Over the past few months, many sporting events captivated the attention of the American public. A classic NBA Finals as well as Deflategate made many headlines throughout the summer, but women’s sports...
With the suspension saga of Tom Brady nearly behind it, the NFL has officially devolved into a yearlong drama worthy of a Shakespeare play. As mind-numbing as that sideshow was, it almost pales in comparison...
He was never an All-Star. He never made an All-NBA team. Darryl “Chocolate Thunder” Dawkins, though, was a legend in his own right. Not only was he the first player to go straight from high school...
There are three types of football players that can help bring you fantasy football glory. The first type includes the stars — players like Adrian Peterson and Randall Cobb who we’ve all heard of and...
Football. To those of us living in the good old United States, it represents our passion for watching guys try to beat the living snot out of each other while chasing around a weird leather ball. We live,...
What is the most interesting team in the American League right now? Not the Blue Jays or the Royals or the Yankees. Nope. It’s the Texas Rangers. Everything that went wrong for the Rangers last year...
A week ago, Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington was relieved from his duties with the team and was replaced by former Detroit Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski. With the team in last place...
I’m sitting in front of my television and inwardly cursing myself. Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network has just reported that Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson has likely torn his ACL and will...
For years, the MLB playoffs have been pretty vanilla. In the American League, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees have always had their success. The Los Angeles Angels have been consistently good,...
Last week I woke up to an urgent text from one of my best friends from high school. He is an investment banker in New York this summer, so naturally he was awake at the wonderful hour of 5 a.m. checking...
My father is the reason I love sports. He bought me my first scorecard. He showed me how to throw a spiral. He taught me the basics and then the nuances of each and every sport.
He’d patiently answer...
It’s August, and if you’re a sports fan in the United States between the ages of 15 and 50, there’s a good chance that August means only one thing: the start of fantasy football. The games don’t...
