Posted on May 23rd, 2025
It wasn’t supposed to happen this season. This was the time of year when fans of Hoosier State basketball would be immersed in Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever while also paying attention to the Indianapolis 500. However, no one told the Indiana Pacers. As of this writing, there are still NBA games to be […]
Posted on May 22nd, 2025
There hasn’t been much glory deep in the heart of Texas when it comes to Dallas and the WNBA. Look at the Wings in the standings and you see 9-31 in WNBA games last season, just a game better than the league-worst Los Angeles Sparks, In their 10th ‘Big D’ season, the transplanted Detroit-then-Tulsa Shock […]
Posted on May 14th, 2025
Thirty-seven-year-old Brazilian mixed martial artist Alex ‘Poatan’ Pereira currently competes in the UFC light heavyweight division. He’s the former champ of that class as well as the middleweight division (a UFC first). As of this early-May writing, he is 12-3 in UFC fights but lost his light heavyweight belt to Magomed Ankalaev (unanimous decision) at UFC […]
Posted on May 7th, 2025
It’s on. Mexico’s Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is set to oppose American Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford Sept. 12th at Allegiant Stadium (home of the NFL’s Raiders) in Las Vegas. That’s after Alvarez took back the undisputed super-middleweight title with a ‘methodical’ (or ‘awful,’ depending on your perspective) unanimous decision over William Scull in Saudi Arabia. It may […]
Posted on May 6th, 2025
About 1/5 of the season is in the books and there are surprises all over the place. The Mets and Cubs are dominating their divisions in the National League and the Tigers, Mariners and A’s are surprisingly good in the AL. Of course, the season is a long one and there are well over 100 […]
Posted on May 3rd, 2025
Twenty-seven-year-old Irish mixed martial artist Ian David Machado Garry competes in the UFC’s welterweight division. As of this late-April writing, he is 16-1-0 (seven knockouts) in UFC fights and ranked sixth in the division. Garry was a winner (via decision) against Carlos Prates (21-7-0) at Kansas City this past Saturday evening. As Garry is an […]
Posted on May 2nd, 2025
Hockey fans know them by heart. Boston Garden, Chicago Stadium, the Olympia in Detroit, New York’s first Madison Square Garden, Montreal’s Forum, and Maple Leaf Gardens. They were iconic venues of the Original Six teams in the National Hockey League. Each had a feeling all its own, complete with rabid fans who gave their side […]
Posted on April 29th, 2025
NHL’s Wildest Underdog Stories There aren’t many sporting scenarios as competitive and compelling as the NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs. Space on the ice isn’t much, and each player (even the goalies) has to keep their heads on a swivel because there’s always a guy wearing the other jersey right next to them. What is making […]
Posted on April 25th, 2025
The 2025 MLB season is just about one month old. Like every new season, it takes a while to get acclimated. That is true for players just as it is for fans and baseball bettors. The New York Yankees, not surprisingly, are one of the top-scoring teams in MLB. The defending World Series champion Dodgers […]
Posted on April 24th, 2025
If you’re a fan of the NBA in general and the NBA playoffs in particular, chances are you can recite many of the best moments in the history of the postseason. It’s no surprise that every team can point to game- and/or series-changing plays, whether they’ve been on the right or “wrong” side of circumstance. […]