by Sid Saraf | May 15, 2020 | NFL
I’ve made my peace with certain things during the coronavirus shutdown. The Lakers are finally good again, but it’s very possible that the NBA won’t be able to resume the season. The Dodgers traded for Mookie Betts, and yet there’s a decent chance that he will never...
by Sid Saraf | Apr 17, 2020 | NFL
I have a mental snapshot that I refer to often these days. It’s Feb. 2, 2020 and the Super Bowl is just about to kick off. I’m sitting on my easy chair, I have a cold drink in one hand and a big smile on my face. I’m in my element. Despite not having a real rooting...
by Sid Saraf | Jan 31, 2020 | NFL
It’s always a special occasion when the Super Bowl returns to Miami. Like a certain spaceport in “Star Wars,” South Florida is the perfect hive of scum and villainy, wrapped up in a humid bow. With alligators. It’s glorious. And yet, a gloom has hung over the area,...
by Rivers McCown | Jan 28, 2020 | NFL
The Super Bowl this year plays out on two theatres. On one hand — the hand that I think everyone wants to watch — a star-studded match up between Patrick Mahomes and Robert Saleh’s ridiculously good 49ers defense. On the other, Jimmy Garoppolo and Kyle...
by Sid Saraf | Jan 24, 2020 | NFL
Well, here we are. Is there anything worse than the week in between the championship games and Super Bowl Sunday. It’s like being forced to spend a week in purgatory, where the only football you see is either debated by talking heads or done poorly during the annual...
by Sid Saraf | Jan 16, 2020 | NFL
Most people think of Super Bowl Sunday as the official end to the football season. And technically, they might be correct, but most people who live and breathe this sport feel differently. The last true day of football is coming this weekend. Championship Sunday. The...