Local guy getting it done
The Washington Commanders played Sunday like it was their first NFC Championship Game appearance in 33 years, being nervous and error-prone right from the outset…
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Four teams with shared goal, but for different reasons
It’s conference championship games Sunday, and four teams are still in it, trying to get a victory that will alter their franchise.Patrick Mahomes and the…
Rooting for sustained greatness
I was having dinner at a sports bar with two friends last Saturday while we watched the Kansas City-Houston AFC divisional-round playoff game on one…
The luck of the Browns
Jimmy Haslam owns the pro soccer team in Columbus, the Crew.He is lucky that the pro football team he owns, the Browns, isn’t based there…
Looking up at several teams
The Browns are, unfortunately so, looking up at just about all the rest of the teams in the NFL right now.But it goes beyond that….
AFC North Takes a Nosedive
The teams of the AFC North came into the 2024 season with their chests puffed out.And why not? For after all, in 2023, three of…
Only one time on Saturday
As the NFL divisional playoffs began on Saturday, there seemed to be sure bets in both of the games that day.That is, the two-time defending…
The best of the best for last
The Super Bowl and conference championship games are great, certainly, but the best part of the NFL postseason has always been the divisional round, which…
The tough job of saving their jobs
This season is not over by a long shot.The AFC and NFC divisional playoffs are this weekend, the conference championship games are next weekend and…
The eye test on the Browns
I very much understand, appreciate and respect the role of analytics in sports, including football and even more specifically the NFL.A decade ago, I couldn’t…