Few things are as glorious as snowy, cold-weather football (er, via the TV), so bask in Packers-49ers and Bengals-Chargers this weekend

Two quick points before I get going with this: 1. I read an interesting article on Fast Company the other day about why things go viral; I’ve talked about this too, in the past. In short form — I didn’t want to write… Continue Reading

Why can’t it be Philip Rivers’ year?

Don’t look now, but the San Diego Chargers have won four games in a row. They enter the AFC Playoffs as the six-seed, and they need to travel to Cincinnati — where there might be snow — and Cincinnati is… Continue Reading

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This whole Black Monday coach-firing stuff has insane repercussions; remember January 2010?

There’s a chance that 10 NFL head coaches could get fired tomorrow (or sometime tonight); apparently Rod Chudzinski (Browns) and Jim Schwartz (Lions) have already been fired, per various Internet reports. Then there’s this… Black Monday coming up pic.twitter.com/xppu7QYwF5 —… Continue Reading

On the glory of Fred Hoiberg

I normally don’t pay attention to college basketball until after the Super Bowl — and I went to a basketball school — but I thought I’d dip a toe in the water here and talk for a second about Fred… Continue Reading

Luke Kuechly draws Clark Kent comparisons, whereas potentially Ray Lewis comparisons are more legitimate

That video above is Carolina Panthers LB Luke Kuechly, WR Steve Smith and LB Thomas Davis in a dance-off with teachers as a result of the NFL Play 60 campaign. Kuechly is known to some teammates as Clark Kent, and… Continue Reading

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We all think it could be a Seahawks-Broncos Super Bowl, but history hasn’t favored No. 1 seeds

Here’s the current NFL playoff picture, although a lot can change in these last three weeks: on the AFC side, DEN and NE get byes; on the NFC side, SEA and NO do. Seattle seems like a pretty solid lock… Continue Reading

Are NFL kickers getting better, and if so, why?

On Monday night, ’twas a tale of two cities in the NFL — the Baltimore Ravens won (and put themselves in decent position to be a 3, 4, or 6 seed in the AFC Playoffs, depending on what happens with… Continue Reading

Patrick Roy could be a rageaholic, but the Colorado Avalanche are probably the best story in the NHL right now

Take a look at the teams that made the NHL playoffs last year: in the East, ’twas PIT, MON, WAS, BOS, TOR, NYR, OTT, and NYI. In the West, ’twas CHI, ANA, VAN, STL, LAK, SJS, DET, and MIN. Detroit moved… Continue Reading