2014 MLB Preview: East meets West in the Series?
You don’t always earn credibility for predicting the winners in sports. If you picked the Seahawks to win the Super Bowl this past season, kudos, but let’s face it, Seattle was hardly a shocker to…
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Could the Yankees be This Year’s Red Sox?
Before we go any further, let me state for the record, on March 8, that I am not declaring that I think the Yankees will be world champions in 2014. Not yet, anyway. But it’s…
Making a Case for a Super Return for 2014 Broncos
Let me immediately preface this article with this statement: I am NOT proclaiming that I believe with certainty the Denver Broncos will return to the Super Bowl next season. However, I am going to make…
Is Baseball Eclipsing Football in Parity?
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…
Striking Similarities Between Super Bowl XLVIII Combatants
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…
Peyton Will Need to Slay Demons to Reach House That Eli Built
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…
2013-14 Postseason: Bring your QB
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…
I Told You So: Why I Picked the Red Sox
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…
2013 World Series: Destiny vs. Density?
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…
MLB Team-by-Team MVPs
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…