Round two of the NFL concluded Sunday evening with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, led by superstar quarterback Tom Brady, defeating their division rival, the New Orleans Saints, 30-20. With that, the playoff pool was whittled down from eight teams to four: two teams from the American Football Conference (AFC) and two from the National Football…
A Champion’s Will: How Alabama’s historical effort took home its seventh trophy
Monday saw the final chapter of the 2020-21 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football season, with the Alabama Crimson Tide (13-0) defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes (7-1) in the College Football National Championship by a score of 52-24. Alabama, who entered the game the consensus top team in the nation, played a near-flawless game in…
Sports in this Day and Age: Number one goes down, no longer unbeaten and invincible
This column seeks to cover significant current events in the sporting world as it navigates the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. College football provided plenty of memorable games and even more memorable upsets this past week, while several streaks came to a close. Most notable of these, of course, was top-ranked Clemson (7-1) falling to fourth-ranked Notre…
Sports in this Day and Age: Football from this past week
This column seeks to cover significant current events in the sporting world as it navigates the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Most sports are finished now, leaving the spotlight this past week on football, although this week’s election has by far been the biggest story of the past week or so. With games…
Sports in this Day and Age: Batter up! The 2020 World Series
This column seeks to cover significant current events in the sporting world as it navigates the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The National Basketball Association (NBA) finished their season a few weeks ago, and now Major League Baseball (MLB) is doing the same, as the Los Angeles Dodgers played the Tampa Bay Rays in the World…
Sports in this Day and Age: Upsets, records and close calls
This column seeks to cover significant current events in the sporting world as it navigates the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. College football is always wild and full of surprises. This past week was no different, as we saw four ranked teams lose to unranked teams, and three barely squeak by. One of the biggest…
New consoles mean a renewed rivalry: Or do they?
You’ve probably been asked your gaming console preference before. Are you a PlayStation or an Xbox fan? Or maybe you prefer the Nintendo Switch. For me, Xbox is my preference, as I have owned both the 360 and the current Xbox One, and I prefer the larger and heavier controllers as well as…
Sports in this Day and Age: And your champions are…
This column seeks to cover significant current events in the sporting world as it navigates the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Los Angeles Lakers. After going 52-19 in the regular season and cruising past each of their opponents in the playoffs with three consecutive 4-1 routs, the Lakers took home their 17th trophy in…
Sports in this Day and Age: The troubled road to the playoffs
This column seeks to cover significant current events in the sporting world as it navigates the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Five weeks have passed since college football played their first game of the season, and, yet, the top five teams have only played a combined 11 times this season. Sixth ranked Ohio State has yet to…
Sports in this Day and Age: A look at last and next week’s NFL games
This column seeks to cover significant current events in the sporting world as it navigates the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. With a full slate of games this past weekend, there was plenty of action and intrigue throughout the National Football League (NFL). Battles between unbeatens, injuries, penalties and even a tie made week three of the…
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