Last year’s NBA season has come to an end and it’s time to turn the page to a brand new season of basketball. The intense rivalry between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers that started in the 2015 NBA Finals and has existed as a personal battle between Lebron James and what feels like…
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…
Last week, Nike released the newest ad from its 30th Anniversary “Just Do It” campaign. The photo, which was followed by a two-minute ad, features a black and white photo of quarterback/activist/American hero Colin Kaepernick with the words “Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.” emblazoned in plain white font. Predictably, an uproar…
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…
Back in October, I took a look at what odds Vegas was giving Stanley Cup favorites and made my early predictions for the NHL playoffs. I did reasonably well, but there was one glaring mistake. Prior to the start of the season, the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook had the Edmonton Oilers at 9-1 odds to…
It is April now, and you know what that means. That’s right. More snow. Just kidding. It’s actually time for playoff hockey. The regular season is over and we have some fantastic first-round matchups ahead of us. Seven teams made the playoffs this year after not finishing in a playoff position last season—I should probably…
This past Saturday, April 7, Johnny Manziel played in a game for the first time since 2015, taking the field for the South Team in the Spring Football League. Few football players past and present have the starpower to garner national attention for playing less than a full game in an upstart developmental football league…
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:…
While the country as a whole may be in a complete downward spiral at the moment, one thing is undeniable: sports are back. This year’s NCAA tournament has been electric. The entire country simultaneously jumped off the couch and live-tweeted its excitement when the University of Maryland, Baltimore County upset Virginia in the first round…
John Shuster and his Duluth-based curling team had been scheduled to make an appearance in Fargo last week for a chance at a national championship. Then their plans changed. Team Shuster went on a tear through the final rounds of the Olympic men’s curling tournament in Pyeongchang, South Korea, ending with a decisive victory over…