Chicago Bear fans have been generally happy since January 8 of this year, when their former coach Lovey Smith led the Houston Texans to a shocking 32-31 win over the Indianapolis Colts in Indiana, leading to a 3-13-1 record for the season. The Bears lost to the Minnesota Vikings 29-13, posting a 3-14 record. The […]

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Ever since the NFL season ended, it has been clear that future Hall of Fame Quarterback Aaron Rodgers would not return to the Green Bay Packers, despite a $50 million payday for the season. Rodgers’ idiosyncratic behavior ever since the Packers drafted Jordan Love in the first round in 2020 out of Utah State. Despite […]

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The most contentious issue in football isn’t Chiefs/Raiders, or Packers/Bears; it is the rift between the Baltimore Ravens and their star QB Lemar Jackson. Jackson has been one of the top QBs in the league, as a rusher, and more frequently recently, as a passer. With him, the offense ranks near the top of the […]

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I have watched college basketball for decades and have seen teams coached by a lot of Hall of Fame coaches. Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Ray Meyer, Al McGuire, John Wooden, Bob Knight, Lou Carnesecca and many others. One coach who is always listed as one of the greats is Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim. I have always […]

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It happens in sports: Willie Mays in a Mets uniform, Joe Montana playing for the Kansas City Chiefs; Michael Jordan playing for the Wizards. Some things in sport just don’t look right, but they happen. Sports is a business, and while fans always hope to keep their heroes with the same team forever, it rarely […]

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Back when I was in college, three friends and I had a Strat-o-matic football league. Our league used Canadian Football League teams so that there were no arguments, even though all of the players were NFL players and defenses. One of my friends had Tony Dungy as his head coach. At the time, Dungy had […]

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The past couple of weeks have been tough ones for the University of Alabama. Usually, if one talks about sport at AL, you would be talking about football, but this season, the men’s basketball team has been the talk of the country, currently ranked number 3 in the country, a shoo-in for the NCAA Tournament, […]

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