F1 racing has become a household name ever since the race league was featured in a docuseries on Netflix a few years ago, just before the pandemic hit. While Season 4 is slated for Late February or Early March of 2022, the drivers head to historic, and typically the […]
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No Surprise for the CFP; Notre Dame has No Complaints; CFB Free Agency is Now Upon Us
The College Football Playoff is set. Alabama, Michigan, Georgia, and Cincinnati. Congrats to all. Not that I am surprised. In a perfect world, Michigan would’ve been one, and Alabama 2. But unless you haven’t been paying attention, the College Football Playoff isn’t always about what is right. It is about […]
It’s Not Bo vs. Woody, But it’s Just as Big This Weekend; What I am Thankful For Because of Sports
Michigan vs. That team down south… The rivalry of rivalries. Yes, I get it. That team down south has dominated this rivalry. For those of you that are history challenged, there was a time when Michigan dominated this rivalry, and yet you fans of that team down south seem to […]
Thank You Freeland, a Game of Inches, A Lifetime of Memories; Does Cincinnati Finally Get Their Chance?
You hear the cliche’ all the time. Sports, especially football, can come down to a game of inches. For those of you that do not know, I do play-by-play for Freeland High School, located in Mid Michigan, about twenty miles west of Saginaw. They are like most communities who share […]
Will OBJ be the Man, or Stafford’s Excuse? Mission Accomplished: CFB Playoff has You Talking
The OBJ Drama, or nausea is over…for now. A team out of nowhere came up and grabbed him. The Los Angeles Rams. I have to say, I didn’t see that one coming. Now, I knew it wouldn’t be Green Bay. Green Bay is a great team, with great tradition, but […]
Beijing receives Olympic flame as activists protest
As the Olympic flame reached Beijing, the epicenter of the 2022 Olympics starting in February, activist groups disrupted the flame lighting ceremony in southern Greece on Monday stating that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is basically advocating for human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party. Many site that China […]
Premier League members should be ashamed
Very Little Response from League Members on Racism As online racism has surged since the 2020 Euro, English Soccer has teamed up with local police forces, PFA, and Kick It Out to help spot and report acts of racism in soccer. However, after all 92 English league clubs were […]
A Fifth Engine for Lewis Hamilton?
Mercedes Rolls the dice Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has not ruled out a fifth engine for Lewis Hamilton, the reigning F1 champion with only six races left in the season, starting with the United States Grand Prix next weekend (October 22-24). Hamilton took a 10-grid penalty last week […]
Part 4: Unruly Sports Fans, an International Epidemic
Just like clockwork, fans across the world are wildin’ out in the stands while their teams battle on the fields, courts, and pitches. Unbeknownst to the fans, their fisticuffs help exactly zero percent of the time. Ok, let’s head to the ballfield for America’s pastime. No, not baseball, beating the […]
Bottas wins Turkish Grand Prix
Valtteri Bottas starts in pole position, then fought his way back from 4th after his one pit stop, to take the Turkish Grand Prix on a rain-soaked track from Istanbul. Bottas is leaving for Alfa Romeo after a few contentious moments this season with his Mercedes team, notably being told […]
Lewis Hamilton with 10-place grid penalty in Turkey
With two months left in the season and Hamilton facing his first serious threat in years to be unseated as the F1 season champ (leads Verstappen by 2 points), Mercedes decided to fit his car with its 4th ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) of the season, one more than F1 regulations […]
Wales will walk if Czech is racist
Wales is set to square off with the Czech Republic on Friday for a World Cup Qualifier, in a country where several racist incidents have occurred in the past year. The Rangers, from Glasgow, played the Czech’s home club Sparta Prague in a Europa League fixture last week where 10,000 […]
Privacy is dead: The Urban Meyer Case
If you don’t know by now, Urban Meyer is trending on Twitter for a lap dance (allegedly, lol) from a much younger lady than his wife, who tweeted that she was home babysitting. Let’s look at the replay here folks… https://twitter.com/ChiefSVP/status/1444494012942012418 Ok, a few things to cover here. First, […]
Vice President of everything
According to Wikepedia (2021), “Ronnie Brunswijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɔni ˈbrʏnsʋɛik]; born 7 March 1961) is a Surinamese politician, businessman, footballer, former rebel leader, and the current Vice President of Suriname” (para. 1). Formal rebel leader? Ok, this guy is interesting. What is not interesting is inserting yourself, your old, overweight […]
Part 3: Unruly Sports Fans, an International Epidemic
For this week’s edition, let’s head to the Muni Lot in Cleveland…. https://youtu.be/DoXLsQPtcG0 Yes, the dude with a doobie is one of the more responsible people in that video. Even concertgoers are getting into it… https://twitter.com/xsunsetari/status/1439713460779053059 We missed this last week… https://twitter.com/vinnyfotimtv/status/1437873767259119618 We missed this one too… https://twitter.com/B1ackSchefter/status/1437520734579052544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1437520734579052544%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthesportsgrail.com%2Fwatch-washington-football-team-fan-clobbers-his-counterpart-as-fight-breaks-out-in-the-stands-during-loss-to-los-angeles-chargers%2F […]
The curious case of the big drum
Many may think this is much to do about nothing, but Purdue will be without their 10 feet tall, 565 pound drum, marking the first time since 1979 the Boilers marching band will be without the drum. Chalk this up to Notre Dame being a bit goofy here. They won’t […]
Jockey shocks horse; gets 10 year ban
Stewards at New Jersey’s Monmouth Park have recommended permanent revocation of jockey Tomas Mejia after it was discovered the jockey raced with an electrical device that shocked the horse into running faster. Currently, the jockey has received a 10-year ban and a $5,000 fine, however, further punishment could come after […]
Soccer with no headers allowed?
According to Cognitive fx (2019), “Approximately 5% of soccer players sustain a brain injury every year” (para. 6). As CTE becomes an ever-increasing concern amongst medical professionals, every sport is now under the microscope. While soccer trails men’s and women’s hockey, American football, and men’s rugby on the list of […]
NHL claims 98% of players will be vaccinated by start of season
Current projections from league sources say only about 10-15 skaters will be unvaccinated, from among the roughly 700 total players. The season starts October 12th, and while there is no league-wide mandate, players face the threat of not being able to cross the US-Canada border without the vaccine. Unvaccinated players […]
Week 3: Big Ten Bets
What we got right last week: Minnesota Moneyline -1400 Penn State Moneyline -1800 Nebraska Moneyline -550 Rutgers Moneyline -135 Iowa +155 Nebraska v Buffalo Under 54.5 (-110) Michigan -240 Rutgers -135 Penn State -22.5 (-110) What we got wrong last week: Ohio State v Oregon OVER 64.5 (-110) *Narrow […]
