Hot takes after week one? Why not?
September 9, 2024
The NFL is a long, grinding 17 game season. One week —especially after most starters played very little in preseason games— means very little in the grand scheme. Trying to give hot takes on teams and players is an iffy proposition. Plus, we have all…
Ah, Saturdays have meaning again
September 2, 2024
In the spring and summer Saturdays feel like Wednesdays and Thursdays and, truly, any other day of the week. Well, except for the whole go to work thing.
Then September hits.
Now Saturdays have meaning again.
It is time to plan…
Who will have a Super Season?
August 26, 2024
The NFL takes a respite this week, as teams cut down rosters and prepare for the opening kick off the following week. This week seems like the perfect time to preview the NFL season. I have consulted with The Two Cent Cracked Crystal Ball(#TCCCB) and…
College Football 2024 Preview
August 19, 2024
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…
Golden
August 11, 2024
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…
Pirates prove a point
August 4, 2024
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…
For a fanatic, sports never takes a vacation
July 29, 2024
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 I play through?
July 22, 2024
Golf is a wonderfully frustrating game that can have you pumping your fists one hole and throwing your club the next. To this day, Mark Twain said it best: “Golf is a good walk spoiled.” I don’t even do that right. I ride a cart these days when I play…
Relax, review, reset
July 14, 2024
The Major League Baseball all star break allows teams and fans alike to relax, review the first half of the season, and hit the reset button to charge into the final 10 weeks of the season. Or in the case of White Sox fans, to sober up, try and figure…
The Slumber Company
July 7, 2024
I have seen enough.
The big debate of what the Pirates will do at the trade deadline should quietly be put back in the box. Maybe next year Pirates fans can bring that discussion back out. Not this year. It’s over.
The Pirates won…
