It’s only week three, but it feels like I’ve already lived this NFL season for forty lifetimes. Twenty of those were during last week’s Vikings game (Oh, we’ll get there). It’s important to not overreact to anything that happens in the first few weeks of the season. Teams are still adjusting to offseason changes, players…
On Jan. 14, 2018, Kirk Cousins and I were probably in the same place: sitting on a couch. I would also be willing to bet that we were doing the same thing: watching the Minnesota Vikings play the New Orleans Saints in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs. Was one of us watching the…
Hello, my name is Dr. Ross and I have a fever. And the only cure for this fever is playoff basketball. After a grueling 82-game regular season, 16 teams will head to the playoffs with the goal of winning four series over the next two months. Although not on the level of March Madness, the…
What a crazy couple of weeks it has been in sports. The NCAA tournament was in the Sweet Sixteen last time I wrote a column that was not about Rock, Paper, Scissors. In order to try to summarize what has happened since, I am handing out five awards I made up. The “Bartolo Colon” Award:…
It was all good just a week ago. Remember when we thought we knew anything about college basketball? Me neither! Here is a helpful exercise you can do if you are feeling down about your picks in this year’s NCAA basketball tournament: find your nearest empty bracket, fill it out in any particular way, then…
There is nothing quite as satisfying for a sports fan than the month of March. The NBA playoff picture is taking shape, the MLB season is right around the corner, and NFL teams are paying the GDP of small countries for average quarterbacks. However, none of these hold a candle to the world’s greatest tournament,…
The 2018 NBA All-Star Game happened this past Sunday night, and if you did not watch it, I do not blame you. This “game” that was supposed to start at 7 p.m. did not start on time. Instead, one of the wackiest and most uncalled for pregame shows of all time took place. I am…
Story of the Week @KingJames: “Stop trying to find a way to FIT-OUT and just FIT-IN. Be apart of something special! Just my thoughts.” On Feb. 7, 2015, notable modern philosopher Lebron James unleashed this now-famous subtweet. At the time, James was in the midst of his first season back with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and…
The Super Bowl just happened. It was an amazing game. Everybody knows defense wins championships, but offense makes watching games somewhere between two and one billion times more enjoyable. The storylines coming out of the game for both teams are very compelling, and they will shape the foreseeable future for NFL football. In honor of…
Greetings to all my Cobbers! Yes, I am back, and yes, I had a blast. For anyone who does not know (or maybe does not care) where I have been, I was over in the Twin Cities at Super Bowl media week. Brady Drake, our sports editor, and I were given the opportunity to cover…