If you can tune your ears to something other than the beer commercials, endless time-filling chatter on the sports networks and endless speculation on just what the heck has happened of Stetson […]
The shape of things to come
A sad outcome, but good game
Oh, let them have one. The Detroit Lions’ fan base has been suffering for so long that it only seems fair that – despite our local loyalties – their team finally (played […]
Playoff: the more the merrier
Well, I’m glad that’s over. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy watching the College Football Playoff championship game on Monday, but I grumble to myself about how long it took to get […]
Gambling, football embrace
Modern day sports, as you may know, is as much about money as it is about effort, tradition, on-field heroics and sideline clipboard brilliance. Foremost among American sports is football, but it […]
Holiday wish list for sports
In the old, bourbon-besotted days of yore, sports columnists facing a Christmas holiday and bereft of anything remarkable to write, turned to a creaky tradition: a mock “wish list” for athletic celebrities […]
It’s in the rules, Patrick
Next time, maybe Patrick “State Farm” Mahomes needs to bundle some humility with perspective. As the whole football-watching world knows, the Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback flew into a rage at the […]
When did you get picked?
Think back, all you one-time boys and girls. Remember when you were barely tall enough to get on the really good rides at Disneyland. In P.E. class or in the neighborhood park […]
Our veteran outplayed theirs
Our big headline at the top of the front page of our sports section on Saturday really made for some nervous moments. “Who Will Stop The Rams Now,” seemed a little premature […]
Ducks, slows and scapegoats
A little of this, a little of that …. Football’s turn: Is it just me, or does it seem like football, especially pro football, is slowing down? Just as baseball has taken […]
If Rangers, why not Angels?
“The road is short that never bends.” – Anonymous The bend in the road for the Texas Rangers took a while to arrive, but arrive it did … after 12 years. But […]
