Patriots – Love ‘em or hate ‘em

I read an article online this week with the headline, Is It Time You Stopped Hating the Patriots? My answer was a definite, “no.” The column was written by Dan Roberts for Front Office Sports. Roberts is a Massachusetts native and self-proclaimed New England Patriots fan. I’m a native of Western New York and a…

Super Bowl half-time shows

If you’re planning to watch the Super Bowl, you don’t have to watch the halftime show that the NFL has planned, there may be an alternative. The Super Bowl, featuring the New England Patriots against the Seattle Seahawks will be played on Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., home of the 49ers….

Rangers and Royals fan days

If you’re a big baseball fan, you may be interested in attending a fanfest in Texas or Kansas City. The Rangers and Royals are hosting fun-filled days for their fans. This Saturday, January 24 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., the Texas Rangers will be hosting their annual Fan Fest at Globe Life Field. It’s…

Sportstradamus prognostications

I, Sportstradamus, the all-knowing, all-seeing swami of sports prognostications, present to you my annual predictions for 2026. This year, I peer deeply into my magic mirror in hopes of seeing the future of sports, but instead I see a guy who has a lot greyer hair than he did at this time last year. Let’s…

2025 Sports figures deaths

It’s time to take a look back at some of the sports figures who died in 2025. Bill McCartney, the former University of Colorado football coach (1982-1994), died on Jan. 10 at age 84. McCartney was one of the men who founded the Promise Keepers organization in the 1990s. Former Seattle SuperSonics star Gus Williams…

In the past, I have written a few Christmas and Thanksgiving poems. I haven’t written a New Year’s poem since I was a kid and collaborated with my friend Tim Johnson on what we called “Twas the Night Before New Year.” I’ll save you from having to read the sophomoric humor and inside joke laden…

OU versus Alabama rematch

No. 8 seed Oklahoma will host a first round game in the College Football Playoff and will face No. 9 seed Alabama on Friday, Dec. 19 at 7:00 p.m. at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The game will be televised by ABC and ESPN. The winner will face No. 1 seed and Big Ten…

CFP Playoff selections

This bowl season is shaping up to be quite interesting. Only one local college football team is headed to post-season play, and three schools have declined bowl invitations. The Oklahoma Sooners will be hosting a College Football Playoff game against Alabama on Dec. 21. This is not a bowl game, but rather a post-season game…

Hurricane suffer 4th Quarter loss to the Blazers

On a cold and windy Saturday afternoon, with the sun peaking out of the clouds for just one quarter of play, the UAB Blazers defeated the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, 31-24, at H.A. Chapman Stadium. With the win, UAB finishes the season with a 4-8 record overall and 2-6 in the American Athletic Conference. Tulsa finishes…

OSU hires new head coach

Oklahoma State Director of Athletics Chad Weiberg announced last week that he had found a replacement for football head coach Mike Gundy. OSU has hired Eric Morris, the current head coach at North Texas. “Today begins the next era of Oklahoma State Football,” Weiberg said in a statement. “I am thrilled to introduce Eric Morris,…