Stanley Cup Preview: Lucky 13 For Beantown?
And so it is – another DraftAmerica prediction comes to fruition! Well, I suppose that’s not entirely true, because the Stanley Cup has yet to be played, but we have the matchup I expected. No,…
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NHL Conference Finals: Familiar Cities to Clash in Stanley Cup?
Okay, my apologies for being a couple days late here. To make up for it, I will take what now represents a bigger leap of faith on one of my picks. After all, I have…
NHL Second Round: Surprised? Not Me
I recently had a friend who isn’t a big sports fan tell me something about sports that stuck in my mind: “Beware the narrative.” I pondered that for a moment. Actually, quite a few moments,…
2018 World Series: The Big Boys are Back
Can you believe it’s been five years since an AL East team represented the Junior Circuit in the Fall Classic? That would be the Red Sox, of course, in 2013, and it’s crazy to think…
Frazier Gets Revenge, But Yanks Will Have Last Laugh
It’s a theme that has circulated the sports spectrum before. A cast-off member of a rising team basks in his one shining moment against the club that unceremoniously ditched him, only to ultimately watch that…
Key to Winning NHL’s Eastern Conference Will Be Avoidance; Bruins, Pens, Caps, Bolts Have Kryptonites
We’ve pretty much reached the second round of the NHL playoffs, meaning we’ve bid farewell to some pretenders like the Devils, Flyers, and apparently even the Maple Leafs. Three of the four series are at…
April Resignation: Sorry America, We’re Doomed: Here Comes the Boston Dirty Dozen
If you’ve watched, say, a single minute of baseball this year, you know the entire league is a one-team show. Of course, I had the wrong Evil Empire as the one to flirt with history….
Very Early MLB Postseason Predictions
I’ve been right before. I’ve been wrong before. I’ve been both very right and very wrong. What I’m saying is, you can’t predict these things. But then again, you already knew that. Still, because I…
NBA, NHL Picks and Hanging on to Playoff Dreams Before a Dreary Summer Begins
I kind of see now what football fans whine about all summer. “There aren’t any sports on TV!” “Everything is boring until September!” Are these insufferable goofballs actually making sense all of a sudden? Personally,…
NBA Playoffs Preview: Who Can Shake up the Field?
It’s playoff time in the NBA. Many moons ago, this was a very exciting time for folks, even though this is a sport and a league dominated by teams with star players at their disposal….