James Harden chose one of the worst times to play a terrible game. He could get away with a performance like that during the regular season but not during the playoffs, where people expect star players to become superhuman and… Read More ›
By MIKE HERNDON When the NFL draft ended a couple weeks ago, most of us went through a similar routine. We reveled in the picks we liked. We debated those we didn’t. We looked up profiles on our favorite team’s… Read More ›
The Kansas City Chiefs moved up in the draft to select Patrick Mahomes, making him their quarterback of the future, and since Alex Smith adequately fills the position at the moment, Mahomes will get to progress without the added pressure… Read More ›
Remember when the 2017 quarterback class was regarded as one of the weakest in years, possibly not even generating a first round pick? Yeah, well that way of thinking obviously ignored conventional wisdom regarding drafting quarterbacks for the NFL –… Read More ›
By MIKE HERNDON Why do we do this to ourselves? Why do we try to predict the unpredictable? We are gluttons for punishment, for the embarrassment of being wrong, but we can’t help ourselves. We can’t help but try to… Read More ›
Welcome back, Major League Baseball! MLB’s opening week always brings out the optimism for fans. No team has fallen out of contention yet. Hope is alive. For fans of the Seattle Mariners; however, this hope does not usually last long…. Read More ›
By MIKE HERNDON There was less than a minute to play in the NCAA national championship game when North Carolina’s Kennedy Meeks and Gonzaga’s Silas Melson hit the floor to try to corral a loose ball with the Tar Heels… Read More ›
March Madness – the brackets, the buzzer beaters, the rapid fire pace of games, a buffet of entertainment for the sports fan; especially, a basketball fan. Who doesn’t fill out a bracket? Even the casual fan enters some kind of… Read More ›
By MIKE HERNDON Turtle Day was 20 years ago this month. Unless you’re a hockey fan or live in Michigan, you probably think that involves reptiles with shells on their backs. Ask a hockey fan from Michigan about Turtle Day… Read More ›
(Russell Westbrook leads the NBA in scoring at 32.1 points per game. Photo by Tiago Hammil) By MIKE HERNDON Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban likes to wind people up. Earlier this week, he knew just how to do it. Mark… Read More ›
