So let’s start with something you might have missed: the WNBA and the WNBA Players Association have reached a landmark contract agreement. Changes include higher base salaries, better travel accommodations, and maternity leave with full pay. There is a long … Continue reading Sports Corner – January 15, 2020
The NFL coaching merry go round spins. Mike McCarthy lands in Dallas, Ron Rivera in Washington, Matt Rhule in Carolina, and someone named Joe Judge at the Meadowlands. Jason Garrett is gone, the Rooney Rule is useless, and Cleveland still … Continue reading Sports Corner – January 8, 2020
A new year is upon us. and we can look forward to the usual array of events and then some. The Summer Olympics return to Tokyo at the end of July, preceded by qualifiers across the US and the world. … Continue reading Sports Corner – January 2, 2020
My, how things have changed in the last decade. Oh, the NFL is still king and Tom Brady and Drew Brees are still playing like champs. And Rafa Nadal is still ranked #1. But we’ve seen the emergence of e-sports; … Continue reading Sports Corner – December 26, 2019
A tip of the helmet to Drew Brees, on his record-setting night. He is both the all time touchdown king (at least for the moment, since Tom Brady is just behind him) and the man with the single best QB … Continue reading Sports Corner – December 18, 2019
Marvin Miller didn’t want to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He considered the Hall to be an extension of management, and also a place where his head on battles with management would naturally be sanitized into something far … Continue reading Sports Corner – December 11, 2019
And so, with Auburn’s somewhat controversial win over Alabama, Nick Saban and company are on the outside looking in for the first time since the College Football Playoff was born. What a brave new world we live in, with LSU … Continue reading Sports Corner – December 4, 2019
Get your turduckens ready, put up your feet, and prepare for a Turkey Day weekend marathon of sports! The traditional bad game involving Detroit, the many rivalry week games, NBA games Wednesday and Friday, even a daytime nationally televised NHL … Continue reading Sports Corner – Thanksgiving Eve 2019
Carmelo Anthony is back. I don’t really expect much from him, to be honest, but as someone who appreciated him in his time with the Knicks, I hope he gets to score a lot of points and have some fun … Continue reading Sports Corner – November 20, 2019
Let’s here it for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers! Once a perennial contender, with seven national titles, the Gophers have re-emerged after a long slumber to go 9-0 and possibly face Ohio State for the Big Ten title. The … Continue reading Sports Corner – November 13, 2019
It was another bland football weekend. The top ranked CFB teams were off. The NFL slate was pretty dull, with few good matchups and fewer exciting games. Who will rescue us from the midseasons blahs? Why, none other than FOOTBALL … Continue reading Sports Corner – November 6, 2019
The NFL trade deadline has come and gone, and after a flurry of activity leading to yesterday, it all kind of fizzled. Even though the entire roster of the Jets less two was available. But now we are ready to … Continue reading Sports Corner – October 30, 2019
As I type this, the World Series and the NBA season are about to start. And the current controversies about both, more the one involving the Astros than the one involving China, are leaving very bad tastes in my mouth. … Continue reading Sports Corner – October 23, 2019
Yes, Halloween is coming. But so is the start of the NBA season, meaning that for a week or so, pretty much every major sport will be going (outside of college basketball and the WNBA). So much to watch, so … Continue reading Sports Corner – October 16, 2019
I’ll be brief and let you do the talking. All the sports are with us. NBA training camp. MLB playoffs, WNBA finals. NFL and CFB. Tons of soccer. And the return of the NHL. So much sportsball! Have at it! Continue reading Sports Corner – October 2, 2019
Baseball season nears its end and the playoffs are nearly upon us! Can the Astros’ one two combination of Verlander and Cole tame the Yankees’ bats? Will the Yankees continue hitting all those homers? Will the Twins finally break their … Continue reading Sports Corner – September 25, 2019
Five QBs who took snaps in 2004 are still playing. And three will not be starting this Sunday. The questionable Ben Roethlisberger is out for the year with a poorly defined elbow injury. 40 year old Drew Brees is down … Continue reading Sports Corner – September 18, 2019
Congrats to Rafa Nadal, who held off a furious comeback effort by rising star (and occasional grump) Daniel Mevedev to win his 19th Grand Slam. Congrats also to Bianca Andreescu. The future of tennis is arriving rather quickly. Even if … Continue reading Sports Corner – September 11, 2019
Welcome to a special NFL Kickoff Week edition of Sports Corner. (Boy, that is a bland anniversary logo.) Today. I will make a few predictions. With the arrival of reviewable pass interference calls, no one will have any idea what … Continue reading Sports Corner – September 4, 2019
On the cusp of the NCAA and NFL football seasons, all anyone is talking about is the sudden retirement of Andrew Luck. I have to say, I didn’t really find it that surprising, given his long and painful injury history. … Continue reading Sports Corner – August 28, 2019
Next Monday marks the start of the US Open tennis tournament at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Practically my backyard. But before 1978, the event was held at Forest Hills Stadium in (where else) … Continue reading Sports Corner – August 21, 2019
