(Photo Courtesy of Elsa/Getty Images) By Brendan Nordstrom It was just over a decade ago when my life completely revolved around baseball and basketball. I only played both. I only watched both. I only understood both. However, one fall Sunday in 2011, I decided to sit on the brown leather couch in my living room […]
(Photo Courtesy of Cooper Neill/Getty Images) By Brendan Nordstrom When I was growing up, there was a deal with Subway locations in Metro Detroit. If the Lions got 20 first downs, you would receive a buy-one-get-one six-inch sub. It’s not the easiest task but it’s far from the most difficult task. Some days the Lions […]
(Photo Courtesy of Scott Audette/AP Photo) By Brendan Nordstrom There’s a theory that many in the NFL community have bought into. I call it the “Jalen Hurts Theory.” Hurts, drafted in the second round out of Alabama, failed to meet expectations in his first two seasons as a Philadelphia Eagle. However, in year three, Hurts […]
(Photo Courtesy of AP Photos/Ashley Landis) By Brendan Nordstrom It’s been a long seven months. We all tried to fill the void in various ways. We started caring about our record-breaking, nearly unstoppable NBA or NHL teams that were “teams of destiny.” But, they ended up being more stoppable than we thought, ending the season […]
By Brendan Nordstrom Just over a year ago, on March 11, Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson was not charged with sexual misconduct by the grand jury of Harris County. It was the first of two grand juries to not charge the former first-round pick. 24 women filed a lawsuit against Watson for sexual misconduct during massage […]
By Brendan Nordstrom Less than two weeks ago, the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 in the Super Bowl. That means we are in the midst of the best season of the year: mock draft season. With the Senior Bowl in the rearview mirror and the combine currently ongoing, we are just 57 […]
By Brendan Nordstrom “Fairly smart, but not super smart,” Jeff McLane, a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter, reported through Twitter. “Really, this guy won over the room, Philly?” Brad Evans, a former American soccer player, wrote on Twitter. “If you can, hug an Eagles fan today,” Sports Illustrated’s Monday Morning Quarterback account tweeted. That was Jan. 29, […]
By Brendan Nordstrom Tom Brady leads the way with seven Super Bowl wins. Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw follow with four each. Peyton and Eli Manning combine for four, while Joe Aikman has three and Super Bowl I MVP Bart Starr has two. We can argue whether or not QB wins are a meaningful statistic, […]
By Brendan Nordstrom I’m not usually a gambler: I have a dreadful tell at the Hold ‘Em table, luck rarely falls in my favor and, simply put, I don’t have the money for it. However, last summer after a long day of broadcasting for the summer baseball team I interned at, my friends and I […]
By Brendan Nordstrom Another year has gone by, and I’m back in the same place – a feeling of dejection as the Buffalo Bills walk off the field in the Divisional Round, spelling the disappointing end to another season. No, I’m not a Bills fan by any means, but like a charismatic cult leader, the […]