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Jimmy Ward | Wednesday, February 17, 2021
I’ve only legitimately been writing about sports in this paper for around two and a half years now. But I’ve loved sports for a long time, and they have always seemed to have had a presence in my life. Not to get soppy in the wake of Valentine’s Day, but no matter what stage of
Daniel O'Boyle | Wednesday, April 4, 2018
With the NFL draft getting ever-closer, we’ve already talked about a couple of prospects in one of the most interesting quarterback classes in recent memory. In February I wrote about Josh Allen, a prospect with elite upside that could make him a superstar in the right situation, but the kind of accuracy concerns that make
Elizabeth Greason | Monday, November 20, 2017
Nothing too crazy happened in the world of college football this weekend. At least in terms of results. But Twitter, ESPN and a wide variety of fans did explode not once but twice during a game that probably would have otherwise gone unnoticed: Oklahoma–Kansas. The 10-1 Sooners were fully expected to blow out a one-win
Ryan Klaus | Wednesday, September 23, 2015
As college football settles into its first month of the 2015 season, some fans might be getting the irritating feeling something has been missing over the course of the first three weeks. More specifically, with former Heisman Trophy winner Jamies Winston now playing on Sundays, the never-ending saga of controversy that defined his college career
Daniel O'Boyle | Monday, September 7, 2015
Pack it in boys, it’s all over. Tebowmania is finished for good this time. He couldn’t find success with the Jets, Bill Belichick couldn’t find a way to use him in New England and not even Chip Kelly — among his wave of inexplicable personnel decisions — could find a place on a 53-man roster for
Zach Klonsinski | Thursday, February 19, 2015
Between Tim Tebow and Jameis Winston, give me the Gator, please. Wait. What’d he just say? You heard me. As the pre-NFL Combine talk begins to heat up, we are already going deaf from the so-called “experts” beginning to debate who should go first overall April 30 on the campus of Roosevelt University in Chicago.
Kit Loughran | Friday, February 28, 2014
The draft may still be nine weeks away, but with the NFL combine all over the media, you can’t help but wonder who will be the No. 1 pick of the 2014 draft. There’s one player no one can ignore — whether that be for better or worse. Johnny Manziel. Everyone knows “Johnny Football” —