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Sports Columns

Who will be the healthiest?

Injuries, injuries, injuries. It always seems to make a lot of difference this time of year, but does it seem worse this year as the status of key players on multiple teams seems to change from day to day? I’ve been hearing about various Philadelphia Eagles players being in, out or ...

Of Brett Favre lookalikes and a team’s bad decision

While I was watching the Sugar Bowl on Thursday — the College Football Playoff game played in New Orleans that had to be delayed a day due to the terrorist truck attack on New Year’s morning — I saw Notre Dame’s quarterback on the field. I thought, “Wait a minute! That looks like a ...

Could colleges trade their players?

Watching a bunch of the MACtion games — you know, the midweek Mid-American Conference football games that were on TV from about mid-October to mid-November — it got me to thinking about the transfer portal and how easily players can move around. Not only from year to year, but heck, I ...

Let’s cluster the bye weeks in the NFL

Being in the middle of the bye “season” in the NFL, I started thinking about how all the teams’ off weeks are so spread out. Doesn’t seem fair if you get one early and your closest competition is just now getting a chance to take theirs. This season, the byes are spread out between ...