In an earlier era, before running backs lost the value they do today, John Elway was carried by the young Hall of Fame legs of Terrell Davis to the elusive first and second Super Bowls of his Hall of Fame career. Elway was 37 and 38 years old when he hoisted the Lombardi Trophy at […]
Robert Saleh was responsible for five of the 15 consecutive games the Jets lost to the Patriots. Bill Belichick is no longer coaching the Patriots. Tom Brady has not been quarterback for the Patriots since 2019. Aaron Rodgers, who returns to the scene and will receive a warm welcome when he makes his MetLife 2024 […]
The Padres and Dodgers are serious World Series threats thanks to all of their great deals. The NL West rivals top our list of the best acquisitions for 2024: 1. Braves acquire Chris Sale for Vaughn Grissom: Has anyone seen Sale return to his old greatness and even improve it? 2. Dodgers sign Shohei Ohtani […]
They’re trying to win the division title, which would give the Yankees a bye into the first round of best-of-three blitzes. That’s important, but not necessarily the deciding factor. Rather, the priority of manager Aaron Boone and the entire management team in the remaining 15 games and more than two weeks of the regular season […]
Mark those last two games with a star. Mark them. These are the circumstances you’ll be in when the calendar flips to October. Late innings. Extra innings. Make a pitch. Make a play. Win a game. Electrify the crowd. That’s how it goes in October. That’s how it goes. Teams die hard. The Royals on […]
Somehow we’re approaching 20 years since the Red Sox/Yankees’ most gruesome chapter reached 212 degrees Fahrenheit. The Red Sox and Yankees still share a division, and the games they play — like the four at Yankee Stadium this weekend — are still entertaining elements of the summer. They’ve even played in the playoffs since those […]
Tom Brady experienced ups and downs in his highly anticipated debut as a host on Fox Sports. Fox signed Brady to a 10-year, $375 million contract over two years ago, and the sports world waited with bated breath to see what he would do in the locker room. The game ended in a flop, with […]
More than ever, Week 1 of an NFL season has become a fairyland of overreaction. Win the game? Visions of 14-3 and 15-2 can dance through your imagination. Lose? “Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, are we ever going to win another game? Can we even win three or […]
It’s really just a whim, a coincidence, a random coincidence. Intellectually, we all know that. Intellectually, we know that the list of must-haves that the NFL game planner considered before putting together the massive maze didn’t look like this: 1. Schedule a home game against the Chiefs for the first day of the year. 2. […]
LINCOLN, Nebraska – You don’t bring a 30-carat diamond watch to a sword fight. A Maybach can’t block. A NIL deal won’t hurt an angry defensive end. You can’t microwave something that needs to be slowly baked. The buffs were created for this moment. A foundation of glitter, sand and promises, broken like so many […]
