The QB Crossroads
Some QBs will get paid…
…and some teams will have to pass the buck
This is a very important season coming up for a few NFL quarterbacks. Which means it could all go to hell in a hand basket.
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Publishing Your First Draft: Why We Have A Problem Discussing The NFL Draft
You didn’t love your teams’ draft. But, come on, you don’t know a thing about how the NFL Draft works. Neither do the people you read who gave your team a C+ grade. So while the people who make the picks seem to not have a clue , hey, at least they have some.
Read MoreConor McGregor, Death of a Sportsman
The old Conor was a poor kid from the streets of Dublin who just wanted his piece of the pie. The new Conor is a wealthy man with his own whiskey label willing to go corporate for anyone.
Read MoreNFL Fans, We Need To Talk About Failure
NFL Fans, We Need To Talk About Failure
When your team loses a heartbreaker, blame has to go somewhere. Sometimes the blame goes the correct way but for the wrong reasons.
Read MoreI'm On Team Roquan - Not Team 'Team'
I'm On Team Roquan
Not Team 'Team'
If it takes someone like Roquan Smith every once and a while to reveal to fans (those who want to pay attention) that their NFL team’m ownership groups can’t change and that’s why we are losers, so be it. I'd rather cheer for a person fighting for themselves than a family screwing over an entire city.
Read MoreThe Case of Cameron Meredith: how the free agent story of a receiver with only 1,008 receiving yards can teach you a lot about NFL roster building
We used to think it was all about the talent. Now, we think it’s all about the Benjamin’s. We’re still behind. Because in the NFL, it’s about the talent, the Benamin’s, and a a lot of context.
Read MoreHey, NFL fans, I bet ya'll love free agency
NFL Free Agency is like getting mail! It's like Christmas morning! Mom and Dad got you that 6'4", 215 pound receiver you've been asking for! Santa gave you a linebacker with 4.4 speed and cover skills! Life is good.
Read MoreThe Cleveland Browns can make every trade, sign every free agent, and draft all the best players. They still suck.
One weekend makes no difference when you have been as terrible as the Browns. They’ve been so bad for so long that they've bridged generations. You could have been born before the new millennium and understand the Browns suck. One big weekend won't make any difference.
Read MoreHow NFL Teams Get In Line For The Future
In the NFL, it’s very, very hard to win. Winning a game, winning two games in a row, winning consistently over the course of a season, winning over the course of multiple seasons – it’s hard. The margins are slim. And too many NFL teams don't look ahead, thinning the margins further.
Read MoreMas, Mas! A Wild, International Weekend of Sports
Sports, as the saying goes, is the gift that keeps on giving. This past weekend was one of the most diverse and interesting in recent memory with important stories that re-wrote the sports landscape.
Read MoreRookie Quarterbacks Are Delicate Things. Best Leave Them Alone.
The shine may have been the glare of light off his helmet, but Chicago Bears rookie Quarterback Mitch Trubisky shone nonetheless. With the ease begetting a top-five draft pick, he led the Bears offence to a touchdown on his first drive then didn’t miss a pass until his eighth attempts. How Chicago handles him now is the problem too many NFL teams have faced and failed.
Read MoreThe Terrell Owens Hall of Fame Debate Keeps Poppin'
Throughout his Hall of Fame-worthy career, Terrell Owens' (TO to his friends) name was always in the news, on the lips of fans and pundits alike. But to take a stance that Owens Hall of Fame snub was somehow a terrible injustice is to ignore that sports (as in life), you do not get rewarded for burnt earth policies.
Read MoreGreen Bay, Dallas, Manchester United, and The Burden of Fandom
It hurts to be a fan. But it doesn't have to. Three fans, three different teams, three different ways you can make fandom a burden.
Read MoreSoccer Is Winning Hearts & Minds Of Young Fans: What Sport Falls First?
It was a stark image for fans of the CFL. Fewer than 12,500 filled the stands at newly renovated BMO Field in Toronto for a match between the Argos and their Ontario rivals, the Grey Cup champion Ottawa Redblacks. For years the contention had been that all the raggamuffin Argos needed was their own smaller space away from the cavernous Rogers Centre. A venue that seats under 30,000, a stadium that can create scarcity for tickets— always a desirable promotional gambit.
Read MoreIdentity Politics Could Mean Sayonara For NHL Coaches In Canada
Last week we documented the Fukushima zone known as the NHL’s Loonie League— the seven Canadian clubs wallowing at the bottom of the league’s table. You’d have to think that there’s going to be some firing going on in the coaching ranks as a result.
Read MoreI Don't Like Mondays — February 8, 2016
In the wake of the Super Bowl, Cam Newton's carefully crafted public image takes a huge hit. Also, defence wins championships - but it kills ratings.
Read MoreI Don't Like Mondays — January 18, 2016
This week: the NHL All Star Game's sterling reputation is put at risk (but not really), Hab-land calls for the head of Michel Therrien, and coaching gaffs in the NFC Divisional playoff round.
Read MoreI Don't Like Mondays — January 11, 2016
This week: The NFL playoffs got heated (despite a record low-temperature in Minnesota), a Twitter exchange highlights the social complexity of sports locker rooms, and the Florida Panthers 'geniuses' narrative.
Read MoreI Don't Like Mondays — January 4, 2016
This week: The World Juniors face the heat and the NFL playoffs are upon us.
Read MoreThe Bitter Highs and Sweet Lows: Lions Versus Bears, Part II
In week six, the Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears faced off in a titanic (as in the sunken vessel) battle that ended in a 37-34 overtime Lions victory. There were controversial touchdown calls and bonehead plays. Also, bonding between a father and son.
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