A Look Back at 2013 and our Christmas Wishes for 2014

Christmas Giving: James Dolan By: Tyler Michels This holiday season, let’s give New York Knicks owner James Dolan a brain. For Christmas, this Knicks fan is in the giving spirit. I’m giving James Dolan a brain this year. We all know, he really he needs it. At this point in the 2013-2014 NBA season, we […]

The Talented Mr. Roto…wow, it must be nice to be you

On August 28th, 2013 Matthew Berry, AKA “The Talented Mr. Roto,” published his bold predictions for each of the 32 NFL franchises. My buddy brought this post to my attention today and after reviewing Matthew Berry’s litany of ridiculous predictions, I decided to take a departure from my regular style of posts and take you […]

The Lone Ranger: Tony Romo’s Enigmatic Character and Flawed Career

Sunday, October 27, 2013 marked another chapter in Tony Romo’s up and down and often mercurial career. The Cowboys led by Romo were up 10 points at two separate times late in the 4th quarter (20-10 and then again 27-17) at the Lions. With less than 3 minutes left, Romo had a chance to ice […]

Inside the Industry of Sports Gambling

Sports betting, and mainly Fantasy Football, has taken off in recent years. Here’s the scoop on the wave of Sports Gambling. Sports gambling is illegal across much of the United States, but that has not stopped people from taking part. Sports betting and now the craze of fantasy football makes it seem like just about […]

Mile High Tragedy: Promise, Champagne and the Jersey that will Never be Forgotten

In the early hours of January 1st, 2007, three Denver Broncos left a club where they had been ringing in the New Year, and celebrating the birthday of then Denver Nugget Kenyon Martin. Minutes later, a horrific event forever changed the lives of these three Broncos, who were both teammates and friends.   “I still […]

Where Careers Go to Die: The Worst Franchises in Sports

As a professional athlete in 2013, there are some organizations that just scream turmoil, ineptitude and utter lack of solidarity and direction. When Charles Woodson was cut from the Green Bay Packers last spring, I thought this was a perfect opportunity for the soon to be 37-year old safety to sign a one or two […]

Throwback Thursday: Garrison Hearst

In the lexicon of professional football, players are so often forgotten amid conversations of legends, current stars, classic rivalries and, as of right now, Tim Tebow. Players that were around for a few years, regardless of how dominant or impressive they were, rarely find themselves being mentioned once they disappear from the scope of the […]

The New NFL: The Game has Changed. But, How Much?

The NFL has some new rule changes in 2013, but has it really transformed the way we view the game? Over the summer, as talk of the NFL’s September return started to gear up, all I heard about was the new NFL rule changes for 2013, and how much they would change the game. The […]

Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning – Who’s had the Better Career?

Naturally, it’s difficult to assess any athlete’s body of work when he/she has not yet finished playing. With this being said, Tom Brady, at age 36, and Peyton Manning, at age 37, are in their last acts as quarterbacks in the National Football League. That’s not to say that this last act for each of […]

My Top 5 Sports Moments of the Last 20 Years

We all have our sports moments that will remain etched in our memories forever. We know exactly where we were sitting, what we were doing, who was in the room with us and how we felt during that precise moment. We’ll remember the agony, the jubilation and emotions we didn’t even know we had bottled […]