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In the Western Conference, it may be premature to crown the Oklahoma City Thunder after just three weeks of the NBA season, but at 17-1 and with all-star Jalen Williams still rehabbing from wrist surg…
In the Western Confe…
In the Western Conference, it may be premature to crown the Oklahoma City Thunder after just three weeks of the NBA season, but at 17-1 and with all-star Jalen Williams still rehabbing from wrist surgery, the Thunder seems to be playing chess while the rest of the league plays checkers. Which is ironic, because it’s Oklahoma City, where I doubt that their local Walmart even carries chessboards. The Denver Nuggets (13-4) and their reloaded roster seem to have struck gold as well, despite injuries to Christian Braun and Aaron Gordon. Luka and the Los Angeles Lakers (12-4) are off to a…
Alan Tapley
November 25, 2025
The Colorado Rockies hired Paul DePodesta last week as their new Head of Baseball Operations. DePodesta, most recently the Chief Strategy Officer for the Cleveland Browns, was best known for his wo…
The Colorado Rockies…
The Colorado Rockies hired Paul DePodesta last week as their new Head of Baseball Operations. DePodesta, most recently the Chief Strategy Officer for the Cleveland Browns, was best known for his work with the 2002 Oakland A’s under Billy Beane, where sabermetrics and analytics helped inspire the hit movie “Moneyball” (2011). “Moneyball” is based on a true story in which Beane, played by Brad Pitt, hires a young Yale graduate to help turn a struggling franchise all the way into a champion. But the Monfort family didn’t hire Brad Pitt. Instead, they got the socially awkw…
Alan Tapley
November 11, 2025
Former Colorado Buffalo, NBA legend, and current NBA coach, Chauncey Billups, was arrested and charged in connection with a federal gambling probe that involved both illegal sports betting and rigged …
Former Colorado Buff…
Former Colorado Buffalo, NBA legend, and current NBA coach, Chauncey Billups, was arrested and charged in connection with a federal gambling probe that involved both illegal sports betting and rigged poker games with organized crime. FBI director, Kash Patel, arrested Billups last Thursday, along with more than 30 others, in a wide-ranging gambling investigation that included NBA player Terry Rozier, former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones, and the Italian Mafia. According to the charges, Billups was used to lure victims into high-stakes poker games in which rigged shuffling ma…
Alan Tapley
October 28, 2025
It’s been a rough stretch for Penn State. First, the team loses a double-overtime thriller to 6th-ranked Oregon. Then, the Nittany Lions lost to a winless UCLA team, despite being favored by 2…
It’s been a rough …
It’s been a rough stretch for Penn State. First, the team loses a double-overtime thriller to 6th-ranked Oregon. Then, the Nittany Lions lost to a winless UCLA team, despite being favored by 24.5 points. And finally, Penn State’s quarterback gets injured, the team loses to Northwestern, and the university decides to fire its longtime coach, James Franklin. It gets worse. Quarterback Drew Allar suffered a season-ending injury and has no college eligibility left to return. Franklin, with a lifetime record at Penn State of 104-45, is due $50 million from the university, which …
Alan Tapley
October 14, 2025
It was rough at Bethpage Black, and I’m not talking about the tall grass off the fairways. Team USA came out so slowly on day one that they should have played from the Bethpage Whites. And in …
It was rough at Beth…
It was rough at Bethpage Black, and I’m not talking about the tall grass off the fairways. Team USA came out so slowly on day one that they should have played from the Bethpage Whites. And in a tournament in which there was more chirping than chipping, more cheap shots than wedge shots, and more giving the bird than making a bird, the European team came out victorious 15-13 in front of a raucous United States crowd. The Americans embarrassed themselves with their vulgar play, childlike antics, and amateur performance. And the golfers weren’t much better. One fan even threw a be…
Alan Tapley
September 30, 2025
As a Denver Broncos fan, it is hard to imagine anything more painful than losing a game on a leverage penalty. Leading 28-26, the game appeared over as Indianapolis kicker, Spencer Shrader’s last…
As a Denver Broncos …
As a Denver Broncos fan, it is hard to imagine anything more painful than losing a game on a leverage penalty. Leading 28-26, the game appeared over as Indianapolis kicker, Spencer Shrader’s last second, 60-yard field goal attempt was both short and right. That’s when the whistle blew. Apparently, Denver lineman Dondrea Tillman, was flagged for using another player to vault himself into the air, in an effort to block the kick. Rather than calling it a leverage penalty, I’m calling it a beverage penalty because the officials had to be drunk to make that call. That game hurt…
Alan Tapley
September 16, 2025
With the NFL season beginning on Thursday, I’m assuming that most of us have completed our fantasy football drafts. Your draft probably didn’t go as planned, as you selected eighth, the top qua…
With the NFL season …
With the NFL season beginning on Thursday, I’m assuming that most of us have completed our fantasy football drafts. Your draft probably didn’t go as planned, as you selected eighth, the top quarterbacks and tight ends were taken sooner than you wished, and you loaded up on the running back position, leaving Zay Flowers as your WR1. It’s called buyer’s remorse, that sick feeling you get in the Kyle Pitts of your stomach, wondering if you have chosen the wrong player and made a horrific mistake. If you took Nico Collins or Malik Nabers last season, who both went down with injuri…
Alan Tapley
September 2, 2025
If you follow fantasy football, you have surely heard of tight end Brock Bowers. Bowers, the 13th overall pick by the Las Vegas Raiders in 2024, dominated the NFL last season with an outstanding 11…
If you follow fantas…
If you follow fantasy football, you have surely heard of tight end Brock Bowers. Bowers, the 13th overall pick by the Las Vegas Raiders in 2024, dominated the NFL last season with an outstanding 112 catches for 1,194 yards and 5 TDs. Bowers set the rookie fantasy record (PPR) at the tight end position for receptions, yards per game, targets, and fantasy points per game. And that was with a quarterback duo of Gardner Minshew and Aiden O’Connell all season. Bowers is ranked as the TE1 in every fantasy draft board, and as high as 10th overall on some boards. Bowers had a target…
Alan Tapley
August 19, 2025
Considering that the first game of the NFL season doesn’t kick off until September 4th, one may think that it’s a little early to be talking about football. NFL teams have cuts to make, depth c…
Considering that the…
Considering that the first game of the NFL season doesn’t kick off until September 4th, one may think that it’s a little early to be talking about football. NFL teams have cuts to make, depth charts to set, and meaningless preseason games to prepare for. And while 6.9 million viewers tuned in for the NFL Hall of Fame game last week, no one is quite ready to hear about how DJ Uiagalelei looked at quarterback for the Chargers, or whether Detroit running back Craig Reynolds played well enough to move up to fourth string. It’s even too early to talk about Fantasy Football. Sure, …
Alan Tapley
August 5, 2025
As Scottie Scheffler tapped in his final putt in winning The Open this past weekend, his fourth major championship, I glanced at the leaderboard to see how the others fared. Wyndham Clark had a n…
As Scottie Scheffler…
As Scottie Scheffler tapped in his final putt in winning The Open this past weekend, his fourth major championship, I glanced at the leaderboard to see how the others fared. Wyndham Clark had a nice tournament, as did Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy, but the only LIV player to finish in the top ten was Bryson DeChambeau. And DeChambeau never really stood a chance after shooting a 78 on day one. Jon Rahm, who was paid a reported $350 million to leave the PGA and join the LIV Tour in December of 2023, finished tied for 34th place. For PIF, the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fun…
Alan Tapley
July 22, 2025
The Nuggets acquired Cam Johnson, and he comes from nowhere near Wisconsin. But with the money they saved, also got Hardaway, he’s good, but he’s no David Thompson. Bruce Brown was like more o…
The Nuggets acquired…
The Nuggets acquired Cam Johnson, and he comes from nowhere near Wisconsin. But with the money they saved, also got Hardaway, he’s good, but he’s no David Thompson. Bruce Brown was like more of a bonus, not to mention there’s Jonas Valancianas. Though he may play in Greece, the guy’s seven feet, and for Jokic good minutes he’d loan us. In OKC Nikola Topic should play, SGA and J Williams got paid. The Twolves re-signed Naz Reid just in time, but Alexander-Walker still done walk away. Anfernee Simons to Boston is fact, son. Jrue Holiday in Portland, reaction? The Lakers ac…
Alan Tapley
July 8, 2025
The NBA Draft is upon us and Duke’s Cooper Flagg will undoubtedly be the first player selected. I’m just doubting that it will be in a Dallas Mavericks jersey. Flagg, a 6’9 forward, averag…
The NBA Draft is upo…
The NBA Draft is upon us and Duke’s Cooper Flagg will undoubtedly be the first player selected. I’m just doubting that it will be in a Dallas Mavericks jersey. Flagg, a 6’9 forward, averaged 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 4.2 assists during his freshman year, leading his team to the NCAA Final Four, while being named college basketball’s Player of the Year. Nico Harrison, the general manager of the Mavericks, is more than aware that Flagg, the consensus number one pick, would fit in perfectly at the small forward position on a Mavericks team that already has Anthony Davis, Kyr…
Alan Tapley
June 24, 2025
It was a typical Saturday. I grabbed a little coffee, got comfortable on the couch, put some sports on the television, and scrolled Instagram reels on my phone. The house could have used a decent …
It was a typical Sat…
It was a typical Saturday. I grabbed a little coffee, got comfortable on the couch, put some sports on the television, and scrolled Instagram reels on my phone. The house could have used a decent cleaning, the yard begged to be mowed, and the grocery list wasn’t shopping for itself, but the day was packed full of sports. In the French Open, top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka and 21-year-old Coco Gauff were already in the second set. At lunchtime, the New York Yankees were due to face the Boston Red Sox. And at the Belmont Stakes, the third leg of horse racing’s triple crown, Sovereignt…
Alan Tapley
June 10, 2025
Last year couldn’t have gone much better for the Denver Broncos (10-7). The team rebuilt the entire roster, ended a seven-season losing streak, won ten games, made the playoffs, and apparently, f…
Last year couldn’t…
Last year couldn’t have gone much better for the Denver Broncos (10-7). The team rebuilt the entire roster, ended a seven-season losing streak, won ten games, made the playoffs, and apparently, found their quarterback of the future. Bo Nix, the first-round selection out of the University of Oregon, would finish the season with 29 TDs, 12 INTs, 3,3775 yards passing, and multiple rookie records. The 6’2, 216 lbs. quarterback completed 66.3% of his passes, ran for 430 yards, and was named one of the finalists for NFL Rookie of the Year. Expectations for the Broncos continued to grow…
Alan Tapley
May 27, 2025
The Colorado Rockies introduced a new menu item at Coors Field last Sunday. It’s called the Sacrificial Lamb. Bud Black, the Rockies all-team leader in managerial wins, was let go on Sunday foll…
The Colorado Rockies…
The Colorado Rockies introduced a new menu item at Coors Field last Sunday. It’s called the Sacrificial Lamb. Bud Black, the Rockies all-team leader in managerial wins, was let go on Sunday following the team’s historically bad start to the 2025 baseball season. Despite a rare victory in Black’s final game, Colorado’s 7-34 record is tied with the 1988 Baltimore Orioles for the worst start in major league history. Did Bud Black deserve to be fired? Absolutely. On top of the historically bad start, Bud Black had been responsible for seven straight losing seasons, includin…
Alan Tapley
May 13, 2025
Full disclosure, I did not do a 2025 mock draft this year. But if I did, I would have had the University of Colorado, two-way star, Travis Hunter going in the top five, and I would have been right …
Full disclosure, I d…
Full disclosure, I did not do a 2025 mock draft this year. But if I did, I would have had the University of Colorado, two-way star, Travis Hunter going in the top five, and I would have been right as the Jacksonville Jaguars traded up to take Hunter with the second overall pick. As for his quarterback teammate, Shedeur Sanders, I had him potentially going to the New York Giants with the 3rd overall pick, probably going to the New Orleans Saints with the 9th overall selection and undoubtedly ending up as a Pittsburgh Steeler if he fell all the way to number 21. And I would have been wr…
Alan Tapley
April 29, 2025
It’s Tax Day, and I’m not claiming a lot of itemized deductions, but I’m writing off the Colorado Rockies. Apparently, Charlie Monfort’s accountant told him to offset any capital gains with…
It’s Tax Day, and …
It’s Tax Day, and I’m not claiming a lot of itemized deductions, but I’m writing off the Colorado Rockies. Apparently, Charlie Monfort’s accountant told him to offset any capital gains with some losses, and the Rockies (3-13) are doing their best to comply. As usual, Monfort just shows that rich people don’t pay taxes. No income tax, no payroll tax, and the man has never heard of a luxury tax. That’s Charlie. Cheap enough to use TurboTax, too cheap to buy a Turbo Bat. But I guess it’s that time of the year again. Worrying about the numbers, wondering where all the …
Alan Tapley
April 15, 2025
For the first time since 2008, four number-one seeds have advanced to the Final Four in this year’s NCAA College Basketball Championships, and we shouldn’t be surprised. The tournament committe…
For the first time s…
For the first time since 2008, four number-one seeds have advanced to the Final Four in this year’s NCAA College Basketball Championships, and we shouldn’t be surprised. The tournament committee properly seeded Auburn, Duke, Florida, and Houston, placed them in regions that limited team travel, encouraged home fans to attend, and pitted them against schools such as Norfolk State, Middle Tennessee State, and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, as they jogged through opening rounds. With programs that already attract attention from the best players each year, these four teams al…
Alan Tapley
April 1, 2025
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