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Celebrating the MLB's hypocrisy
Hypocrisy can be very entertaining. I know it drives most people mad but if you look at it from a humorous angle, it provides an endless source of enjoyment. Most of us have a little hypocrisies that... Full story
Hear Me Out...NBA-Chinese government beef
First, a revision on my NBA predictions, the Cavs will be the worst team in the NBA. I did not realize they were breaking out horrible new unis that look like a callback to the franchise’s worst days.... Full story
Hear Me Out...Warrior HoF weekend
The Warrior Hall of Fame has been a work in progress the past year and change, and last week it all came together with the first Hall of Fame week that coincides with WHS homecoming and the first... Full story
Hear Me Out...NBA wading into troubled waters
When the Jags Jalen Ramsey requested a trade at the end of Week 2, all the NFL guys lost their minds and were claiming the NFL was turning into the NBA. Obviously, it was an overreaction because... Full story
Hear Me Out...College athletics and money
Last week the California Senate passed a bill that’s going to allow student-athletes to seek out endorsements and make money off their likenesses. It’s a groundbreaking bill that I’m sure has NCAA... Full story
NFL Week 1 thoughts
It was a crazy Week 1 for the NFL and I have a few thoughts on all the happenings around the league. AB TO THE PATS From an “If I’m playing Madden” viewpoint, AB on the Pats is going be a lot of fu... Full story
Hear Me Out...The most courageous 2019-20 NFL season predictions: The Playoffs teams
The NFL season kicks off tonight with the Packers-Bears game and with it comes the finale of The Most Courageous 2019-20 NFL season predictions. We’ve got 12 teams and postseason predictions to c... Full story
Hear Me Out...The most courageous 2019-20 NFL season predictions: Outside Look In teams
The most courageous 2019-20 NFL season predictions continue and this week’s predictions will focus on the “Outside Looking In” teams. These five teams, provided that there are no major injuries in th... Full story
Hear Me Out...The most courageous 2019-20 NFL season predictions: The Either, Or
The most courageous 2019-20 NFL season predictions continue and this week’s predictions will focus on the “Either, Or” teams. These seven teams can either have a lot go right this season, or a lot g... Full story
Hear Me Out...The most courageous 2019-20 NFL season predictions: The Baddies
It's time! The NFL season is a few short weeks away and optimism abounds for all 32 NFL franchises. So what better way to burst some bubbles with another year of the most courageous NFL season... Full story
Hear Me Out...Action heroes and their like-minded spirits in the sports world
I’m a sucker for the one-man army, heist and/or unapologetic action movies, your “Diehards”, James Bond, anything with Dwayne Johnson or the “Fast and Furious” franchise. I just love the spectacle of... Full story
Hear Me Out...The constant collision of sports and politics
It’s everyone’s favorite combination, sports and politics! In terms of ranking the best combos in human history, it goes peanut butter and chocolate, Tom Brady and Bill Belichick and at the top of... Full story
Hear Me Out...Column buffet: The dog days of the sports calendar
NBA free agency and big moves are wrapped up, the NFL is still a few weeks away from the preseason and the MLB has another month to go before it becomes interesting. We are officially in the sports... Full story
Hear Me Out...U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Hats off to the US Women's National Soccer Team by capping the Fourth of July Weekend with ANOTHER World Cup victory. I didn't catch every game live (Actually, the only game I watched live was the... Full story
Hear Me Out...The winners and losers of the NBA
The NBA has had a BUSY week and there are still moves to be made during this offseason. But for this week's column let's look at the winners and losers in the league in the past week. WINNER: TORONTO... Full story
Hear Me Out...The crazy, yet entertaining fall of the Lakers
After watching the Golden State Warriors knot the NBA Finals up at 1-1 Sunday, it'd be easy to write another column (I think this will be my 100th or close to it, either I should be able to cash in... Full story
Hear Me Out...Recapping the 2018-19 high school sports season
I haven't recapped the high school athletic season for a column yet, which is a huge oversight on my part. Having an annual guaranteed column idea is immensely valuable, of course, going over the year... Full story
Hear Me Out...Overrated, underrated, properly rated: The Golden State Warriors Edition
I know everyone hates the Warriors right now, it's just the cyclical nature of sports. Everyone loves a downtrodden franchise, like Golden State was not long ago, that finds a way to win a... Full story
Bad tactics in sports and 'GoT'
Tactical errors are a part of sports. A perfectly executed game plan by two opposing coaches would be fun to watch, once, but after that, it’d get quite boring. Human error or miscalculations are w... Full story
Hear Me Out...The NBA needs a Jon Gruden-type coach
I know the NBA is powered by its superstars. That's never been a secret and it's the model that works for a league with an 82-game season and four best-of-seven playoff rounds. But I think if we... Full story
Hear Me Out...Is Tiger's resurgence awesome or terrible?
One of the more entertaining things about social media, while also slightly annoying, is the pushback. No matter the topic, person or place, there is always going to be a pushback. Then you can... Full story
Hear Me Out...The most courageous 2019 NBA playoff predictions
Trying to save some words, so I'm going to make this intro quick. The NBA playoffs start this week and with this weather storm bumping up our deadline. I'm not going to be able to breakdown each... Full story
Hear Me Out...A guaranteed plan to winning your March Madness pool
March Madness is officially underway. I know technically it starts with those "First Four" games but watching a collection of teams that don't belong in the tournament or are No. 16-seeds, isn't why... Full story
Hear Me Out...The most entitled group in professional sports
Professional sports are reaching a breaking point with its most entitled group. The rise of social media has embolden them even more and something soon needs to be done in order to curb this... Full story
Hear Me Out...NBA trade deadline madness
Before getting to the wild NBA trade deadline a few housekeeping items. First, whenever the Hear Me Out column isn't in the latest edition of the Northern Wyoming News, it will still be posted on the... Full story