Wasted effort: When the 9th inning comeback fails
I started to notice a theme early in the year. A team would heroically fight back to tie a game in the 9th inning, sometimes against a seemingly unhittable closer. It appeared momentum would be…
The Closer Complex: An Inverse Universe
Imagine, for a second, that you are a baseball purist. You are discussing the traits of a championship team and what it needs to survive and succeed in the grind of a 162-game season. Surely,…
AL East Draft Grades: Jays, Not Rays, Get A’s
The 2014 Major League Baseball Draft is officially in our rear-view mirror, but the time to analyze is just beginning. It may take years for the picture to fully come into focus, but why not…
2014 NFL Pre-Draft Fantasy Rankings
By ROBERT WAUGHSpecial to DraftAmerica QB No. Player Comment1 Peyton Manning The Greatest of All Time – among fantasy QBs2 Aaron Rodgers Motivated to be the best QB in the game3 Drew Brees A Top…
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…
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…
Richard Sherman: Did He Cross the Line?
It’s the postgame shot heard ’round the world.