2016 MLB Preview: Is Parity Here to Stay?
There is a chance that the 2016 Major League Baseball season is as unpredictable as the weather has been this winter. The good news in that is, well, that means that the season will be…
The Golden State Warriors are Not Unbeatable
It doesn’t look like the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls will be popping their champagne corks. The Golden State Warriors are poised to break the Bulls’ regular-season win record. At 67-7, 73 wins is well within reach….
It Might Not Be the Worst Thing for the Detroit Red Wings to Miss the NHL Playoffs
The streak is officially in jeopardy. 24 seasons and possibly counting, the Detroit Red Wings’ playoff run is currently the longest in major professional sports. But it is a tenuous situation in 2016, with the hard-charging…
Please Abolish the NHL Point System
Enough is enough. In fact, it’s been enough for some time now. When the NHL suffered a lockout for the 2004-05 season, it implemented shootouts when it returned. When it almost lost the 2012-13 season,…
Charlotte Hornets’ Ears Must Have Been Burning
It was 11 short days ago that we opined that the Charlotte Hornets were ascending into second-tier status in the NBA’s Eastern Conference. Last night, they took down a true first-tier team in dramatic fashion….
MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: Chicago White Sox
This installment of Comeback Candidates can now officially take into account one more Chicago transaction: the bizarre retirement of Adam LaRoche. The flap is yet another negative for a White Sox club that has not…
MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: Baltimore Orioles
We roll on with another AL East team, the Baltimore Orioles. It got ugly towards the end of 2015, including a three-game sweep in Boston in which the O’s didn’t score a single run. They…
Bracket Busting: Hate to Say I Told Me So
It hasn’t even been 48 hours, and the dust has settled. What’s left is not a pretty picture. Michigan State to win it all? Gone after 40 minutes of basketball. West Virginia and Purdue to…
Making a Bracket (That Will Probably Bust): Hardly an Artform
Welcome to March Madness. Really, it’s only one weekend of mayhem, because things will settle down once the Sweet 16 hits. But by then, the damage will likely be done. Those that know absolutely nothing…
MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: Washington Nationals
Not many people expected the Washington Nationals to be in a “comeback” position in 2016. The Nats were picked by many to win the World Series in 2015, but instead missed the postseason entirely. It…