MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: Cleveland Indians
Our next subject in the continuing 2016 MLB Comeback Candidates series is the team that Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci picked — and therefore jinxed — to win the World Series in 2015. That would be…
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Super Bowl 50 Preview – Cam vs. Peyton, and Lots of Defense
Defense wins championships, right? Normally, that is a rock-solid argument. In recent years, however, there have been some statistical anomalies that have belied that old adage. When the Carolina Panthers’ unstoppable offense meets the Denver…
MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: San Francisco Giants
We continue with our 2016 MLB Comeback Candidates with perhaps the most obvious of all obvious choices, the San Francisco Giants. Sure, we could have started with the Giants, but that seemed too easy. After…
Did the Carolina Panthers do Themselves a Favor By Losing to the Atlanta Falcons in Week 16?
It was in late January (into early February) of 2008 that we were pondering whether we would see true perfection on Super Bowl Sunday. Of course, it did not happen, as the New England Patriots’…
5 Times When Coaches Outcoached Themselves Against Bill Belichick and the Patriots
You saw it front and center in the waning seconds of Super Bowl XLIX. A coach has his counterpart, Bill Belichick, and his New England Patriots on the ropes, only to let them off the…
MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: Seattle Mariners
We will begin a new segment leading up to the 2016 MLB season, the Comeback Candidate series, taking a look at non-playoff teams from the previous season who could make some noise this year. Because…
The Strange Parity Juxtaposition Between MLB and NFL: The End Doesn’t Justify the Means
The more I use the word “parity” in relation to sports, the more I wonder what it truly means. Does it reflect the number of different teams that win a championship? Or simply make the…
Denver Broncos Make Wise Choice to Wear White Jerseys in Super Bowl 50
Since it’s worked for 10 of the last 11 Super Bowl winners, the Denver Broncos decided to jump on the white-colored bandwagon. It’s a wise choice, if for no other reason than erasing the images…
In a rare twist, the New England Patriots don’t get the big breaks in a big playoff moment
Remember Marlon McCree? Probably not, but Troy Brown certainly does. How about Billy Cundiff? Patriots fans do, even if Ravens fans would rather forget. And Andy Reid reminded us last week that his poor clock…
1 More Time: Top Seeds Again Reign Supreme on Championship Sunday
Between 1994-2008, it never happened. Now, it’s happened three years in a row. That would be both No. 1 seeds meeting in the Super Bowl, as both home teams and top seeds in each conference…