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• College football conference bowl records don’t mean squat

  By themikeherndon on January 3, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Part of the fun of sports fandom is arguing about which teams and players and conferences are the best. But we still need to be honest with ourselves about the tools we use to make those arguments.

• In defense of the College Football Playoff

  By themikeherndon on December 24, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Pining for the BCS because of the irregularities of an unprecedented, pandemic-shortened season is wrong-headed and short-sighted.

• 2020 NFL predictions: Buy the ticket and take the ride (or don’t)

  By themikeherndon on September 13, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  We can’t predict how much football we’ll get this year, but here are a few bets we are willing to make.

• No apologies needed: When refusing to ‘stick to sports’ pays off

  By themikeherndon on July 6, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Within the last few weeks, stands taken by two athletes have led to changes that have been so long in coming that some thought they might never happen. So much for shutting up and dribbling.

• 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 ›