Super Bowl LI is gonna be EPIC! Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, continuing on their revenge tour after the DeflateGate scandal, face their toughest test of the playoffs in the unstoppable Atlanta Falcons. With the Big Game in Houston only a few days away, I’ll tackle the storylines surrounding Super Bowl week and … Continue reading Read Option: Super Bowl LI Prediction!!!
In the National Football League, each decade has its dynasty. The 60s had the Green Bay Packers, winners of the first two Super Bowls. The 70s had the Pittsburgh Steelers, who played in six AFC title games and four Super Bowls in the decade. In the 80s, Joe Montana and Jerry Rice carved up defenses, … Continue reading Which team is the dynasty of the 2010s?
Today, January 12th, 2017, is a day that will live in infamy. That date in the sports world will forever represent when the San Diego Chargers, a revered and strongly supported football team with possibly the greatest theme song ever, announced their plans to move down the road to Los Angeles. The Chargers’ loss to … Continue reading Meet the… Los Angeles Chargers?
2016 will go down in history for its finishes. Prominently, the Cubs finished their 108-year curse and won the World Series, climbing back from a 3-1 deficit to defeat the Cleveland Indians in a thrilling Game 7. Same for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA, who shocked the Golden State Warriors, winners of a league-record … Continue reading 2016: A Year of Finishes
With only four weeks left in the season, the playoff race is intensifying. Today, I took the chance to look back at the previous 12 weeks and submitted a Pro Bowl ballot for the best players this year. Below are my selections. Quarterbacks: Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints; Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys; Matt … Continue reading My 2016 Pro Bowl Ballot
I’ve never had more fun watching a sports team than the Chicago Cubs this year. When my favorite player and second cousin Jon Lester joined the previously moribund Cubs, the first thing anybody, myself included, thought about was World Series. Lester, a part of the Red Sox organization when they broke the Curse of the … Continue reading The Curse is over! Zobrist’s double lifts Cubs to championship
This should come as no surprise, but the Cubs are really, really good this year. They lead the majors with triple-digit wins and clinched home-field advantage in the playoffs before any other team came close to a playoff berth. The National League infield was composed of four Cubs players and the awards ballot will be … Continue reading Jon Lester for NL Cy Young
Nothing deflates an NFL team more than losing their starting quarterback. This preseason, two Super Bowl hopefuls were hit hard by the injury bug and both injuries will affect the teams in the long term. For the Dallas Cowboys, 36-year-old quarterback Tony Romo was viewed as an injury risk, especially after missing 12 games last … Continue reading Vikes, Boys Down But Not Out
Sadly, the Summer Olympics are over and are on break for another four years. On the bright side, this year’s Olympics were nothing short of excellent. Despite pre-Olympic controversy surrounding the host city, Rio de Janeiro, the Games provided tons of moments that made me proud to be an American, or even more, a Marylander … Continue reading Top Sports, Moments from Rio Olympics
This upcoming NFL season, I’ll be tracking the action from around the league in a weekly column called Read Option. Every week I’ll tackle three or four topics and provide my thoughts on different storylines. It isn’t all football- I’ve already talked about TV and rugby! This column will be published on the website NFL … Continue reading Read Option Column: HOF Game and Preseason Week 1
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