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NFC ‘Least’ like watching a train wreck

It’s interesting to watch whether the new vanguard or the old guard will be better represented when the playoffs start in just a few weeks. Teams like Green Bay, Seattle and New Orleans are being challenged by Minnesota and San Francisco in the NFC. Eh, not such a new vanguard there. The ...

Abuse in hockey needs to be addressed

"He's a terrible person, the worst I've ever met." That's how former Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzen said that about former Wings head coach Mike Babcock after he berated Franzen during a game against Nashville in the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs. This was also corroborated by former ...

Is Panthers coach’s firing first domino to fall?

Will the firing of Carolina’s Ron Rivera just be the first domino to fall in a string of NFL coaches getting dumped? We can only wait and see. Panthers owner David Tepper said in so many words that he was doing Rivera a favor by not keeping him around till the end of the season: “I ...

It’s a wonderful day for pie

At some point Thursday, most of us probably had some flavor of pie to eat. Whether it was the traditional pumpkin, the perfect for the season apple, or the greatest pie ever, pecan, chances are you were satisfied by the time you were finished. Now, it’s that time of year where I get to do ...

NFL stories just get curiouser

There were some interesting goings-on in the NFL over the past week. And it might make some teams work harder at getting win now that we’re in crunch time for the playoffs. That’s even though a majority of the teams involved here are out, or pretty much out, of the playoff hunt. Take ...

When is enough enough?

I’ve wondered that for awhile when it comes to firing coaches. At what point does a general manager or an athletic director look at what is happening on TV or what they’re reading in newspapers and say I can’t take it anymore with this man or woman? At the college level, ...