I am unbelievably excited for this new Major League Soccer (MLS) season.
It ’s time we accepted that schools outside out of the Power Five (P5) conferences don’t have a chance at winning a national championship, and – with the ever-increasing trend of high-profile players opting out of bowl games in favor of preparing for the NFL – it’s time we made the postseason serious for Group of Five (G5) schools.
With six rostered players on the two squads playing in this year’s Super Bowl, the Mid-American Conference (MAC) returns the same number of players as in last year’s game. I looked at the recent history of MAC alumni playing in the biggest game in American sports. The only MAC schools to have any connection to Super Bowl-appearing head coaches, whether alumni or coaching experience, are Miami (alma mater of Sean McVay and former home of Sean Payton as an offensive coordinator) and Western Michigan – and Western Michigan’s only claim is briefly having John Harbaugh, a Miami grad, as a running back and outside linebackers coach.
Since 2015, nearly $47 million has been donated to political campaigns by owners from the NFL, NBA, WNBA, NHL, MLB and NASCAR. Where that money goes can tell us more things about our democracy than we have hours in the day. It’s worth asking what kind of politics we do want in our sports.
One club holding the all-time records for the worst offense, the worst defense, and the worst goal differential in league history, and not setting all three together in the same season, is unprecedented in top-division soccer. FC Cincinnati would be the first, and only, team to achieve this feat. It’s only fitting for a club coming from this city, one where the sporting tradition is one of pain and suffering. And I cannot wait for next season.
I’ve watched the Bengals get to their first round of playoff games and lose many times. The Reds have followed in those footsteps.
The novel coronavirus completely knocked the wind out of the sports world, but one of my favorite elements of the games has remained: uniform reveals.
We all go a little a crazy sometimes.
My heart goes out to the athletes whose seasons were cut short or delayed due to the novel coronavirus. But I'm also thinking about the writers who cover sports that aren't happening right now.
Oh, and the Reds will be good, too.
It’s bigger than just baseball — the Reds are who we rally around, and they provide some of our sweetest memories. For me, I can’t help but tear up as I think back to the times spent in Great American Ball Park with my father.
So what does the XFL, a second-tier league with no history of success, have to do with women’s pro leagues?
Let’s keep this short and simple: there were some pretty high expectations for head coach Jack Owens and his RedHawks team this year, and they were not met.
One step at a time.
“I had never even heard of a Zamboni,” Daryl Hildebrand said.
Everyone remembers the iconic ads, whether good or bad.
Challenge accepted.
Staff writer Michael Vestey gives his final thoughts on the 2019 Mid-American Conference football teams.
The Miami RedHawks will look to make the MAC Championship victory an annual event for themselves.
I wanted Chuck Martin to be fired.