Chasing the Ghost

The cliché in sports is that records are meant to be broken. In Major League Baseball, some single-season records may never be broken and have stood the test of time. What follows are 10 single-season records on the books that most likely will never be matched again. In no particular order, these 10 marks are held by players who are no longer alive to see how long their record ...

FIFA World Cup 2022 recently concluded in Qatar. This was one of the most thrilling editions ever. Watching Asian teams dominate European and South American teams in the group stage left everyone exhilarated. It was a dream for the likes of Ronaldo, Messi, and Neymar, among others to win this coveted trophy. With Portugal and Brazil getting knocked out in the Quarter-finals; it ...

In the halftime show of opening night between the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers, Charles Barkley had to get something off his chest and I didn’t see it coming on the first game of the season.

Recently I wrote about the quarterbacks for the Pittsburgh Steelers and noted that Terry Bradshaw and Ben Roethlisberger were probably the only true franchise QBs to ever play in Pittsburgh. That leads me to wonder, of all 32 NFL teams, who was (or is) each club’s “franchise” quarterback?

In a previous article, I wrote about Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mitch Trubisky and the chances of losing his job to rookie Kenny Pickett. In week two of the NFL season, the Steelers lost to the New England Patriots in Pittsburgh’s season home opener. Many fans were chanting “We want Kenny” as Trubisky had his second straight mediocre game. As Ben Roethlisberger retired af ...

Prior to last season, the two teams that were said to be going head to head for Super Bowl glory were the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. As it turned out, neither team made it through the playoffs, and the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals in a title decider that no one would have predicted. Key to the rivalry between the Chiefs and the Buccane ...

If you were watching sports in the 1970s and 1980s then you were lucky to have witnessed perhaps two of the best decades in sports history. During those 20 years, the world got to see some of the best players and athletes in history in an array of sports. In baseball, Pete Rose was in his prime and Hank Aaron was breaking the all-time home run record. They were just two of man ...

After 4 weeks of highs and lows of this tournament, we have made it to the final stages of the tournament this weekend. On Sunday, the two finalists, two-time runners up Senegal will go against Egypt, the seven-time champions. The two former Liverpool teammates Salah & Mane will go head-to-head to see who can lead their country to a win and declare tournament champions of t ...

For years I’ve contended that Tom Brady is NOT the G.O.A.T. There will be tons of fans and critics who think I’m crazy. However, my belief has always been that Brady, while a great quarterback, was more a product of his system and the talent put around him rather than having pure athletic or quarterback skills. He certainly has not been or is as physically talented as, say, Joh ...

The Return of The Mac The New England Patriots have announced rookie Quarterback Mac Jones as Week 1 starter. After releasing former MVP Cam Newton coming off of a rough 2020 campaign. Newton’s lack of consistency and inability to be healthy plagued New England. As the Patriots dynasty era hit a wall. Missing the playoff for the first time since 2007, going 7-9 in 2020. This ...