Not caring about sports yesterday I started leafing through the other sections of the newspaper. There I found this week’s sign that the Apocalypse is upon us… Man sues Sweetgreen over salad-ordering app. Yup. Lawsuit in the works because a … Continue reading
Saturday evening I was counting the money in my head. No, in my hand. It was there in my hand. Virginia, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Oklahoma. I was imagining how I’d use that office pool money. Something silly? Something … Continue reading
That awkward moment when you realize that after spending several days agonizing over which teams to pick, and several more days watching unlikely upset after unlikely upset, you sit down on a Thursday evening and watch all four higher-seeded teams … Continue reading
For my money President Obama’s trip to Cuba this week—the first such trip by a sitting U.S. president in nearly 90 years—is an empty gesture at best and an embarrassment at worst. Would someone please get me a president who … Continue reading
Well, they don’t call it March Predictable. Amidst all the upsets and near-upsets we find comfort in the continuity of chaos, do we not? And that delicate struggle between wanting to see something amazing and wanting to keep our brackets … Continue reading
When the first real day of the NCAA Tournament falls on St. Patrick’s Day you can be pretty sure very little work is getting done after about noon. Topped only by the lack of work done the next day before noon. … Continue reading
Trump winning Florida? Coulda guessed that one. Florida Gulf Coast University defeats Fairleigh Dickinson? Saw that one a mile away. The glove (as in O.J.’s) doesn’t fit? Duh. The real news from yesterday? It’s official. Straight from Disney. Indiana Jones. … Continue reading
I think the world of sports could take a cue from the world of politics (never thought I’d say that) and offer write-in ballots to our NCAA Tournament brackets. I’m writing in Monmouth as the #11 seed in the South … Continue reading
Why it’s called Champ Week these days and not Championship Week I could not tell you. (Shorter hashtag?) Regardless, the week leading up to the NCAA Tournament remains one of the best weeks of the sports year. Most of all … Continue reading
Dear Monmouth Hawks: I sincerely apologize. That was me jinxing you the other night and I was wrong. Please accept my concession. Dear Syracuse Orange (nee Orangemen, team of my youth): If you do not win this afternoon I think … Continue reading