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• Because we said so: More alternative facts and fake championships

  By themikeherndon on August 20, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Auburn claimed seven more national titles this week. But they don’t award those for “trust me, bro.”

• Fantasy football 2025: Tiered player rankings

  By themikeherndon on August 13, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Prepare for your fantasy draft with SportsChasers’ tiered player rankings.

• NBA Finals: Small minds dismiss small markets

  By themikeherndon on June 4, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  If you like celebrities and major markets, this NBA Finals isn’t for you. If you like basketball, it is.

• 2025 NFL mock draft: How far will Sanders fall?

  By themikeherndon on April 21, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  The Colorado QB’s perceived slide down draft boards has become the hottest story entering the draft, which begins Thursday in Green Bay.

• Super Bowl LIX just might be Jalen Hurts’ time

  By themikeherndon on February 6, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Like every other QB who hasn’t won a Super Bowl, they’ll say Hurts can’t win the big one — until he does.

• Fantasy Island: Week 16 uppers and downers

  By themikeherndon on September 12, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  By MIKE HERNDON Congratulations if you’ve made it to the semifinal round of the fantasy playoffs — and pardon me for my absence last week. It was finals week at the college where I serve as an adjunct, and there… Read More ›

• Fantasy season is here: Dominate your fake draft

  By themikeherndon on August 18, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  By MIKE HERNDON It’s time for fake football! But first, that means a fake draft. And much like the real draft, mistakes that you make here are likely to haunt you throughout the season. As we have mentioned here before,… Read More ›

• U.S. Olympic dominance is women’s work

  By themikeherndon on August 12, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  By MIKE HERNDON “If I were asked,” Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in Democracy in America, “to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of that people ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply: To the superiority of their women.”… Read More ›

• Stanley Cup Playoffs 2024: Schadenfreude is undefeated

  By themikeherndon on June 5, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  By MIKE HERNDON Being a Detroit Red Wings fan used to mean you always had a team to pull for in the Stanley Cup playoffs. For 25 years, from 1990-91 to 2015-16, the Wings made the playoffs every year. They… Read More ›

• One last 2024 NFL draft mock (we promise)

  By themikeherndon on April 22, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  By MIKE HERNDON The 2024 NFL draft is almost here, and because I can’t leave well enough alone, I decided to do one more revised mock draft. While I’ve typically avoided trying to predict trades, this has the feel of… Read More ›