The Seattle Seahawks, the NFL champions of 2013, feel like underdogs. After all, the city hasn’t celebrated a pro sports title since 1979 and the football franchise had never hoisted the Lombardi Trophy before. But…
It’s hard to believe that Super Bowl XLVIII is only the second Big Game since 1993-94 to feature the conference’s two top seeds, but the NFL’s first cold-weather title match could not be more evenly…
Before we start getting too far ahead of ourselves and worrying about Peyton Manning finally shedding the albatross that has been the New England Patriots in a potential AFC Championship Game showdown, the record-setting signal-caller…
There’s that old adage about bringing your defense to the postseason party. Sure, no one will debate that. Just look at the last three Super Bowl champions – Green Bay, New York and Baltimore all…
Oh to be right. When you make preseason predictions and they come true, that doesn’t necessarily make you a genius. If you pick two heavy favorites and they clash in the Super Bowl, how prophetic…
So often, the Major League Baseball postseason shakes out differently than what the majority of fans anticipate. After all, the top seeds in each league haven’t met in the World Series since 1999, a rather…
The 2013 MLB season is over (wait, really?). Actually, the League Championship Series rounds are about to start, meaning we’re about a month away from the annual BBWAA awards. While Clayton Kershaw, Miguel Cabrera and…
American League picks: Detroit over Oakland in 4Boston over Tampa Bay in 5 BOSTON over DETROIT in 6 in ALCSALCS MVP: Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Sometimes in sports, you just don’t know. In the 2000 NFL preseason, much of the hype getting ready for the regular season surrounded the defending Super Bowl champion St. Louis Rams, the oh-so-close Tennessee Titans,…
As baseball’s All-Star break approaches, MLB fans will soon get a glimpse of the game’s most recognizable stars, as voted on by the fans themselves. It’s a popularity contest, so the players on display are…