There’s always something special about the month of September if you’re a sports fan. The smell of fall is in the air. Baseball is fun during the long summer, but now it kicks up to an extra degree of intensity. College football and the NFL are getting rolling, giving every weekend the feel of a […]
For over twenty years of existence, the Los Angeles Kings had been a non-factor. After their founding in 1968, they had never made it past the second of the playoffs. In 1989, the franchise made a splash for the ages when they acquired Wayne Gretzky from the Edmonton Oilers. But even after four years with […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers have lost two in a row, including the gut-wrenching Sunday Night loss at home to the Chargers. The Baltimore Ravens have won three straight. And an AFC North race that looked all but settled in favor of Pittsburgh is now a dogfight with four games to play. The Steelers are 7-4-1, the […]
The Rams and Saints might be the NFL’s best, but the league’s most compelling regular season storyline is the battle between the Chiefs and Chargers in the AFC West. The winner is in position to grab the #1 seed and be just two home wins from the Super Bowl. The runner-up is staring at three […]
The NHL season is still in the “taking shape” part of its schedule, and TheSportsNotebook will continue to see it that way through the New Year. The January 1 Winter Classic—Chicago and Boston playing under Touchdown Jesus in South Bend—is a good benchmark to use for when the regular season needs to pick it up […]
For those of us who love football in the Midwest, from Saturdays in the Big Ten to November weeknights in the MAC, the season has been effectively reduced to two big games. One of them you know about–the anticipated Michigan-Ohio State game on November 24. Another one you may not–Buffalo and Northern Illinois are on […]
These six teams are at the heart of the race for the College Football Playoff: Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State and Georgia. It will take an upset of some significance to prevent any of the four CFP bids from going to this group of six teams. GREAT 1980s SPORTS MOMENTS Start reading today. The […]
Three teams in the NFC are playing at a legitimate Super Bowl-caliber level. Here’s a look at the Rams, Saints and Panthers… Los Angeles Rams (8-1): Todd Gurley is the focal point of the offense, running and receiving. The receivers are deep and well-balanced. Robert Woods leads the way, Brandin Cooks stretches the field and […]
A few early thoughts on how the NBA landscape is developing… GREAT 1980s SPORTS MOMENTS Start reading today. *The big question coming into the year was how LeBron’s Lakers would fare. A lot of analysts looked at the extremely young cast and the quality of the West and said this would be a tough year in […]
There are 10 teams that have (or at least should have) a reasonable case for the College Football Playoff. Here’s a concise look at all ten… GREAT 1980s SPORTS MOMENTS Start reading today. Alabama: Coming into Saturday night, there were only two knocks to possibly have against the Tide. They hadn’t beaten anyone and their defense—while […]
I’m a Red Sox fan, and my relationship with David Price has been troubled. I went crazy in a text message to a friend immediately upon his signing a $217 million contract prior to 2016. In July 2017, as I awoke from surgery, the one thing on my mind was not the medical results, but […]
Dave Roberts has been the manager for three seasons in Los Angeles and in all three, he’s found a way to overcome a patchwork staff and get his team to the postseason. All three years have been marked by October victories To put it in perspective, Los Angeles has won the NL West each of […]