With Opening Day 2017 just around the corner, it’s just fascinating to flash back to another time, another Yankee Stadium, another cast of characters In freezing rain on Opening Day April 17, 1961 only 1,947 hardy souls showed up. Whitey Ford got the Yankees off to a good start blanking Kansas
Month: March 2017
Flyers’ Madsen Could Take Harvard All The Way
How Corsi Ratings Help Win Your NHL Bets
Analytics aren’t new to hockey but the debate over their importance still rages on, even though the quantitative evidence is front and center for everyone to see. The Toronto Maple Leafs, long resistant to the analytics wave, embraced it once Brendan Shanahan took over as team president and this season
NBA TEAM NICKNAMES, A SHORT HISTORY
Concussion Prevention is Important in All Sports
Concussion prevention used to be simply taking a player out of a game, when there was some head trauma, in hopes it didn’t get any worse and possibly a second one didn’t occur. Many times, that same player would get put back into a game. Name the sport, name the
The Catcher Position is Standing Between the Mets and a Championship
Mayweather vs. McGregor – – A Media Driven Event
Floyd Mayweather is a great boxer. That’s right he’s a boxer. Boxers are the best in the world at their craft. Most other athletes who think they can box get beaten in the ring. Sometimes destroyed when they face top talent. Ali-vs. Inoki – I was thrilled when this “mixed martial
Opening Day at Yankee Stadium: 1927
Another spring, another season, another baseball opening day. One of the most memorable of openings days at the “House That Ruth Built” took place in 1927 when the old Yankee Stadium was just four years old. Owner Colonel Jacob Ruppert was very upbeat about prospects for baseball in 1927 but was muted
Alexz Johnson — From B.C. To Brooklyn – 2014 Flashback
Alexz Johnson is a singer who has just released her first EP called “Heart”. It’s a project funded by a PledgeMusic campaign, this wasn’t her first choice because he has been signed by big labels but this is clearly her best choice since she raised $50,000 so far and a
