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Halfway through: A Look at the MLB's American League
With the All Star Game come and gone, baseball now looks towards the trade deadline and the second half where the playoff teams rule and...
Jul 11, 201911 min read
NFL Offseason Grades: NFC South... BOOM or BUST
Is it just me or is this the division that generally shocks and surprises experts most seasons?... at least in the last 5-10 years. This...
Jul 9, 201916 min read
Spider-Man: Far from Home is a Mysterious Summer Thrill Ride
Like Homecoming, the first of Tom Holland's standalone films, his second Spider-Man checks all the boxes. The movie was not only...
Jul 5, 20196 min read
RangersTown: A place where promises are kept... and the future is bright
Midway through the 2017-2018 season, the New York Rangers front office wrote a letter to their loyal fan-base. The basic message behind...
Jul 1, 20196 min read
Mets Talk: It's Over Brodie, Time to SELL
I'll be the first to admit that I liked a lot of the offseason moves Brodie Van Wagenen made in his first year as general manager. I...
Jun 28, 20199 min read
NFL Offseason Grades: AFC West... Riding the Waves
The AFC West (formerly AFL West) has been in creation since 1960. Although teams have relocated and the fifth team has since been...
Jun 26, 201914 min read
Why the "Juiced" Ball is the Worst Thing to Happen to Baseball Since Steroids
The MLB has seen a shift in their viewers the last 25 years or so, only that shift has come in the form of stagnation. While in other...
Jun 21, 20197 min read
NFL Offseason Grades: NFC North... Old Gods & New
It has been some time since there was a King in the North, the NFC North being the real Northernmost division in the NFL. The last...
Jun 12, 201914 min read
NFL Offseason Grades: AFC South... Place Your Bets
This division is WIDE OPEN this season. In fact I think it is the most even division in the NFL going into 2019, the NFC North being a...
Jun 7, 201914 min read
NFL Offseason Grades: NFC West... Tipping the Scales
The NFC West had been a division of change and realignment most of the 90's, being that major sports leagues (just like America in the...
Jun 3, 201914 min read
NFL Offseason Grades: AFC North... the New Era
Since the AFC North was born in 2002 (formerly the AFC Central), Pittsburgh has largely been champion of Heartland America. In the 17...
May 31, 201913 min read
NFL Offseason Grades: NFC East... contenders & pretenders
My offseason grades will start in one of the NFL’s most talked about divisions. Anytime you involve cities like New York (media king),...
May 28, 201912 min read
Lord Stanley #103
Well the unthinkable has happened yet again for us NY sports fans, we find ourselves witnessing another Boston franchise on the brink of...
May 22, 201912 min read
Breaking the Wheel... why the Game of Thrones finale was uniquely ingenious
This wasn't the ending Game of Thrones fans hoped for, but in time, most will realize that it's the ending they needed (shades of the...
May 20, 201913 min read
Fire & Blood... GoT E5 review/finale preview
The words of House Targaryen rang true all throughout episode five of the final season. Fire and Blood. You might remember Varys saying...
May 19, 201911 min read
Dawn... GoT S8 E4 Refresher Review
"We beat those icy f*cks!" HAR! (as the novel version of Tormund Giantsbane would commonly say to finish his statements). Is there a...
May 11, 20197 min read
Gotham Ends with "The Beginning"
Batman fans finally got everything they wanted... a "caterpillar mustache" on the upper lip of Commissioner Gordon, a monocle and puffy...
May 3, 20194 min read
End Game vs the Long Night... why Thrones is still the GoT
What good are superhero blockbusters and fantasy lore if we can't debate them? Let me start by saying that I thoroughly enjoyed both of...
May 2, 20199 min read
Miracle May?... what the Mets must do right now to ensure 2019 is a meaningful season
As a two out crack off the bat of Jose Iglesias traveled through a dreary fog and curled around the left field foul pole, making it the...
May 2, 20194 min read
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