Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals was the final broadcast of TNT’s first season covering the National Hockey League, but I’m sure hockey fans in the U.S. wish the series went on just a bit longer. Rules Analyst Don … Continue reading “NHL on TNT” is What the League Needed
The 2021-22 Penguins may be the last time Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang, the three-remaining players from the 2009 Stanley Cup team, who also won titles together in 2016 and 2017, play on the same roster, leaving some … Continue reading Penguins “Last Dance”? Then Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow
I have never been good at ending relationships. Most, if not all of them, have been ended by the other person. But cutting cable out of my life is the one relationship I’ve ended recently, and it’s oddly satisfying. To … Continue reading I Cut the Cord, and It Feels Good
Unless it is your job to cover college basketball, you probably went in filling your bracket with little to no knowledge about the 2021-22 season. We often makes picks based on seeding, the programs with a history of making a … Continue reading Feel Free to Laugh at Me and My Bracket
Radio shows doing musical parodies is nothing new. But what happens when the executive producer of a long-time sports radio show now-podcast gets the urge to do a musical about the Super Bowl? Well, if you’re The Dan Le Batard … Continue reading “The Big Game”: A Football Musical We Didn’t Ask for But We’ll Happily Take
The best time of the year for college basketball has arrived. Before the main course of the NCAA Tournament, we get the conference tournaments, where teams in the smaller Division I conferences look to lock up a bid to the … Continue reading Nostalgic for the “Old” Big East Tournament
Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has led to a large condemnation of his war crimes and Russia is paying the price with economic sanctions, travel restrictions and this week, the sports world began punishing the country. The National Hockey … Continue reading NHL Condemns Russia While Having to Protect Its Russian-Born Players
For the first time in about 2.5 years, I am finally off my two overnight shifts on Fridays and Saturdays, which had me working from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. the next morning. The trade-off is, I still have to … Continue reading I Forgot How to Do Friday Night
There will be a baseball season, but it may not be 162 games. Regardless, there will be baseball. But along with the loss of games, the league and players union is risking the loss of more fans in a sport … Continue reading Baseball Being Baseball, and That’s Not Helping
In Olympic Ice Hockey, the U.S.A. and Canada are in a league of their own on the women’s side. We saw Canada win both the group game and gold medal game, as the U.S. had to settle for silver after … Continue reading What to Make of U.S.A. and Canada Men’s Hockey After The 2022 Beijing Olympics
SEAN GALLAGHER HAS THOUGHTS 