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Sports Columns

De-emphasize the importance of a single game

By STEVE BROWNLEE Journal Sports Editor With the World Series just ending the other day, it got me to thinking about comparisons between baseball and football, specifically in pro sports. Unlike the Major League Baseball regular season, we concentrate intently on each single baseball game ...

Competitive NFL makes good predictions tough

Shouldn’t it be a good thing that it’s hard to predict these NFL games? I think so when it comes time to watch them, that’s for sure. But trying to write this column, it sure leaves me at various times scratching my head, sucking the end of my pen (nah! way too unsanitary!) or just ...

Players hesitate more than they loaf

When the TV figureheads were talking about various teams, I got to thinking about players said to look like they’re loafing or not really caring during games. I find that hard to believe that’s what they’re actually doing. When it comes to that supposed behavior, me thinks, these are ...

Monday was a sad shade of blue in Detroit

Wow, what a crummy day it was to be a Detroit sports fan on Monday morning. The Tigers went to 15 innings before losing in the deciding Game 5 of the American League Divisional Series on Friday night, then the Lions spent most of the second half barely in contention of their nationally ...

Browns sorting out their QBs

By STEVE BROWNLEE Journal Sports Editor Maybe I’m a little late to the party, but I got thinking about the Cleveland Browns quarterback situation last week and into this week. Specifically, some of the pundits like Mike Greenberg of ESPN were flabbergasted that Shedeur Sanders was left ...

Key to a good offense is the line

Watching some pro and college games last weekend got me thinking about offensive lines. Like the old Washington Redskins “Hogs,” these are the guys who are often overlooked in the success of any team’s offense. In fact, thinking about it more, if you look what I’m breaking down as ...