The Blackest Monday of All Time? Non-NFL fans will know about Black Monday. Not Black Friday, which is hopefully positive for retailers, Black Monday is the day that the ax falls on most football coaches. Usually there are 5-10 jobs open by the time that year’s Super Bowl kicks off. It’s usually easy to predict […]

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Aaron Rodgers is one of the most talented quarterbacks in football history. He has played 19 seasons, thrown for 59,055 yards, selected for 10 Pro Bowls, 1 Super Bowl title and Super Bowl MVP. Using the ratio of touchdowns to interceptions, Rodgers has the best ratio in NFL History – 1.4%, better than all of […]

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There is little question that Shohei Ohtani has already become one of the most amazing athletes in baseball history, perhaps of all sports. Since coming into the Major Leagues, he has won 34 games as a pitcher with ERAs of 2.33 and 3.14 in 2022 and 2023. If that wasn’t enough; he has hit 134 […]

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The Chicago Blackhawks’ 2023-2024 season has been full of hope and frustration. The hope has been on the back of overall number 1 pick Connor Bedard. Teams were openly tanking for the rights to Bedard and despite late season wins, the Hawks still won the draft lottery. The evening they won the lottery, approximately $5 […]

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For years, the people said that the NFL stood for “No Fun League” – touchdown celebrations were prohibited, messages on uniforms, helmets, and shoes elicited fines. Eventually, the NFL lightened up quite a bit, although I admit that I am tired of the end zone pantomimes that defensives feel they need to have on every […]

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Somehow, I never thought this day would come. I always thought about the jokes they make about Chuck Norris: Death once had a near Chuck Norris experience; Chuck Norris doesn’t cheat death, he wins fair and square. That is how I felt about Dick Butkus. He was the epitome of tough; best inside linebacker in […]

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Long time readers know that I have no love for Michigan State University and their football fans, but I am not blasting the school this time, although the administration has to be questioned. While I was away, I heard the allegations against Head Football Coach Mel Tucker and knew I’d be posting about it here […]

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