Here we are just a few days into the 2020s. Geesh, as a kid I didn’t think this would EVER happen. Growing up as a little kid in the 1960s, even the idea of the year 2000 was nearly unfathomable. For some reason, I then remember thinking ahead to 2020, with all the crooked numbers in the ...
Going home never seemed like an adventure to me. When I went home to Minneapolis in college my freshman year, it was cool the first time because I was living away from home and I was attempting to be an adult. The jury is still out if I’ve actually become one. Over the years though, it ...
Since we’re talking about the first round of the NFL playoffs today, let’s start with the Green Bay Packers. But they’re not even playing this week, you tell me. Sure, but what happens in the NFC this weekend affects who they play in another week during the divisional round. The ...
Can Week 17 in the NFL be both the most anticipated and most dreaded week of the season? Sure, why not? It’s the final week of the regular season, meaning that the greatest time of the season, the playoffs, are one week away. And with two berths still up for grabs and quite a few ...
What do you do when you lose a mentor? It’s a question I had to ask myself a few times over the course of this year and it wasn’t an easy one to answer. Today is the one-year anniversary of the death of my former sports journalism professor Terry “Hutch” Hutchens, and even ...
I kind of like Matt LaFleur’s chances of retaining his head coaching position in Green Bay after the Detroit Lions begrudgingly — I hope as a Lions fan begrudgingly — announced they would keep head coach Matt Patricia this week. Especially considering LaFleur is in his first season and ...