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We’re three weeks into the USFL’s reboot season and it’s time to take a deeper look into the the league and what it needs to… Read More »The Spring Football Formula

early a year after he first was put on leave from the LA Dodgers, Trevor Bauer was officially suspended by Major League Baseball. It’s a… Read More »The Trever Bauer Suspension – how MLB hands out punishments must change

It’s finally over. The most absurd start for any expansion franchise in all of sports – the Golden Knights – has finally come to a… Read More »The Expansion Knight has Fallen

College hockey isn’t a sport that gets a lot of coverage in the sports world. It’s a full step below college baseball on the American… Read More »The Highs and Lows of Dryden McKay

Just a couple of days ago the Boston Celtics wrapped up their series sweep over the Brooklyn Nets. With that result I think it marks… Read More »End of the Super Team Era

Not Larry Bird. Not Big Bird. Just the bird, flipped quite loudly by Kyrie Irving to the fans in Boston. Sure this happened two days… Read More »The Bird is Back in Boston, Kyrie Deserves a Bonus.

Clearly we’re stuck in some dystopian future. An era where words don’t mean anything, or at least the meaning has been changed. Opening Day used… Read More »Opening Day… Part 2, the Main Course

Opening Day is finally here! It’s a baseball fan’s Christmas. The waiting and anticipation is over. Games are underway, the strike is just a distance… Read More »Opening Day, Day 1. The Contradiction

At all levels hockey is a niche sport. Sure it has pockets where it’s incredibly popular – Minnesota, Michigan, the Northeast… Canada. When you get… Read More »The Frozen Four: It’s Hockey’s Turn

One of the things that makes sports truly great is the tradition. It doesn’t matter how big or how small the tradition is. It can… Read More »Baseball Movie Day, an Annual Tradition

It’s Masters week this week. The one week on the golf majors tour that always goes to the same place in Augusta, Georgia. There are… Read More »The Tiger Boost

There’s a lot of talk about there being a major sports lull right after the Super Bowl finishes. Sure, it’s the biggest sports event in… Read More »When’s the Biggest Sports Lull

The World Cup qualifiers are finally finished – or at least close enough to being finished that the draw was able to be made. Friday… Read More »Way too Early World Cup Preview

I’m likely in the minority on this opinion, but to me Blue Bloods are boring. I don’t just feel that way for College basketball, I… Read More »Final Four: Blue Bloods are Boring

Let’s ride this Cinderella story out. Make it be the most improbable championship run, possibly in any sport, but certainly for college basketball. If the… Read More »F*** it, St Peter’s for National Champions

It’s the middle of March and you know what that means! It’s time for College Basketball to step foot on center stage, not just in… Read More »It’s Madness Baby!

The baseball season has concluded. The first sport back on their normal schedule post COVID just crowned the Atlanta Braves as World Series Champions. The… Read More »That’s a Wrap – Atlanta ends the 26 year drought

The first College Football Playoff Rankings were released Tuesday and as usual they’re trash. The frustrating thing about the Playoff Committee is that it’s completely… Read More »CFP Rankings are in… and they’re trash

I’ve got a tradition leading up to every opening day for the MLB season. I watch a different baseball movie every day the week leading… Read More »Getting Ready for the NHL Season with Movies

We’re approaching the halfway mark of the college football season. Teams are starting to separate themselves as contenders – both on the national stage and… Read More »Can’t Miss Games – Week 6 College Football

Baseball today, more than any other sport and any other time is driven by statistics and probability. It’s the biggest complaint about the game today.… Read More »The Art of Stealing Home

The marathon that is the MLB season came down to an exciting finish for some on Sunday. After just a day off, we get to… Read More »MLB Postseason Preview: Wild Card Edition

They say that the baseball season is way too long. 162 games is nearly twice as many as NBA and NHL seasons have, and nearly… Read More »The MLB Marathon Ends in a Photo-finish

A field goal off the post got Week 5 started, that should have been the omen we needed for a strange weekend. There were undefeated… Read More »College Weekend Recap: An Unexpected Weekend

Week 5 got off to a great start with the Miami and Virginia game last night. It was a painful loss for Miami, as a… Read More »Games to Watch – Week 5

College football is the sport with the smallest room for error. Most years if you want to contend for the National Championship you need to… Read More »Can Anyone Go Undefeated?

We’re entering the final round of non-conference games, except if you’re an SEC team then you get a random cupcake game in November. Anyways, it’s… Read More »Week 4 Games to Watch

Since 2016 it’s been pretty easy to pencil in 3 of the 4 teams in the College Football Playoff. You knew that it was going… Read More »A New Chapter in College Football

The dog days of summer are apparently the time to re-brand teams. A couple of weeks ago we saw Cleveland announce the new name for… Read More »New Names are Terrible

Probably more than any other league the star players in the NBA move from team to team. Especially in the years since “The Decision” star… Read More »The Stars Stay Put, At Least for Some

It’s one of the most iconic baseball movies of all time. Even though I wouldn’t categorize it as a baseball movie as much as an… Read More »If You Build It… The Field of Dreams Game

The Olympics are finally in the books. After a year delay and constant questions about if it will even go on at all we made… Read More »Tallying Up: Olympic Medal Count

The Olympic games are up and running in full force right now. There’s 46 sports jam packed into a 16 day span in a single… Read More »Ranking the Olympic Sports

I’m going out there and making a bold prediction… taking the leader after the first two days, Louis Oosthuizen to win the Claret Jug. I… Read More »It’s Oosthuizen’s Open

The weekend was pretty rough for Team USA Basketball – at least if you count Monday as a continuation of the weekend. They’ve now dropped… Read More »Will 2004 Repeat for Team USA Basketball?

This might be one of the least controversial controversies that comes up every couple of years. Interim coaches not getting to keep their wins for… Read More »Rant About Interim Coaches Not Getting Wins

Baseball, probably more than any other sport loves its stats. Big numbers help define the level of greatness a player reaches – 500 home runs… Read More »Albert Pujols Reaches 6000

There’s a saying in hockey that the 2 goal lead is the worst lead in sports. Basically it’s the black dot superstition from the pirate… Read More »Is the 7 run first the new 2 goal lead?

Up until Mississippi State capped off their baseball season with the College World Series Championship, there were only 3 of the 65 major college programs… Read More »Hail State!

It’s been nearly 30 years since a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup. It’s their national sport, and their cup. The Stanley cup was created… Read More »Can Canada Win their Cup?

The two games in the opening knockout round of Euro 2020 today were wild. That’s all that needs to be said. No need for a… Read More »Extra Fun with Extra Time in Euros

I don’t claim to be a soccer fan, in fact up until this past year I’ve probably only watched 20 matches. But when the world… Read More »A Sucker’s Guide to Euro2020

On a cool and cloudy day in Walnut, California the sports world set their eyes on a normally ignored USA Track and Field event. One… Read More »DK’s Track Experiment – will more in the NFL follow?

I’m nothing close to an expert in horse racing. I’m even further from an expert in cycling. I’m just a general sports fan that watches… Read More »In Horse Racing, Bob Baffert is no Different than Lance Armstrong

John Means was one wild pitch (or a blocked ball but we’ll take the official score) away from a perfect game when he took the… Read More »No Means No – The love affair with the no-hitter

After a four month sprint we’re wrapping up the NHL season. This year was a bit different, rather than having a cohesive league it was… Read More »How did the original six survive?

Strange injuries happen in every sport. Kevin Love once broke his hand by doing knuckle pushups. There’s a common meme showing a soccer player getting… Read More »In a World with Strange Injuries, Baseball is King

On paper this is an easy question to answer, there’s people with the title Owner. They own the team. Professional sports all have an owner… Read More »To Whom Does a Team Belong?

I’m a guy that loves an underdog. I love parity, never knowing who will be the champion at the end of season. But I always… Read More »Big Time Streaks in Sports

There’s a common saying in baseball, you can’t win your division in a month but you can lose it. We’ve just turned the calendar over… Read More »One Month in, Who’s Played Their Way Out of the Playoffs

I know I’m in the minority on this one, but I think it’s pretty risky drafting a quarterback early in the first round. My main… Read More »The Draft and Quarterbacks – it’s an overpriced obsession

There once was a time that the NFL didn’t just stand for the National Football League, rather it was the No Fun League. Roger Goodell… Read More »Is the No Fun League Dead?

Maybe it’s just me, maybe it’s because we know the first overall pick, and likely the next two picks. For some reason though I’m not… Read More »It’s draft week, and this year it’s anticlimactic

There’s a saying in most sports when they go to overtime, it’s free! In most sports the rules are altered a little – NFL does… Read More »Free baseball is terrible

College football is on the brink of changing its post season once again. After only 7 years the powers that be have changed their tune… Read More »The Only Solution to CFP Reform