alabama. Oklahoma is making all the right offseason moves, and Jaden O'Neal will play high school football in Mustang, Oklahoma, while committed to the Seminoles. 00:00 to 9:24 -- Thomas Castellanos wants Bama 9:24 to 18:27 -- Oklahoma is rising 18:27 …
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RJ reacts to the Oklahoma City Thunder winning its first NBA championship over the Indiana Pacers. --This is the official podcast for everything Adapt & Respond with RJ Young. --RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in college football, sports and entertainment every week. --Tune in live on College Football Saturday Night, Sunday Night…
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In this episode of Adapt & Respond 00:00: 9:13 Which RB will have the best 2025: Ohio State's CJ Donaldson, Oregon's Makhi Hughes or Texas' CJ Baxter 17:22 to 27:49 Is Colorado's Kaidon Salter going to rush for 1,000 yards? 27:49 to end Is Wisconsin really suing Miami? Over a player? --This is the official podcast for everything Adapt & Respond wit…
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Dia Bell became the first Texas QB commit to win Elite 11 MVP + A new obstacle in moving toward a 16-team CFP format?
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(0:00-9:24) Texas QB commit Dia Bell wins Elite 11 MVP(9:25-19:27) Mizzou spent $31 million on its student-athletes in 2024(19:28-26:01) Is strength of schedule that important?(26:02-end) Bret Bielema has a point about the SEC conference schedule?--This is the official YouTube channel for everything Adapt & Respond. --RJ gives his strong opinions o…
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Ohio State WR Jeremiah Smith's brother receives an OSU offer, Texas QB commit Dia Bell could win Elite 11 and the Pac-12 is expanding again
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(0:00-8:54) Jeremiah Smith's little brother received an Ohio State offer? (8:55-19:07) Can 2026 Texas commit Dia Bell win Elite 11 MVP (19:08-26:25) What does Michigan transfer Jake Garcia add to the Wolverines QB room? (26:26-34:19) The Pac-12 is expanding to Texas? (34:18-end) Does Arch Manning needs to be like Vince Young for Texas to win a nati…
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Ohio State's breakout stars, five bold predictions and what 5-star official visitors can mean for Josh Heupel's Tennessee Vols
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In this episode, RJ discusses five bold predictions in the Big Ten, Tennessee hosted a pair of five-star talents (12:23), will Bill Belichick's Year 1 be better than Deion Sanders' Year 1 (18:48), what will it take for Penn State to win a championship (26:16) and RJ's candidates for breakout stars at Ohio State include one defender (36:16). --This …
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What Deion Sanders had to say about his health + Nebraska's underappreciated QB + Texas must win in 2025
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RJ discusses Texas' win-now attitude, Deion Sanders' time away from Boulder (9:10), Nebraska's gem in Dylan Raiola (18:17) and Texas A&M's KC Concepcion as a $2.5 million WR. --This is the official YouTube channel for everything Adapt & Respond. --RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in college football, sports and entertainment every…
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Michigan is predicted to finish fourth in the Big Ten; Oklahoma is predicted to finish behind Auburn in SEC and Deion Sanders is not in Boulder
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Oklahoma is predicted to finish behind Auburn; Michigan is predicted to finish fourth in the Big Ten (9:50); Deion Sanders is not in Boulder (18:35); Deloitte's NIL Go will face scrutiny. --This is the official YouTube channel for everything Adapt & Respond. --RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in college football, sports and entert…
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Michigan's NCAA infraction hearing ends + House v. NCAA settled + Deion Sanders' Colorado anonymously assessed
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Monday's edition of A&R begins with a discussion about Michigan and its NCAA infractions hearing, then moves to what Arkansas' 2025 might look like (9:35), the impact of House v. NCAA settled (19:36), Kevin Jennings was snubbed as notable by the Manning Passing Academy (28:53), Oregon WR Evan Stewart's apparent season-ending injury (37:03) and an a…
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Is this the year Texas wins its first national title since 2025? + What can we expect from Josh Heupel's Vols?
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Steve Sarkisian's Texas is the favorite to win the 2025 College Football Playoff national championship with Arch Manning at QB and (8:34) Josh Heupel's Tennessee is going through a transition year with quarterback Joey Aguilar and running back DeSean Bishop looking to lead the Vols. --This is the official YouTube channel for everything Adapt & Resp…
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SEC coaches speak anonymously + Ryan Day wants four Big Ten teams to receive automatic bids to CFP
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Georgia is baking on Gunner Stockton being the guy, but should Kirby Smart trust that? And Ohio State coach Ryan Day said he'd like to see four spots reserved for Big Ten teams in a 16-team CFP field. And In its 2025 edition of Anonymous coach speak, Athlon Sports dropped a doozy about the Sooners' head coach and what expectations must be in 2025. …
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Oklahoma and Alabama are on their revenge tours in 2025 beginning with Tennessee and Vanderbilt?
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RJ discusses just why the Oklahoma Sooners and Alabama Crimson Tide have two SEC foes circled on their schedules. --This is the official YouTube channel for everything Adapt & Respond. --RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in college football, sports and entertainment every week. --Tune in live on College Football Saturday Night, Sun…
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Colorado's Deion Sanders SHREDS reports that Shedeur Sanders didn't prepare for NFL Draft + Ohio State QB Julian Sayin MUST be successful here?!
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Ohio State QB Julian Sayin follows a tough act in Will Howard after Ryan Day's Buckeyes won the 2024 national championship AND Deion Sanders has made headlines once again as he defends his son and former star Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders' NFL Draft prep on Asante Samuel's podcast. --This is the official YouTube channel for everything Adapt & Respond…
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USC is No. 1 in 2026 recruiting rankings, but can the Trojans compete with Ohio State and Michigan? + Deion Sanders and Colorado take a step back in 2025 with Kaidon Salter at QB?!
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In Monday's edition of Adapt & Respond, RJ asks is USC ready to compete in the Big Ten versus the likes of Ohio State and Michigan and is Deion Sanders' Colorado about to take a step back in 2025? --This is the official YouTube channel for everything Adapt & Respond. --RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in college football, sports a…
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In Sunday's edition of Adapt & Respond, RJ unpacks the $40 million Illinois coach Bret Bielema claimed some programs are spending on their rosters and if Duke QB Darin Mensah is worth more to the Blue Devils than Oklahoma QB John Mateer is to the Sooners. --This is the official YouTube channel for everything Adapt & Respond. --RJ gives his strong o…
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In Saturday's edition of Adapt & Respond, RJ asks with seven home games and perhaps just one ranked opponent on the schedule before November, Matt Rhule, Dylan Raiola and the Nebraska Cornhuskers have a chance to win nine games and SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and his SEC spring meetings dominated news this week with field rush fine and news about …
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Justin Fields just has to be better than Aaron Rodgers + Texas AD Chris Del Conte REFUTES most of this
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In Friday's edition of Adapt & Respond, RJ discusses what Justin Fields has to do be great for New York Jets and what Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte had to say about his Longhorns football program's NIL roster pay out and moving their game time with Ohio State. --This is the official YouTube channel for everything Adapt & Respond. --RJ giv…
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In the Wednesday podcast episode of Adapt & Respond, RJ discusses the idea that Deion Sanders is to blame for Shedeur Sanders NFL Draft slide and the prospect of the SEC and Big Ten agreeing to play each other regularly. --This is the official YouTube channel for everything Adapt & Respond. --RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in co…
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The time is now for Steve Sarkisian's Texas with Arch Manning as his starting QB in a year where the College Football Playoff national championship feels attainable in Austin. This is the official YouTube channel for everything Adapt & Respond. RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in college football, sports and entertainment every we…
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Texas QB Arch Manning is not on the cover of EA Sports College Football 26, and that is not a shock. Texas expects to be one of the best teams in the sport in 2025. This is the official YouTube channel for everything Adapt & Respond. RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in college football, sports and entertainment every week. Tune in…
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Ohio State WR Jeremiah Smith & Alabama WR Ryan Williams on cover of EA Sports College Football 26?!
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Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith and Alabama wide receiver Ryan Williams will grace the cover of EA Sports College Football 26. Smith and Williams could compete for the Biletnikoff Award and Heisman in 2025.This is the official YouTube channel for everything Adapt & Respond. RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in college footb…
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New name. Same RJ. Welcome to Adapt & Respond with RJ Young RJ gives his strong opinions on the biggest topics in college football, sports and entertainment every week.RJ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RJ_Young RJ on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rjyoungshow/channel/ RJ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RJYoungShow/Adapt & Respond on IG…
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Truth About Enzo Ferrari and Brock Yates' "Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine"
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1:21:17Enzo Ferrari wanted to race cars, sing opera or write sports; was too much of a coward to race, couldn't sing worth a damn and doesn't believe the truth is entirely necessary. You can find examples of this all over motorsports history, but Brock Yates — who created, participated in and wrote about Cannonball Run — wrote a spectacular biography of t…
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Tony Gilroy, Andor’s maestro, adapted action movies I love—the Bourne trilogy, Armageddon, Michael Clayton and The Devil's Advocate. He made Rogue One too. And I didn't like that as much as others did. His pops, Frank, adapted a movie into a Pulitzer and Tony award-winning play—The Subject Was Roses in 1965. His brothers Dan and John can Kool and t…
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Spawn is the first Black superhero ever to feature in a major motion picture — one year before Wesley Snipes featured in Blade. That fact serves to illustrate Spawn is one of the most overlooked and most popular Black superheroes in history. That juxtaposition merits investigation. So does the idea that the first mainstream superhero or antihero br…
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On Formula 1 in 2022
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1:50:16RJ chopped it up with Racing Incident co-host Anna Tarkov about Formula One. They gushed about Lewis Hamilton, talked about the lack of racial and gender representation in the sport, the upcoming Imola and Miami Grands Prix and just what Drive to Survive has done for the sport.Also, RJ reads the prologue of Adrian Newey's excellent autobiography ca…
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I read Sara Gay Forden's book, "House of Gucci," so you don't have to. It's the story of how Aldo, Rodolfo and Maurizio Gucci built Guccio Gucci's business into an internationally-respected brand and produced iconic fashion and fashion designers like Tom Ford and how Patrizia Reggiani Martinelli Gucci became the symbol of its undoing. House of Gucc…
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On Michael Waldron's "Loki"
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1:14:13Act one, perhaps the best known myth about Loki which involves the creation of Thor's hammer and dwarves nearly chopping off the god of mischief's head for being, well, mischievous and an arrogant prat.Samuel Thompsonhttps://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1436&context=yjlhSif's haircut and Thor's hammerhttps://norse-mytholo…
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