By MIKE HERNDON Are we in the last days of dynasty in professional team sports? The Golden State Warriors looked like they were ready for the offseason as they slogged through a 105-92 loss on their home floor to fall… Read More ›
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Welcome to the new NFL Draft era
With the first pick of the 2019 NFL Draft, the Arizona Cardinals selected Kyler Murray, quarterback from the University of Oklahoma. Hallelujah! Finally, a team with the first pick in the NFL draft selected a quarterback without the weight of… Read More ›
Mocking the NFL draft: My guess is as good as yours
Part of the fun of trying to figure out what 32 groups of secretive people are going to do with millions of their bosses’ dollars is that they aren’t going to tell you the truth about it until afterward. And… Read More ›
No ‘outside the box’ thinking required – sign Russell Wilson now
Standard NFL business practice implies that a team signs its franchise quarterback, no matter the cost. The deal simply gets made. But should we expect the people making the personnel decisions for the Seattle Seahawks to march to conventional wisdom’s… Read More ›
Can a secondary pro football league like the AAF ever survive?
By MIKE HERNDON The Alliance of American Football is no more, suspending operations before it could even finish its first season. Say it with me, loudly for those in the back: You cannot run a professional sports league on a… Read More ›
The Big Chest Manifesto: How to get what you want by acting the fool
By MIKE HERNDON Are you mad at one of your co-workers? Maybe jealous of another one? Think you should be making more money? Here’s what you do: First, don’t show up for a few days. Then after the boss takes… Read More ›
A disinterested prediction for Super Bowl LIII
By MIKE HERNDON Who’s going to win the Super Bowl on Sunday? Who cares? In one corner we have the Evil Empire, a team that will be playing in the Super Bowl for the fourth time in the last five… Read More ›
Crescent City Robbery: After a tainted NFC title game, NFL must act
By MIKE HERNDON I do believe if I see another national writer, or anyone for that matter, gush over how great a weekend of NFL games this was, I’m going to throw up. And if I see another one try… Read More ›
2018 NFL predictions: Could it be a black and gold Super Bowl?
By MIKE HERNDON The answer is: What Le’Veon Bell thinks he’s worth as an “elite offensive weapon,” who Nike chooses as a spokeman, and why Terrell Owens skipped his own Hall of Fame induction. What are: Things I Couldn’t… Read More ›
2018 NFL draft: The 5 biggest head-scratchers
By MIKE HERNDON Now is the time of the great second-guessing. With the 2018 NFL draft in the books, we’ll spend the next four months wondering whether our favorite teams made the right choices – particularly fans of the Browns,… Read More ›