For years now, I have wondered what Dallas Cowboys Head Coach Jason Garrett has on owner Jerry Jones. In nine years as head coach, his Cowboys have finished in first place in the NFC East 3 times. In those three playoff appearances, the team has gone 2-3, losing all three times in the NFC Divisional […]

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A couple of weeks ago, I was channel surfing and I found an NHL game between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Toronto Maple Leafs, and I texted a friend that the game featured two of the most hated coaches in the league: John Tortorella for Columbus and Mike Babcock for Toronto. Both have won […]

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This week, it seemed like the NFL-Colin Kaepernick issue was about to reach a conclusion. Reports were that Kaepernick, who has been out of the league since 2016 because of his protest to kneel during the National Anthem, was scheduled to get an open tryout for any and all NFL teams who wanted to attend […]

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I have to admit that I never thought that Sportsnet would ever have the balls to fire Don Cherry. The 85-year-old commentator who has been on the “Coach’s Corner” at the first intermission of Hockey Night in Canada for 40 years is often like the old uncle at Thanksgiving – cantankerous, loud, but mostly harmless. […]

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Over the past six years, I have attempted to let the powers that be at Northwestern that the offense has been substandard and now that it’s truly horrific, it is way past time to fire Offensive Coordinator Mick McCall. Long time readers know that I wrote Pat Fitzgerald five years ago on the topic. I […]

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There is perhaps nothing sadder in sports then when a great player faces the end of his athletic career, either by injury or by getting old. People mu age will always talk about seeing the great Willie Mays in his last season in 1973 with the New York Mets when he batted .211 and was […]

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When I wrote for The Sportswriters on TV, the panel often mentioned how reporting brought them into contact with people of various backgrounds, races, sexes, sexual orientations and that the exposure made them more empathetic and sympathetic. Then there is Rob Drake. Drake is an umpire for Major League Baseball and has been since 2010 […]

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