Coming into this year’s NFL season, Giants coach Tom Coughlin seemed to be on the hot seat. After winning the Super Bowl in the 2011 season, the Giants failed to make the playoffs for two consecutive seasons, including a disappointing 7-9 2013 season which was marked by an…
This is part 2 of my Champions League predictions. The first part can be found here. Let’s get right to it. FC Schalke 04 vs. Real Madrid: This fixture is a rematch from last year, when Real Madrid powered through to the quarterfinals by thrashing Schalke 9-2. Unfortunately for the German…
Last week saw the Round of 16 Draw in the UEFA Champions League, where the remaining teams learned who they will be playing in a two-leg home and away series in February and March for a spot in the quarterfinals. All sixteen of these teams have played very…
Just a short update to let everyone know that I am now on Twitter. My handle is @ConnorGroel and that’s where I’ll be expressing my opinions on all things sports and just talk about things that might not be big enough to get their own post on the blog….
With only two weeks left, every game is crucial. This week, we have already seen the Titans all but lock up the #1 pick in the draft, the Redskins stick a knife in the Eagles playoff hopes, and the Chargers miraculously comeback against the 49ers to save their season and…
We are now in that crucial period of the NFL season where every game means so much. In each conference there are teams fighting for home field advantage, division titles, and the wild card. The AFC in particular might have the widest wild card race of all time,…
The Houston Rockets have come strong out of the gates, racing to a 16-4 start through the first quarter of the season. NBA analysts expected the Rockets to experience a regression from their 54-28 breakout season that gave the Rockets the #4 seed in the Western Conference and saw them…
This was my research paper last school year in English. I thought it was worth posting due to my strong beliefs on the issue and how similar it is to the topics discussed Pete Rose post, here. Here is my main case for the legalization of sports betting. …
Four weeks are left in the NFL’s regular season, and not a single team has clinched a spot in the playoffs. In fact, every team has lost at least three games, proving that in today’s game, anyone can win on any given Sunday. Who will win this Sunday?…
The final week of the college football regular season has just concluded, and I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t a ton to talk about. Coming into this week, It seemed like if the top four won, they would be the top four, and probably in the same order…