It’s the first Sunday of the NFL season, and pretty much like I do every Sunday, I’ll have one of my TVs on the NFL Red Zone. But it may be the last time I do it. ESPN has entered into a partnership with the NFL to claim a stake in the NFL Network and…
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The college football season is just getting started. The NFL begins this weekend. Some say you can feel fall weather in the air. That’s just wishful thinking, at least for now. I saw something online the other day that bothered me, and it had nothing to do with politics. It was ESPN predicting the matchups…
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It’s an understatement to say that the world is much different than when I was in school. Sure, technology has played a significant part, but there are other vast differences. In my first computer class in high school, we used punch cards, and the computer filled an entire room. In Junior High School, one of…
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I consider myself a casual sports fan. At one time in my life, like many youngsters, I was obsessed with sports. While playing baseball and basketball, I also knew a lot about football and hockey. But once I graduated from college, I didn’t pay quite as much attention. But I still try to keep up…
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I love trivia. And I’ve always loved watching sports trivia shows on TV. The first show I remember is Sports Challenge starring Dick Enberg back in the 1970s. Over the weekend, I was reminded of another one of my faves from the early 2000s. The show was called Stump The Schwab. ESPN’s Stuart Scott was…
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Many people can’t remember a time before Monday Night Football existed on our TV screens. It feels like it’s been around forever. While I’m not the biggest football fan, I do find myself watching more Monday night games than ever. And there is one reason why…
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Many of my friends in Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania like to play a game called cornhole. The game has been around for years, but it’s still new to many people. But that may soon change…
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We all have our routines. Every weekend for nearly 30 years the ESPN show The Sports Reporters was part of my routine. When I went to watch this weekend’s episode, I got the bad news…
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What’s the old saying? The more things change, the more they stay the same…
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One of my favorite things to watch on television is the documentaries on ESPN. They’re called 30 for 30, and even if you’re not a sports fan I think you’ll enjoy them…
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