College Football 2024 Preview

 College Sports Column Tim's Two Cents Football

Wasn’t it just a couple weeks ago that Michigan won the National Championship, as Jim Harbaugh slithered off to San Diego? Time flies, and here we are again. The start of the 2024 season is a mere four days away. Florida State got kicked in the groin by…

Wall2WallFootball: Big Ten/CFP preview

 

Tim & Eric chat about some NFL items then dive in to a full blown Big Ten preview. Can anyone challenge Ohio State and Oregon? Will James Franklin finally see a playoff game? Is Drew Allar ever going to blossom? Can Michigan repeat? Will USC be good…

Musings of a Sports Fanatic: August 15

 

Tim talks Aaron Judge and 300 HR. How many might he end up with? A trip in the Time Machine to 1953 when Ralph Kiner hit his 300th HR. Judge broke Kiner’s record for fastest to 300. Lots of baseball talk, a shout out to Dick Vitale, Connect to Column w/…

Golden

 Basketball - NBA Column Tim's Two Cents Pittsburgh Sports

Okay, so I know what I wrote in my Final Thought a week ago. I still stand by those words. I liked the Olympics far better when it was pure(or as close as we get) amateurism. No NBA players. No NHL players. No PGA or LPGA players. Just amateurs. That…

Wall2WallFootball: SEC Preview

 

Tim and Eric discuss the news of the week in college football and the NFL. To Aiyuk or not to Aiyuk is the question of the week in Pittsburgh. After that it is off to the powerful SEC, where the boys disagree on who will win the conference. They do agree…

Musings of a Sports Fanatic: August 8

 

Tim revisits his thoughts on Joel Embiid after his words and play during the Olympics. What’s up with the division leaders in MLB? Tim talks tightening races and who should be worried. The White Sox are going to end up being historically bad, so Tim…

Pirates prove a point

 Baseball Column Tim's Two Cents Pittsburgh Sports

The Pittsburgh Pirates proved my point this past week. I didn’t want them to do any such thing. I wish they wouldn’t have done that thing. As one of the exasperated, frustrated, irritated longstanding fans of the Pittsburgh baseball club, I desperately…

Musings of a Sports Fanatic: August 1

 

Sore mouth and all, and you will hear the story on that, Tim is back this week. Trade deadline observations, sports at the beach in the connect to column segment, the dentist story in the random ‘off topic topic”, and a rant on the Pirates and the people…

Wall2WallFootball: ACC Preview

 

Tim and Eric discuss the news of the week in college football and the NFL including some notes from Steelers camp. Then it is off to preview the ACC Conference. Can this be a two bid league? Will the conference be decided in the state of Florida? Is…

For a fanatic, sports never takes a vacation

 Baseball Column Tim's Two Cents

For the fourteenth summer in a row, my son and I headed to the Jersey Shore for our vacation. We have a blast every year as we spend a couple days at Ocean City, then the rest of the week in Wildwood with a day trip to Cape May mixed in. Cape May…