The fourth Super Bowl victory for New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick has vaulted him squarely in the mix in any discussions of the best NFL coach ever. The four championships are in addition to six AFC crowns and churning out 11-12 wins a season with the efficiency of an assembly line. But unlike […]
“We’re better than the Showtime Lakers”. That was the comment Golden State’s Klay Thompson made after his team routed Cleveland on Sunday night in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. It was a fun jab at the team his father Mychal played on in 1987-88. And it was a jab with a serious intent behind […]
Spring Madness starts tonight. The NHL playoffs combine the length of the NBA postseason with the anything-goes feel of the NCAA Tournament. A lot of leagues talk about their playoffs being a “second season”, but the NHL truly lives it.
At the end of Monday night’s NCAA final, with Villanova’s thumping of Michigan beyond a reasonable doubt, Jim Nantz informed the viewing audience that the city of Philadelphia had pulled off an unprecedented parlay—to win the Super Bowl and Final Four in the same calendar year, within a couple months of each other. That’s true, […]
This past week, two different friends of mine casually put Sidney Crosby into the same category as Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux (among others) when it comes to all-time hockey greats. One of the friends was a Pittsburgh Penguins fan, so I was able to dismiss that on the basis of personal bias. But the […]
I’m in the process of writing a book about great 1980s Sports Moments and one event that is conspicuously underrepresented is the Super Bowl. Those of us that came of age in that decade remember Super Bowl Sunday primarily for the Five Dark Years (1983-87) where the game was an absolute massacre. But times have […]
In a blog post earlier this week, I noted that I should be more excited about the Boston Red Sox this season. This is my 22nd year as a Sawx fan and for the first time, I’m living in New England on Opening Day. But the locals are known for being pretty demanding of their sports […]
I’m enjoying the Sister Jean storyline with the Loyola Ramblers as much as anyone, on their improbable (dare we say divinely inspired?) run to the Final Four. But I’m confident even the good nun would affirm the Catholic Church’s belief that God’s miracles are usually worked through ordinary human means. And in that spirit, we’re […]
