Your Five Biggest Winners from the NBA Offseason Hoopsology by Alec Marcus - August 23, 2021August 23, 20210 A delayed regular-season start with a shortened league schedule means we were full speed ahead in preparation for 2021-22, almost immediately following the 2021 NBA Finals. Fortunately, the 14 teams absent from the playoffs had lots of time to plan for the Draft and Free Agency, but many of the 16
Ranking the Top 5 Batman Movies from 1966-Present Entertainment Reviews by Russ_Cohen - August 18, 2021August 18, 20210 Batman – 1989 – When I first heard that Michael Keaton, from Johnny Dangerously and Mr. Mom, was going to play Batman? Color me skeptical. In the end, he was the best one of them all. The Dark Knight – 2008 – It was dark. The Heath Ledger trailer
The NFL Preseason is a Joke Footballology by Russ_Cohen - August 16, 2021August 16, 20210 In the first game, most teams didn’t play their important starters. There’s a 17-game season this year, and as a result, the NFL’s preseason tickets are more worthless than ever before. It’s nice to give reports on the rookie quarterbacks around the league, but it’s hard to draw anything significant
Carter Hart Is Still a Developing Goalie Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - August 9, 2021August 16, 20210 Goaltenders are different. They have different personalities than most hockey players and their development curve is different. Nobody has had to develop goalies in a bubble or during a pandemic before, so there was no blueprint for that. Hart wasn’t at his best last season, but he’s still only 22
Is Teqball The Next Fun Olympic Sport? Uncategorized by Russ_Cohen - August 9, 2021August 9, 20210 Have you heard of it? Recently, it officially became a European Games 2023 and is on track to becoming an Olympic sport by LA 2028. It’s being played on the east coast and the west coast. New York and New Jersey have people playing there. Here are the official rules: https://www.teqball.com/en/teqball/rules David Beckham
Denzel Mims: The Lost New York Jets Receiver Footballology by Russ_Cohen - August 4, 2021August 4, 20210 Nobody in the NFL burns through draft picks like the New York Jets. Joe Douglas was supposed to be the draft master, and already in 2021, the Denzel Mims pick isn’t looking good at all. Mims is currently running with the third group receivers. Coach Saleh says, “he’s working through things.”
Book Review Capsules: A Sports Fan’s Guide to Route 66 Reviews by Russ_Cohen - August 1, 2021August 2, 20210 I’m working on some summer book reviews. Here’s the first. I’ll try and do a few a week now. There’s a certain mystique attached to Route 66, I’ve never been and that’s another reason this book intrigued me. I love the foldout cover. Let’s start with that. Imbrifex Books have created a
Mets Trade Deadline Timeline For deGrom Injury Doesn’t Add Up Baseballology by Russ_Cohen - July 31, 20210 At Yesterday's press conference, Mets GMs Zack Scott and Sandy Alderson attempted to explain to the media and the team how they rescued the team at the deadline by acquiring Javy Baez. They were the heroes, and I never heard Alderson say they were doing it for the fans. You
Creating Fear: The Bucks’ Combination for a Championship Hoopsology by Alec Marcus - July 27, 20210 It was exactly 50 years ago that Milwaukee won their first NBA title, and since then, it’s taken 50 different formations of the Bucks for them to finally receive their second one. This year’s champion wasn’t an instant success story like we’ve seen in the past couple of seasons. They also
BioSteel Is Moving Up The Sports Drink Ladder Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - July 23, 2021July 23, 20210 BioSteel is a sports drink that isn’t bad for you. It doesn’t have a lot of sugar, and it has electrolytes, and it’s low in calories because it uses stevia and there’s no caffeine. The flavors are good. The powder is solid, but the single-serve versions that have a cap made
