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Sports Columns

What are the Green Bay Packers’ prospects for the stretch run of the season?

Last week I took a look at the remaining Detroit Lions schedule as part of my effort to get in the good graces of Lions’ fans as I tried to jump back on their bandwagon. So it only seems fair to look at the remaining schedule of the Green Bay Packers. Now these Cheeseheads are in a much ...

Let me back on the Detroit Lions bandwagon!

I had one foot out the door, but I kept the other in the door jamb of the Detroit Lions’ bandwagon. I’m glad I did now, after threatening to jump ship and root against the Motor City Pussycats right in this space five weeks ago on Sept. 23. At that point, they were 0-2 after ugly losses ...

Let the juggling begin

This week is the first with major changes in the NFL schedule due to the coronavirus pandemic. But it won’t be the last, and if things don’t get better, may not even be the week with the most earth-shaking changes. Regardless of what you think of all these precautions, none of these ...

What’s a ‘home-field advantage’? Doesn’t exist in NFL today

I couldn’t find the statistic anywhere on the Internet, so I did my own little investigation. And I’m glad I did when it came to home-field advantage in the NFL this year. Finding a set of the NFL’s “expanded” standings that include home and away records, I added up each team’s ...

Coronavirus makes first attack on NFL

Oh boy, all the fun and games could come to a screeching halt if the NFL, its teams and its players aren’t careful. With the Tennessee Titans being kept out of their building until Saturday due to eight positive tests for the coronavirus, we’re on a precipice like we saw with Major League ...