Champions League Final – What to know

Welp, it’s the day that soccer fans all across the world have been waiting for…The Champions League Final. One team in the final has been here many times, including winning it last year against Juventus. Their opponent is an unlikely hero in Liverpool who are riding the hot hand of Ballon d’Or candidate Mohamed Salah.Continue reading "Champions League Final – What to know"

The 8 A.M. Lecture – A London Super Bowl

UK Super Bowl? I love Shad Khan. If you aren'’t familiar with the best mustache in sports, Khan is the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Pakistani-American billionaire and business tycoon also owns Fulham F.C., a team in England’s FLC. Khan has long been associated with the “American Dream”, formerly working for the company heContinue reading "The 8 A.M. Lecture – A London Super Bowl"

The 8 A.M. Lecture – Around the World in 50 Days

The World Cup is the greatest sporting event in the world, and despite the “importance” of American sports, it shatters records world wide every four years. To the members of the United States, I understand your thought process. Soccer isn’t for everyone and that’s alright, mainly because I know half of you (me included) justContinue reading "The 8 A.M. Lecture – Around the World in 50 Days"

The 8 A.M. Lecture – End of the Super Teams

The 8 A.M. Lecture - The End of the Superteams The term “Super Team” is too loosely tossed around, most iconically in the NBA. There have always been some variation of the Super Team , such as the Lakers in 2004 when Gary Peyton and Karl Malone both dawned purple and gold to see ifContinue reading "The 8 A.M. Lecture – End of the Super Teams"

The 8 A.M. Lecture – Lock in at One and Done

The NCAA is a complicated matter, one that pretty much no one understands. They run the same way a government entity would run, basically implying that College sports can’t sustain itself without a committee of older adults telling players what they can and can’t do. Almost all sports under the NCAA umbrella are strictly enforcedContinue reading "The 8 A.M. Lecture – Lock in at One and Done"

The 8 A.M. Lecture – The Business of Sports

Although the various sports that graze our television screens are mainly for our entertainment, you have to keep in mind that the sports world is a business. Time and time again players are cut or forced to retire from the team that they have played with for years. The most recent example that the sportsContinue reading "The 8 A.M. Lecture – The Business of Sports"

The 8 A.M. Lecture – Andre Ingram

Of all the North American sports franchises, a few sit far above the rest due to players, coaches and championships in and out their doors. The Yankees, the Steelers, the Celtics, and many more sports teams are world renowned and appreciated for what they have done. These accomplishments make certain teams a destination point forContinue reading "The 8 A.M. Lecture – Andre Ingram"

The 8 A.M. Session – A Non-Hockey Fans Playoff Bracket – Round 1

I am, in every way possible, someone who just pays attention to hockey during the playoffs. I understand the die hard hockey fans don’t really appreciate my demographic of hockey fandom and I don’t totally blame them…but you better bet your ass I’m watching the playoffs as intense as humanly possible. So if you areContinue reading "The 8 A.M. Session – A Non-Hockey Fans Playoff Bracket – Round 1"

The 8 A.M. Lecture – I watched Wrestlemania

Let’s start this off by saying there are only a handful of WWE Superstars I could name off the top of my head, and thats pretty pathetic considering that we have guys who follow it very closely on our team. Last night I signed up for the free trial of the WWE Network to watchedContinue reading "The 8 A.M. Lecture – I watched Wrestlemania"