On Sunday, my roommate and I sat on our couch taking in Redzone for the final time this season. For 17 weeks we have remain transfixed week after week each Sunday by the riveting action that NFL Redzone provides. If you are a football fan and have not tasted the sweet nectar that is NFL […]
Who Would You Rather Build a Franchise Around for the Next 10 Years: Cam or Russell?
December 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Talented Mr. Roto…wow, it must be nice to be you
December 4, 2013 By 1 Comment
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 […]
5 NBA Players I Would Want in My Fox Hole
November 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
There are so many players who I observe that are insanely selfish (recently retired Corey Maggette), just don’t get it (JaVale McGee), are team cancers (Stephon Marbury…at least in the NBA), aren’t winners (Chris Webber) and will never get it (JR Smith). Then there are those players who are the very essence of a team…the […]
The Lone Ranger: Tony Romo’s Enigmatic Character and Flawed Career
October 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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 […]
Where Careers Go to Die: The Worst Franchises in Sports
October 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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 […]
Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning – Who’s had the Better Career?
September 26, 2013 By 3 Comments
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
September 18, 2013 By 2 Comments
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 […]
The Case for the 1996 NBA Draft Class as the Best Class of All Time
September 10, 2013 By 1 Comment
“Absolutely loaded.” These were the first words that came out of my mouth when describing the 2003 and 1996 NBA draft classes to my roommate a couple of weeks ago. Never at a point in the NBA’s history have we seen a more thorough, top-to-bottom class full of talented players than we did during these […]
The Top 5 ‘What If’ Teams Since 1995
September 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
In sports we often lament injuries, blown calls and other circumstances that influence the outcome of games, series and even seasons. After taking you through the Top 5 ‘What If’ players since 1990, whose careers were derailed by either drugs or injuries, I dig into the top 5 ‘What If’ teams. These teams had all […]
Nash vs. Kidd – Who’s had the Better Career & Who’s the Better Point Guard?
August 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Before you skewer me for writing about the NBA in mid-August, when I clearly have been neglecting the NFL, which commences in just over two weeks, know that I’m doing this because I need to get the NBA out of my system. Frankly, right now I’m just more excited about the NBA than the NFL […]
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