July 19th, 2021
Blog
Tourists lined the streets of LoDo, legends returned to the X Games, and the coronavirus continued to steal the headlines. A look at the whacky week that was in the world of sports. Coors Field hosted the All-Star Game festivities this past weekend, including Monday’s Homerun Derby, a fan favorite. The balls were flying out […]
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June 28th, 2021
Blog
For a moment it was if sports were all the way back. Large galleries followed golfers around Torrey Pines at the US Open, NBA playoff games were being played with crowds at full capacity, and UFC Fight Night was no longer at Fight Island off the coast of Dubai, but rather, Treasure Island off the […]
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October 6th, 2020
Blog
Sports and numbers have always been synonymous. Mention the number 23 and one immediately thinks of Michael Jordan. Ask any baseball fan what 406 means, and they will tell you that it was Ted Williams’ batting average in 1941, the last time a player hit over .400. Bring up the number 11, and you will […]
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September 16th, 2020
Sports
In a sports world full of quarantines and opt outs, empty venues and cardboard cutouts, rule changes and daily testing—week one of the NFL season was bound to be a relative unknown. With exhibition games canceled and the media limited, the first week of the NFL would have to serve as a limited sample size […]
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September 9th, 2020
Sports
It has been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. But by the end of last season’s Fantasy Football season it seemed as if I had proven the definition to be wrong. Last season I used the same tried and true system that […]
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September 3rd, 2020
Sports
To say that 2020 has been a bit strange is an understatement. People wear a mask when entering banks, toilet paper and Clorox wipes are the new currency, and being home-schooled has a whole new meaning. In a year that has included political division, countless protests, and a worldwide pandemic, it is only with the […]
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August 27th, 2020
Sports
The University of Iowa announced that it will be cutting four athletic programs starting in the 2021-22 school year as revenue decline due to COVID-19, and the apparent absence of college football, continue to dismantle athletic departments across the country. The Hawkeyes will drop Men’s Gymnastics, Men’s Tennis, and Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving […]
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August 19th, 2020
Sports
Ask someone to name their favorite sport and you will find a variety of answers. The question so subjective that a crack of a bat, smell of fresh cut grass, or even taste of cheese dip may elicit contrasting responses. Ask someone to name the toughest sport and you will find arguments defending the size […]
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August 12th, 2020
Sports
As congressional leaders continue to work on the latest Coronavirus Relief Bill, a major point of contention between the two parties is how they should handle the expired unemployment benefits. One side has argued that the $600 a week benefit, which expired on July 31, should be extended by the Federal Government as families continue […]
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August 5th, 2020
Sports
An asterisk. Look up the definition in Webster’s and you will find it described as the following: the character * thought of as being appended to something (such as an athletic accomplishment included in a record book) typically in order to indicate that there is a limiting fact or consideration which makes that thing less […]
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