An advice column for people who live with people who live for sports
All-Star games are not always a highlight of a sports season. In fact, they’re often so mundane that people wonder why sports leagues even bother to have All-Star games. The NBA All-Star weekend is sometimes an exception to that rule. It’s a star-studded, moderately action packed weekend of events that has controversially been dubbed “Black … Continue reading “Should you watch NBA All-Star Weekend? What part?”
It’s the NFL Wildcard weekend. The first of two weekends with four NFL playoff games spread across Saturday and Sunday like an octopus with each limb representing a team still alive to make the Super Bowl. Wildcard weekend is, in my mind, the second best weekend of the NFL season. This year, my friend Brendan … Continue reading “2015 NFL Wildcard Weekend Good Gop, Bad Cop Precaps”
The Friday after Thanksgiving is infamously the first day of the holiday shopping season. Black Friday, as it’s called, is a time for sales of questionable worth and dangerous hordes of stampeding shoppers. The whole phenomenon is a funny one though, because by and large, the only people I know who actually get their holiday shopping … Continue reading “The top ten Christmas or holiday gifts for a sports fan”
The NFL season has started but how do you know which games to watch and which to skip? Ask our favorite police duo with their good cop, bad cop precaps of all the matchups in the National Football League this weekend. To see which games will be televised in your area, check out 506sports.com’s essential NFL maps. Week 15 … Continue reading “NFL Week 15 Good Cop, Bad Cop Precaps”
A very full day of NFL football: Because of bye weeks and Thanksgiving, yesterday was the first Sunday since ten weeks ago that featured the maximum number of NFL teams playing in one day — 28. That is a full day of football! If you missed even a small part of it or, you know, all of it, leverage our … Continue reading “What happened on Sunday, December 7, 2014?”
The NFL season has started but how do you know which games to watch and which to skip? Ask our favorite police duo with their good cop, bad cop precaps of all the matchups in the National Football League this weekend. To see which games will be televised in your area, check out 506sports.com’s essential NFL maps. Week 14 … Continue reading “NFL Week 14 Good Cop, Bad Cop Precaps”
The longest weekend of football almost concludes: The long Thanksgiving weekend has a lot of football spread out over four days. The NFL action concludes tonight with a game between the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets. Until then, take care of all your NFL conversational needs with our NFL One Liners column. The Major League … Continue reading “What happened on Sunday, November 30, 2014?”
For sports fans, the weekend is a cornucopia of wonderful games to watch. This is particularly true in the fall with its traditional pattern of College Football on Saturday and NFL Football on Sunday and Monday. As the parent, child, girlfriend, boyfriend, partner, husband, wife, roommate, or best friend of a sports fan, this can … Continue reading “Do Not Watch This Game 11.22.14 Weekend Edition”
Dear Sports Fan, What does it mean to throw the ball away in football? I’ve been watching some football and I’m not totally ignorant about the game, but this phrase has always confused me. I know there’s a foul for intentional grounding. How can throwing the ball away be a good thing if there’s a … Continue reading “What does it mean to throw the ball away in football?”
Bonus Thanksgiving 2014 content! Why is football a part of Thanksgiving? Tradition • Belonging • Marking Time • Snacks!! The History of Football on Thanksgiving The Thanksgiving Games Bears at Lions • Eagles at Cowboys • Seahawks at 49ers Sign up to get a free copy Why do people like football? Violence • Fantasy Football … Continue reading “Football for the Curious”
