The meat of today’s blog post is actually over at Noontime Sports, a New England-based site where I contributed an article on Boston College football. Make a visit over to Noontime, where Matt Noonan does a terrific job at covering the local scene here in New England. GREAT 1980s SPORTS MOMENTS Start reading today. In the […]
How much weight to give college football recruiting rankings is a subject that often vexes me. It starts with a moral concern—at the risk of being overly sanctimonious, I find the fawning hype given to the college choice of a 17 or 18-year-old kid, and the accompany emotions that pour out from adults over it, […]
The World Cup is the big story in sports right now. The countries I’d like to see win would be either Iceland (advice of a friend), South Korea (my brother is adopted from there), Russia (I want to hear the jokes about Trump inviting the Russian team to the White House), Poland (homeland of St. […]
Michigan faces a critical season in the fourth year of Jim Harbaugh’s tenure, with everyone from prospective recruits to informed opinion in Las Vegas turning against the Wolverines. Consider the following… GREAT 1980s SPORTS MOMENTS Start reading today. *After delivering top 5 recruiting classes in 2016 and 2017, Harbaugh’s 2018 haul only rated 21st in the […]
The Cleveland Indians have lurked below the headlines of the American League so far this season. The Tribe are on a pace to win 89 games in a league where four teams are on a pace to win 100-plus. But none of those teams (Yankees, Red Sox, Astros, Mariners) are in the AL Central, so […]
In the aftermath of the Washington Capitals’ Stanley Cup breakthrough, I saw a social media post that noted the Capitals were rewarded for sticking with head coach Barry Trotz and imploring the Washington Redskins to take a cue from their neighbors. I wish I could remember who posted it, but it was on Twitter (doesn’t […]
The Detroit Tigers are hanging around in an AL Central race that was supposed to belong to the Cleveland Indians. The Tigers have won five in a row, are just 2 ½ games back of the Tribe and are poised to gain further ground when they go to lowly Cincinnati to start this week. But […]
We’ve officially entered the summer of the sports calendar. The Rites of Spring, the NHL-NBA playoff run is over. Earlier this week, TheSportsNotebook took a look at some historical fallout of the Washington Capitals’ breakthrough Stanley Cup and the Golden State Warriors cruising to a a third crown in four years and what that means […]
The Boston Red Sox are solidly on a pace to win 100 games for the first time since 1946, with a .686 win percentage coming into the weekend. Yet earlier this week, as I was driving home in New England, the WEEI talk shows were ablaze with a sense of urgency after losing a home […]
It’s been nearly ten years since the New York Yankees last won a World Series and in the baseball culture of the Bronx, that probably has Yankee fans seeing themselves on a par with fan bases of the Cubs and Astros—the next in line to end an interminably long championship drought. This Yankee team has […]
Two years ago at this time Kevin Durant was another player with the “can’t win the big one” label following him around. He left Oklahoma City in the dust, signed on with Golden State and now has two rings and two NBA Finals MVP trophies. Durant has re-written his legacy. With the summer of free […]
The 44-year wait ended last Thursday night when the Washington Capitals won their first Stanley Cup. More than a first championship, it was a Cup that ended a long stretch of playoff underachievement. For a fan base that I consider very underrated—I lived near Baltimore for four years and was impressed with the level of […]