BLUE NOTES Hello! Welcome to the restart of the Blues 2024-2025 season. The gang has a new coach, Jim Montgomery. Their do-over season began Monday night in New York with a frisky 5-2 win over the Rangers in Montgomery’s first game as the new coach – a debut that was...
The Kansas City Chiefs begin their quest for a three-peat Thursday night with the visiting Baltimore Ravens in town to kickoff the 2024 NFL season. And the fun. What a wonderful matchup. Not that anyone asked me, but I’m commemorating this event with my own little...
Judging by the berserk run of picks made in the first round of the latest NFL Draft, it looks like the league plans to eliminate defense in 2024. At best, putting 11 defenders on the field will be optional – and certainly not mandatory. I designate Mike Martz as the...
The Kansas City Chiefs have turned into the New England Patriots. I’m not referring to the winning, the Super Bowl rings, the legendary quarterbacks. This is more about the pragmatic nature of the head coaches, the ability to adapt on offense, and go with a style that...
Before I get to the leftover smoked chicken wings from a Sunday bloody good Sunday of fun watching NFL football, here are my leftover thoughts on the AFC Championship Game and Kansas City’s 17-10 takeover at Baltimore. 1. Do not doubt the Kansas City Chiefs. I should...
How About Them Cowboys? Right on time, the overhyped Dallas Cowboys came through again embarrassing themselves by face-planting in another postseason game. The season was ruined. Another tombstone was ordered. This annual catastrophe never lets us down. The visiting...
A fresh and spicy gumbo of opinions, leftover after watching six NFL postseason games over the weekend: 1) The Dallas Cowboys Are Frauds: This was supposed to be the year that the Boys lived up to the breathless hype and legitimized the media slobbering by winning a...
In a football life like no other, the late John Madden was a giant of a man. Massive in his physicality, personality and popularity. Massive in his domination of every platform he walked on, be it coaching or broadcasting or gaming or pitching products on commercials....
BERNIE BITS After the lockout and a new collective bargaining agreement, the MLB teams and the player agents will resume their pairing ritual. The available athletes will find homes. The teams will find solutions – maybe. Fans and the media hot take industrial complex...
