Welcome to the first edition (or first attempt) at doing a video blog. This one is about Super Bowl LVI and how excited the city of Cincinnati has been with the two-week build-up to the Big Game in Los Angeles … Continue reading Video Blog: Super Bowl Week in Cincinnati
I was born on June 14, 1989. The Bengals played in their last Super Bowl on January 22 of that year. As someone who grew up in Pittsburgh, I’m reminded of the line in the Jimmy Pol Steelers Super Bowl … Continue reading The Bengals Run to the Super Bowl Through the Eyes of a Steelers fan in Cincinnati
You can’t blame Cincinnati Bearcat fans for being angry after the College Football Playoff Committee ranked them No. 6 in the first poll released this past Tuesday. The “College Gameday” signs on campus Saturday said it all. But ever since … Continue reading Fans Have Grievances, But Cincinnati Isn’t Meeting Playoff Expectations
The 2021 college football season may have some notes of 2007, but it is not there yet. We are in season eight of the College Football Playoff format, and a Group of 5 team is not just on the outside … Continue reading Now No. 2, Cincinnati a True Playoff Contender, with No Room For Error
Notre Dame football has been in a partnership with NBC for 30 years. In that time, Irish fans have been able to watch home games on their local NBC station, over-the-air and free, even as the digital age began in … Continue reading Notre Dame’s “Peacock Exclusive” Game Won’t Be a One-Time Gimmick
Reading reactions and seeing the television ratings, there’s no question that Major League Baseball’s plan to channel the legacy and emotion of the 1989 film “Field of Dreams” paid off. Much like Ray Kinsella plowing through his corn to build … Continue reading MLB Could Take A Page From the NHL
This weekend, I had family come visit me in Cincinnati. Along with taking them to all the spots of note in the city, we went to Saturday’s Reds game against the team I grew up with, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and … Continue reading The Reds are Fun. The Pirates Just Make Me Sad(der)
With college athletes now allowed to make money off their name, image and likeness (N.I.L.), more money is flowing in. For college football, money matters more than anything. Oh, wait. You thought I was going to say tradition? You’re adorable! … Continue reading Mix & Match Monday: If Amateurism is Dead, Might as Well Put Tradition Out of Its Misery
It’s been known for a while that the National Hockey League was getting a new team in the Seattle Kraken for the 2020-21 season. After the remainder of the 2019-20 season and the 2020-21 season were both impacted by the … Continue reading Mix & Match Monday: Release the Kraken!
Major League Baseball has really been the first professional sports league to return to a pre-pandemic setting in 2021. Stadium are filling up again, there was a slight inconvenience to the schedule early on due to the virus, but everything … Continue reading Mix & Match Monday: Hey Now, You’re An All-Star (Sitting out the Game)
SEAN GALLAGHER HAS THOUGHTS 