What better way to end the season than being crowned SUPER BOWL CHAMPS. This was a season about rewriting narratives, revisiting old scars, and closing loops that had been open for years. At the center of it all was Sam Darnold. Football rarely hands out poetic endings, but this one came close. Over the course […]
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This Super Bowl feels suspiciously like it was scripted for me. Seahawks vs. Patriots. Again.Somewhere, the football gods looked at my life résumé and said, “Yeah, this tracks.” The Seahawks have been my team for as long as I can remember — hometown loyalty, baked in from the start. When they won Super Bowl XLVIII
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I was born in 2001, the year the Mariners won 116 games and seemed destined for immortality. People still talk about that season like it was a myth — a record-tying juggernaut, a team that felt inevitable. But I don’t remember the roar of that summer. I don’t remember the hope. All I’ve known, my
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Entering the top 4, we were already guaranteed to have a new Champion. Despite the NBA being a league of dynasties, ever since the Warriors, there have been no repeat winners. Matter a fact, no defending champion has ever even made it back to the conference finals. This year was no different, yet it still
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So… I have been horrendous with my picks this NBA post-season. To recap: I picked the Thunder in 6, the Warriors in 6, the Cavs in 5, and Celtics in 5. I only predicted one series winner correct, and missed on all game scores. In fairness to myself, the Warriors lost Curry to injury after
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While most of my picks were accurate (slight difference in game score), there are two series I significantly miscalculated: Lakers over Wolves in 6, and Bucks over Pacers in 7. I had originally picked the Lakers because I believed in Luka and LeBron, and it seems like my faith in them was misguided. Games 3,
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It’s that time of year again, and it’s time for me to do my NBA series Pick’Ems! West First Round: #1 Thunder vs #8 Grizzlies While the Grizzlies were a good team for the first half of the season, and most likely have an multiple All-NBA caliber players in Ja Morant and JJJ, the Thunder
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The Seattle Seahawks are approaching a crossroads that could define the next several years of the franchise. Geno Smith, the quarterback who has revived his career in Seattle, is reportedly seeking a contract extension. On paper, that might seem like an easy decision—Smith has been a stabilizing force for the Seahawks, guiding them to playoff
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Mike MacDonald’s entry into the 2024 NFL head coaching cycle was about as underwhelming as it gets—on paper. He wasn’t the headline-grabbing name like Jim Harbaugh, who carried the glow of resurrecting the 49ers and winning a national championship at Michigan. Nor was he Dan Quinn, a seasoned architect of elite defenses and a Super
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By: Eric Yin Since the Raptors won the championship in 2019, there have been no repeat Champions. There have also been no teams to make the finals in back to back years. Hell, there hasn’t even been a Champion that has made it back to the conference finals. The league has entered a period of
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