Bug Selig briefs on baseball at WCBF
I was fortunate enough to get a couple minutes in a mini-scrum — actually, just me and an LA Times writer — with Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig at the World Children’s Baseball Fair…
Seff Speak
Championship Game picks; A Harbaugh Bowl looming?
We’ve reached the Final Four and perhaps more refreshingly, two of the league’s three offensive sideshows have been put to rest. The Saints and Packers and their circus-like attack will be home watching three teams…
Did 49ers’ turnaround actually start at the end of last season?
For all those marveling in the transformation of the San Francisco 49ers this season under Jim Harbaugh, there is a very real possibility that evidence of such surfaced at the…
You can usually count on one roadie on Championship Sunday — Usually
When you have made it this far in the season, you are less concerned with homefield advantage and more concerned with momentum and capitalizing on the opportunity at hand. …
City of Indianapolis has ties to NFL’s final four teams
The city of Indianapolis is no stranger to the Final Four. They have hosted the prestigious NCAA basketball event six times, most recently in 2010. But this year’s NFL Final Four represents a plethora of…
And then there were 8: Divisional Round game picks
Chris Berman calls this the best weekend in all of sports, the divisional round of the playoffs. The big four are coming off their byes, a week after all four home teams won in the…
Wild Card Weekend upon us; picks
Welcome to the second season, my friends. The playoffs are here – in a season that almost never was. A dual rookie QB matchup and the toast of the league trying to slay the mighty…
How the West was lost
Coming into this year, I had a theory: the right teams will always be there come playoff time. No matter what, the team that has a chance to do damage…
NFC East, AFC West up for grabs in season’s final week
Hard to believe a season that almost never was is almost over. While most of the playoff spots have been locked up there is still some drama remaining, including the NFC East showdown between Dallas…
Week 16 Game picks
Arizona at Cincinnati (-4): BengalsCleveland at Baltimore (-13): BrownsDenver (-2.5) at Buffalo: BillsJacksonville at Tenn. (-7.5): JaguarsMiami at New England (-9.5): DolphinsMinnesota at Washington (-6.5): RedskinsN.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets (-3): GiantsOakland at Kansas City…