by Sid Saraf | Jan 25, 2024 | NFL
Familiarity gets a bad rap. There’s an old adage that it breeds contempt, but I disagree. It can take some time to see beauty. It may escape your gaze at first, but over the days, months and even years you start to notice the little things that bring out appreciation....
by Sid Saraf | Jan 17, 2024 | NFL
It’s hard to genuinely feel happy for an opponent. It’s not in our nature, especially as Americans. If I could summarize our nation’s ethos in one word, it would be: winning. General George Patton said as much in a speech to the Third Army in 1944. “Americans love...
by Sid Saraf | Jan 11, 2024 | NFL
Well, here we are. After 18 weeks, the NFL regular season roller-coaster has ended and we’re left with a select few teams that didn’t lose their lunch during the ups, downs and loops. It’s always fun to go back to before it started and see how my predictions fared. ...
by Sid Saraf | Dec 27, 2023 | NFL
Other than a brief layoff at the airport decades ago, I’ve never stepped foot in Cleveland. And yet, I’ve always felt a kinship with the city and its sports teams. Maybe it’s because I’m a sucker for underdog stories and between the Guardians, Cavaliers and Browns,...
by Sid Saraf | Dec 21, 2023 | NFL
Horror movies aren’t for everyone, but they can be a good time, even though the genre is filled with standard tropes. There’s ominous music that builds tension and then when it suddenly stops, the jump scare happens. There are morons who always run in the wrong...