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• A Last Dance takeaway: Whether real or invented, disrespect is undefeated

  By themikeherndon on May 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Disrespect is a weapon that practically all athletes and coaches use. Michael Jordan may have wielded it better and more often than anyone else.

• NFL Draft 2020: a socially distant, sheltered in place mock

  By themikeherndon on April 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  If thousands of NFL fans boo Roger Goodell, but he’s standing in his basement and can’t hear it, does it make a sound?

• 50 things to do until sports come back

  By themikeherndon on March 14, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  As we seek to slow the spread of Coronavirus, we are learning that social distancing isn’t just for middle school. But with sports on hiatus, what do we do now?

• Super Bowl LIV: A contrarian prediction for a blessedly Patriot-free championship

  By themikeherndon on February 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Whoever wins the Super Bowl on Sunday, we can all be thankful that we at least know one thing – it won’t be the Patriots.

• On Kobe Bryant, being a #GirlsDad and the choices we make as parents

  By themikeherndon on January 29, 2020 • ( 5 )

  

  It’s clear Kobe Bryant was an inspiration to a generation of athletes. It’s also clear that he loved his daughters. That’s how I’ll remember Kobe.

• Why the Pro Bowl should go far away

  By themikeherndon on January 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By MIKE HERNDON Would you pay to watch Emeril Legasse and Bobby Flay eat a box of Cheez-its? To see Lizzo hum to herself at the dentist’s office? To watch Stephen King scribble “For a good time, call” on a… Read More ›

• Any all-time NFL team without Drew Brees is an all-time joke

  By themikeherndon on January 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By MIKE HERNDON He is the NFL’s all-time leading passer in yardage and touchdowns. He has taken a franchise that had won only one playoff game in its history to eight playoff appearances, three NFC championship games and one Super… Read More ›

• In football or beer-chugging, never bet against a champ

  By themikeherndon on December 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  By MIKE HERNDON Let’s see if we can put this in terms you’ll all understand. Say there’s a popular New Year’s party that everyone wants to get invited to, but not everyone can. At this party, there’s a beer-chugging competition…. Read More ›

• Quality wins are a myth, and other things we’ve learned in the last nine weeks

  By themikeherndon on November 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  By MIKE HERNDON Why do we even bother to expend energy talking about “resumes” and “quality wins” while we breathlessly await the College Football Playoff rankings each week? The CFP selection committee keeps showing us, week after week and year… Read More ›

• Overreaction Distraction: Debunking first-week myths

  By themikeherndon on September 6, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  By MIKE HERNDON There’s no better time than the week after the first games of the college football season for knee-jerk overreactions. We can fight that urge and say “the jury is still out” or “let’s wait until the conference… Read More ›