Football Returns; Big 12 Tanks; 49ers Fade; Wilson Shines
The college football season, such as it is, began last weekend without the Big Ten and Pac-12. The SEC, Big 12, and ACC forged ahead,...
Gary Cavalli
Sep 14, 2020
A Tale of Two Draft Picks
Pro football drafting is an inexact science. First round busts are commonplace, and late round surprises are not unusual. Consider Tom...
Gary Cavalli
May 4, 2020
Unseemly Signing$; 49er Fumbles; Viewing Tip; Good Govs
Hundreds of thousands of people are out of work. People are locked down inside their homes. Many are worrying where the next meal or...
Gary Cavalli
Mar 23, 2020
Pac-12 Plumbs Depths, Raiders Score with Two Browns
Yesterday the brackets for the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament were announced. The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) had three of the...
Gary Cavalli
Mar 18, 2019
Boring Game, Horrible Halftime; Recruiting Updates
The only thing worse than the game was the halftime show. Yesterday the New England Patriots beat the Los Angeles Rams 13-3 in Super Bowl...
Gary Cavalli
Feb 4, 2019
The Cradle of Super Bowl Quarterbacks; Pac-12 Exits Levi’s; Hall of Fame Musings
This Sunday’s Super Bowl matches two quarterbacks from the Bay Area—the Patriots’ Tom Brady, from San Mateo and Serra High School, and...
Gary Cavalli
Jan 28, 2019
Overtime Rules, Officiating Blunders Taint Two Great Games; Turk Passes; Bama Defections; A-Rod Citi
Yesterday's NFC and AFC championship games were both games for the ages, with great play after great play, clutch third down conversions,...
Gary Cavalli
Jan 21, 2019
Pro Notes of Note
Lest we be accused of being too college football-centric, today’s blog will focus on professional sports. NBA Tips Off: Last night marked...
Gary Cavalli
Oct 17, 2018
Super Bowl Postmortem, Women's Hoops
The best thing about Super Bowls involving the New England Patriots is that they’re always great games. New England has played in eight...
Gary Cavalli
Feb 5, 2018
Super Brady, Stanford Hoops Rebounds, Chryst Departs
Until last year, I’d always been a Joe Montana guy in the long-standing GOAT (Greatest of All Time) quarterback debate. But Tom Brady’s...
Gary Cavalli
Jan 23, 2018
