I didn’t have a lot of time to post last week with the Super Bowl looming, which is probably for the best because I would have picked the Panthers and be eating a fair share of humble pie. However, part of that is because I try very hard to avoid the pre-game media. Two weeks […]

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The title here is an old adage, but it’s true – teams with better defense generally defeat great offenses. That is the lesson learned by the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl when they lost to the Denver Broncos. The Broncos stuffed NFL MVP Cam Newton with blitzes and stifling coverage. The defense forced four turnovers […]

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For the past three college football seasons, I have called for the firing of Northwestern Offensive Coordinator Mick McCall. With this the week of National Signing Day, Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald addressed the media and announced the worst fears of the NU faithful – he is retaining ALL of the assistant coaches, including the inept […]

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To those of us who became fans of the journeyman forward John Scott when he was elected captain of the Pacific Division All Star Team despite fierce opposition of the NHL and his now former team, the Arizona Coyotes, this weekend was everything you could have wanted. Scott was in the game, participated in all […]

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If you look up sports cheating in the dictionary, one is more likely than not to see cycling as the epitome of dishonesty. With Lance Armstrong as the leader in wins and taking performance enhancing drugs, cycling is in many ways more of a joke than ever, but leave it to some ingenious racers to […]

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First off, professional sports all star games suck. They are “exhibitions” – mainly of superstars showing their offensive prowess. The games are for fans to vote on their favorites and then for casual fans who know little to nothing in the sport to watch the aberration of a true game. To some, its fun, but […]

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So, we now know who the participants will be in Super Bowl 50: the Denver Broncos against the Carolina Panthers. This is the second time in club history for the Panthers, who lost Super Bowl XXXVIII to New England 32-29 in Houston in 2004; the Broncos most recently lost to Seattle two years ago to […]

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