01/31/24 Which team will best hide its weaknesses?
The Niners and the Chiefs have made it to SB LVIII because they each do so many things well. Many of the same things, in fact. But they also share a common flaw. Neither team’s defense can stop the run at an elite level. The team that figures out a way to hide its own […]
01/30/24 You don’t say!
Rational people can’t understand how Trumpers can remain devoted to him as his legal issues, moral and ethical failings, unrelenting lies and clearly apparent mental health problems accelerate. One big reason is that most MAGAs never hear about them. They’re glued to Fox, and Fox is unglued from facts, reality and any sense of journalistic […]
01/29/24 Championships are lost more often than they’re won.
The Ravens lost their cool and their professionalism. The Lions were brought down by their head coach’s machismo and suspect math skills. As a result, it’ll be the Chiefs and the 49ers squaring off in Super Bowl LVIII, with Kansas City making its fourth SB appearance in the past five seasons. The NFL MVP is […]
01/28/24 There are no “Suddenly Trumpers.”
Even as his behavior becomes increasingly “unhinged,” I’m comforted that an immutable principle stands between Donald Trump and a second term as POTUS. Mathematics. The numbers don’t work. Hear me out. Trump will not pick up another net vote between now and November. He is maxed out, and the wild-eyed stridency of his true-believers doesn’t […]
01/11-24 What could possibly be next?
It was shortly before 2 p.m. Central on Wednesday when word broke that Pete Carroll’s 14-year tenure as head coach of the Seattle Seahawks has ended. The move was surprising, perhaps, given the unchallengeable fact that Carroll has been the best, most glamorous and most successful coach in franchise history. But the change was not […]
01/08/23 Shall we football?
This is the best Michigan team I have seen. Ever. In my lifetime. Better than any Bo team. Better than any Carr team. Better than any previous Harbaugh team. More talent. More speed. More balance. More depth. And the Wolverines’ defensive front is the quickest and most aggressive in all of college football. Ask Alabama. […]
12/13/23 Judges impersonating doctors…
The Texas Supreme Court says doctors and the medical community must establish clearer guidelines about permissible “exceptions” to the state’s draconian abortion law. Say WHAT? Doctors and medical boards have provided just that. It’s courts and judges trying to play doctors that is restricting women’s rights and endangering their lives. The test case involving Kate […]
12/12/23 Plenty of blame and shame to go around
Israel had every right to protect itself and to retaliate immediately after the October 7 attack. But the enemy is Hamas, not the Palestinian people. The slaughter and deprivation of innocents is morally indefensible, and cannot be justified or rationalized in the name of Israeli national security. This is now crossing the line into war […]
12/11/23 You’re mad at the wrong folks, Patrick!
It wasn’t just the victory. It wasn’t just the margin. It wasn’t just the opponent. It was the dominance. It was the physical and mental utter dominance. The Cowboys are really good. In all three phases. That means the Cowboys have not a single excuse. Now, the 49ers are another matter. The 49ers are not […]
12/07/23 “Biden Bobbles”–Parts I and II
President Biden has made two significant mis-steps over the past 48 hours, in my view. Saying publicly that if Trump weren’t running, he probably wouldn’t be running, either, was a strategic miscalculation. Don’t misunderstand. Keeping Donald Trump from getting even another sniff of the White House is necessary to preserve our country. “No hyperbole,” as […]
