Rory Goulding: The Ravens were my pick to win the AFC North when the season began, and despite a Week 1 hiccup against the Bengals, I still like that pick. The Ravens have a little underrated tone to their season this year, and I think the Bengals reign at the top of this division ends […]
The 10 Most Important GIFs From Week 1
September 9, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Week 1 has concluded, and now you need to know the important things that happened. I understand not all of us have NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL RedZone, or internet machines, so I’ve compiled the list free of charge. No need to thank me. Behold, here are the 10 must-see GIFs from opening weekend, along with […]
And Another Season Begins…
September 4, 2014 By Leave a Comment
With the start of the 2014 NFL regular season tonight, Jim Armstrong and Rory Goulding give their picks for the game, and prepare you for another exciting season of NFL football. Jim Armstrong: I like to think of the summer months as the Doldrums of the sporting calendar year. The World Cup was our […]
Rewriting Sports History
August 6, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Here’s how winning (or winning more) can change a career. Five athletes who could benefit from rewriting the sports record books. 5. Ken Griffey, Jr. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 13-Time All-Star 1997 AL MVP 10-Time Gold Glove Award Batting average .284 Hits 2,781 Home runs 630 Runs batted in 1,836 When Ken Griffey, Jr. first appeared […]
Spinning the “Could Have Been” Wheel
July 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Three cautionary “what-if” teams from the past twenty years Although Jim Armstrong already outlined some of the better known “what-if” teams from the last two decades, here’s a look at three more that had unlucky bounces, unfortunate events, or just plain incompetence derail their bright futures and thwart their chance at greatness. 2011-12 San […]
Musings From a July that we Won’t Soon Forget
July 13, 2014 By 1 Comment
It’s Sunday evening, the 13th of July and my sports mind is reeling from 72 hours of full 360 degree LeBron-mania media immersion. In a way, I feel similar to how I felt in April when the NBA and NHL playoffs were in full swing and Bubba Watson was torching his peers at Augusta. April […]
The State of the 2014 Cleveland Browns
July 3, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Ron, the lead editor of FantasyFootballOverdose.Com – great source of football news and rumors. You can follow @NFLRankings via Twitter or via Google+ for more updates. It’s been awhile since the Cleveland Browns were one of the more interesting teams in the NFL but that all changed […]
The Slighted Spurs
June 16, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Ignored by a generation for nearly a decade and a half, the Tim Duncan-led Spurs may have won more than a Championship with their impressive win over the Miami Heat. Finally. Walk around a shopping mall, NBA arena or any public place that may feature young NBA fans and you will never see a piece […]
The Greatest Basketball Player No One Ever Knew
June 11, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Imagine being at the top of your profession for the better part of a decade, only to fade into oblivion and leave no lasting legacy. Sadly, due to a confluence of factors, Shareef Abdur-Rahim is the rare case of a player who dominated his profession (basketball) for nearly a decade, only to be categorically forgotten […]
Idiot American Explains: World Cup Jerseys
June 6, 2014 By Leave a Comment
I’ll start with this: the only takeaways from my younger soccer experiences were that A) I hated playing, and B) the jerseys, especially the World Cup ones, were really cool looking. That’s it. To be fair, I did attempt to play a few times, but my frustration at either never getting the ball, […]
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