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Football, NFL, Podcast

Sports History 101, E003: All-America Football Conference

Episode 2 of Sports History 101 is up and ready! The All-America Football Conference was the first competition for the NFL in the 1940s and put up stiff competition in the 1940s, bringing new innovations to the sport of football and eventually changing the landscape of the NFL forever. Intrigued? You should be. Also, as mentioned in the episode, here is the link to our … Continue reading Sports History 101, E003: All-America Football Conference

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Baseball, MLB, Podcast

Sports History 101, E002: 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks

Episode 2 of Sports History 101 is live! The Arizona Diamondbacks were the up and coming team in 2001, just four years into their existence in Major League Baseball. The team had a great one-two punch in their rotation and a number of quality bats in their lineup. Their success, and the rest, is history. Click below to listen on your favorite platform. Continue reading Sports History 101, E002: 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks

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Basketball, Book Review

Review “Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior”

Phil Jackson is hands down the best coach in the history of the NBA and has had quite a few books written about him as a result. My goal was to find a book that was actually written by Jackson and was not just about winning basketball games. Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior was just that, outlining Jackson’s quest to find the … Continue reading Review “Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior”

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Golf, More Sports

CBS Made Huge Mistake With Final Round of Workday Open

Collin Morikawa and Justin Thomas played stellar golf in the final round of the Workday Open at Muirfield Village Golf Club, ending tied through 72 holes and battling for three playoff holes before Morikawa emerged victorious. The two players were at the top of their games, making fantastic approach shots and sinking long winding putts, but nearly everyone missed it. As is customary with PGA … Continue reading CBS Made Huge Mistake With Final Round of Workday Open

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Baseball, MLB

Pumped in Crowd Noise Will Serve Many Purposes for MLB

Major League Baseball announced that the league will provide previously recorded fan noise to all teams to be used during the 60-game season as all games will be fan-less. The league noted that the crowd noise will provide a benefit to both the viewer at home as well as the players on the field. People often think that baseball is very quiet and that there … Continue reading Pumped in Crowd Noise Will Serve Many Purposes for MLB

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Football, NFL

Zeke is Still at the Top of His Game

Ezekiel Elliott, the Dallas Cowboys Pro Bowl runningback has been one of the best at his position since he broke into the league in 2016, leading the league in touches, yards and yards per game as a rookie. However, according to ESPN, an NFL offensive coach ranked Elliott as the 11th-best runningback in the NFL, saying, “[Elliott had] very few breakout runs [last year], doesn’t … Continue reading Zeke is Still at the Top of His Game

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CFB, Football

Conference Only Games Pose New Issues for College Football and Playoffs

As expected, the college football season has been shaken up due to the pandemic, as both the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences announced that they would only be playing conference competitions across all sports in the fall. “By limiting competition to other Big Ten institutions, the Conference will have the greatest flexibility to adjust its own operations throughout the season and make quick decisions in … Continue reading Conference Only Games Pose New Issues for College Football and Playoffs

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Baseball, Basketball, Golf, MLB, NBA

How Many Cases is Too Many?

At what point is it too many players that cannot play or decide to opt out? Across all of sports, when does the talent get diluted enough to really make the leagues question if they should continue? My guess would be that it would take a slew of high caliber stars to cause any kind of thought surrounding cancelling seasons. There have already been a … Continue reading How Many Cases is Too Many?

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CFB, Football, More Sports

What Will Ivy League Decision Mean for Collegiate Sports At Large?

Yesterday the Ivy League decided that no fall sports will be played this year with a chance that they may be moved and played in the spring. The decision on whether those fall sports will be played next year has yet to be determined but all Ivy League programs have been told that no competitions will take place before January 1st. Most people care very … Continue reading What Will Ivy League Decision Mean for Collegiate Sports At Large?

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Mike Golic’s Absence From Morning Radio is the End of An Era

Growing up in a household that was sports centric, it was natural that when hopping in the car, more often than not, sports talk radio would start speaking to you as you turned the key. There are so many radio stations with their own full slates of talent and local followings but at most every larger station that I have tuned into, early mornings are … Continue reading Mike Golic’s Absence From Morning Radio is the End of An Era

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