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How to Be a Red Bulls Fan In New England -- 2022 Edition
This Saturday night, April 2, the New York Red Bulls will play the New England Revolution, at Gillette Stadium, in the Boston suburb of Foxboro, Massachusetts.Which is the most pathetic team in Major...
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February 11, 1972: The Nassau Coliseum Opens
1972-2015 ConfigurationFebruary 11, 1972, 50 years ago: The Nassau Coliseum opens, on the north side of the Hempstead Turnpike, surrounded by streets named after pioneering pilots: Earle Ovington...
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Top 10 Super Bowl Quarterback Surprises -- and Flop 10
Today, we will watch Super Bowl LVI, played at SoFi Stadium in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood, California, between the NFC Champion Los Angeles Rams and the AFC Champion Cincinnati Bengals.The...
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How Long It's Been: The Los Angeles Rams Won the NFL Championship
Elroy "Crazy Legs" HirschCongratulations to the Los Angeles Rams, winners of Super Bowl LVI, 23-20 over the Cincinnati Bengals yesterday, at SoFi Stadium in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood,...
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How Long It's Been: A Los Angeles Team Won the Super Bowl
Last night, the Los Angeles Rams won the NFL Championship, defeating the Cincinnati Bengals, 23-20 in Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium, outside Los Angeles in Inglewood, California.For all of L.A.'s...
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Pro Football Hall-of-Famers By Team, 2022 Edition
Congratulations to the newly-elected members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. New members are annually announced on the day before the Super Bowl, and that was done again. Here are the new electees,...
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How to Go to a New York Red Bulls Game -- 2022 Edition
The New York Red Bulls begin their 2020 season on Saturday night, February 26, at 6:00 PM Eastern Time, as they visit the San Jose Earthquakes. Their 1st home game will be on Sunday afternoon, March...
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Where There's a Will, There's a Slap
"A slap in the face is a humiliation. To the back of the head is a wakeup call."-- Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon), NCISA lot of jokes were told about Elizabeth Taylor. Richard Burton...
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All Is Not Well In Yankeedom
The Baseball lockout is over. The New York City vaccine mandate, which threatened to prevent unvaccinated Yankees and Mets from playing home games (as it was doing to Kyrie Irving of the Nets) has been...
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How to Go to a Yankee Game -- 2022 Edition
Hard to believe, but I haven't done this one in 3 years. The COVID restrictions of the 2020 and 2021 seasons made it inadvisable.But now, the 2022 Major League Baseball season is upon us. Opening Day...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Dallas -- 2022 Edition
"I'm in hell!"– Morgan Freeman"Worse: You're in Texas!"– Chris Rock-- Nurse BettyThis coming Saturday afternoon, the New Jersey Devils will travel to face the Dallas Stars, in what Texas native Molly...
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How to Go to a Mets Game -- 2022 Edition
Every year, I start the Major League Baseball teams' Trip Guides with the Yankees. Then I go to The Other Team: The New York Mets. They open the season on the road, on Thursday, April 7, away to the...
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How to Be a Met Fan In Washington -- 2022 Edition
The Mets open the 2022 regular season with a visit to the Washington Nationals, 3 games starting on Thursday afternoon, skipping Friday (season openers do that, in case of a rainout), and then on...
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Tommy Davis, 1939-2022
Thomas Davis is a very common name. But Tommy Davis was an uncommon ballplayer.Herman Thomas Davis Jr. was born on March 21, 1939 in Brooklyn, and grew up in the Borough's Bedford-Stuyvesant...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Arizona -- 2022 Edition
Next Tuesday night, April 12, the New Jersey Devils are playing the Arizona Coyotes (formerly the Phoenix Coyotes, and before that the original Winnipeg Jets).Since 2009, the Coyotes have been in...
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It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Opening Day. For baseball fans, a high holy day. And, for fans of most teams, to borrow the title of an old Christmas song, it's the most wonderful time of the year. Everybody starts equal, 0-0.For...
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Yankees Beat Scum in 11 On Opening Day
The Yankees finally opened their 2022 season today, at Yankee Stadium II, a week late due to the lockout, and an additional day late due to a rain postponement. And it was against the arch-rivals, the...
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How to Be a Met Fan In Philadelphia -- 2022 Edition
The Mets are going to Philadelphia to play the Phillies next week, Monday through Wednesday.Not that long ago, the Philadelphia Phillies played at Veterans Stadium, a concrete oval (officially, they...
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Rizzo, Stanton & the Bullpen Make Yanks 2-0 vs. Sox
If you're a Yankee Fan, what could be better than beating the Boston Red Sox on Opening Day?Beating them in the postseason, which we've tried to do in 2004, 2018 and 2021, and failed each time.Also...
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How to Be a Devils Fan in Colorado -- 2022 Edition
This Thursday night, April 14, the New Jersey Devils visit Denver to play the Colorado Avalanche.Before You Go. The Denver Post is predicting low 40s for Thursday afternoon, and low 20s for the...
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