NFL
Cam Newton Joins The Patriots
With Cam Newton joining the Patriots, who will be New England’s next starting quarterback? Tom Brady isn’t the only successful Patriots quarterback of the last three decades. Yes, he led New England to six Super Bowls, but the organization has managed to get solid...
Sports Tonight: Talking NFL
On this episode of Sports Tonight, I was joined by BSL NFL Analyst Sid Saraf. Sid and I discussed: - COVID-19 & The NFL - Cam Newton joining the Patriots - Who's the 3rd best team in the AFC? - And also touched on the Steelers and Colts, along with the AFC West....
It’s time for the Redskins to (finally) change their name
George Preston Marshall was a racist. There’s no question about that. He was the last owner in the NFL to desegregate his team—and that wasn’t until the Redskins added Bobby Mitchell in 1961, 15 years after the Browns broke the color barrier. It was not Marshall’s...
2020 NFL Off-Season: June Thoughts
Anyone else starting to feel a little worried? It’s hard to see what’s been going on with the other professional sports leagues in this country and not start to have doubts about whether or not we’ll have football in the fall. Is it safe to play? Is it even the right...
NFL Power Rankings
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...
NFL Off-Season; Heading Into The 2020 Draft
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...
Super Bowl 54: San Francisco 49ers vs. Kansas City Chiefs
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,...
Where the Super Bowl will be won and lost
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 Shanahan’s...