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• Our love-hate relationship with hockey fights

  By themikeherndon on March 22, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• The curious case against Russell Westbrook

  By themikeherndon on March 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  (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 ›

• Shooting spitballs at the Death Star: Why we hate the Patriots

  By themikeherndon on February 12, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  By MIKE HERNDON Score another one for the Evil Empire. Sith Lord Brady slew the young, developing Jedi from Atlanta and Pittsburgh — forget the Texans, mere mortals that they are — and the Emperor Belichick rules the NFL galaxy once… Read More ›

• Super Bowl LI: 5 reasons the Patriots will win

  By themikeherndon on February 2, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  (Tom Brady has more Super Bowl experience than the Falcons’ entire active roster. Photo by Andrew Campbell/Wikimedia Commons) By MIKE HERNDON Let me start off by saying that I hope I am wrong. I hope the long-suffering Falcons hang half-a-hundred… Read More ›

• Alabama vs. Clemson: Who ya got?

  By themikeherndon on January 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  (Dabo Swinney leads Clemson against Alabama on Monday for the college football national championship. Photo by LambeauLeap80/Wikimedia Commons) Alabama (14-0) meets Clemson (13-1) in Tampa on Monday night in Tampa for the college football national championship, a rematch of last… Read More ›

• NFL playoffs: The good, the bad and the lucky

  By themikeherndon on January 4, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  (NRG Stadium in Houston, site of Super Bowl LI/Photo by Agustindelosdolores2002. Wikimedia Commons) By MIKE HERNDON The Browns finally won a game. The Cowboys finally lost again. The Patriots were the Patriots. And with that, the NFL’s regular season has come… Read More ›

• It’s silly season: Don’t fall for the BS

  By themikeherndon on December 20, 2016 • ( 0 )

                                     (Photo of Jim Harbaugh by Eric Upchurch, via Wikimedia Commons) By MIKE HERNDON Did you hear Jim Harbaugh might be going to Los… Read More ›

• Ball don’t lie: This isn’t your big brother’s SEC

  By themikeherndon on December 1, 2016 • ( 3 )

  

  By MIKE HERNDON There are certain things that most Southerners hold to be self-evident. Tea should be sweet. Chicken should be fried. The Andy Griffith Show should always be on the air somewhere. And the SEC is the best football… Read More ›

• Take your goat and go home: The Cubs’ curse is over

  By themikeherndon on November 3, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

    By MIKE HERNDON Teddy Roosevelt was president. New York City had just begun a new tradition — dropping the ball in Times Square to celebrate New Year’s. A long-distance radio message was sent for the first time from the… Read More ›

• Requiem for The Hat

  By themikeherndon on September 27, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  There will be no more eating grass in the SEC. No more distinctions between the “hammer” and the “nail.” No more use of the word “want” as a noun, or the phrase “just so you know” in every other sentence…. Read More ›