Midwest Mountain Sports Report 3/28/21 I’m about 8 hours into a live fantasy baseball auction draft. This is more than I had planned for, and I will do my best to keep my sanity as we are at around our 80th player or so on the auction block… Midwest Mountain Sports Report 3/29/21 Well, we …
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Midwest Mountain Sports Report Monday 3/22/21 This weekend was a master class lesson delving deep into the dangers of sports betting. I recall the unease in filling out my bracket that I had chalk dust all over my fingers, building up a Final Four of Gonzaga, Michigan, Ohio State and Illinois. I leaned very eagerly …
Midwest Mountain Sports Report 3/19/21 SOUTH Round 1: Baylor (1) vs. Hartford (16) The Hartford Hawks are entering their first NCAA tournament with a five-game winning streak, fueled by playmaker Austin Williams. In other news that unfortunately won’t matter, Borat Subsequent MovieFilm was nominated for an academy award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Neither will win. North Carolina …
Midwest Mountain Sports Report 3/17/21 I know that I made big promises about a National League baseball pre-draft guide. I also led that promise with the disclaimer that I may not actually have the time to follow through on said promise. Well, we can thank the NCAA, and the March Madness tournament for this bump …
Midwest Mountain Sports Report Friday 3/12/21 The salary cap in the NFL is an agreement on a limit of the amount of money that a professional team can spend on their players’ salaries. The idea is to prevent the wealthier clubs from having more capital to spend on their players and free-agent acquisitions than the …
Midwest Mountain Sports Report 3/9/21 It’s always a bit intimidating when I sit down to collect my thoughts about the world of sports when I spent an entire weekend of watching not a single match. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my amateur pursuit of becoming the most dedicated sports reporter within my house, …
Midwest Mountain Sports Report 3/3/21 Hello to my constant and occasional readers, and welcome to this Wednesday edition of the Midwest Mountain Sports Report, brought to you on the feed of The Dad Bod Blog. I’m on a streak here of three blog posts within the same month, and while I don’t want to get …
Midwest Mountain Sports Report for Thursday 2/25/21 Welcome to your Thursday edition of the Midwest Mountain Sports Report, also known as “time to whine about the Avalanche.” If this is not the train you bought a ticket to ride on, kindly exit the locomotive at this time. For the rest of us, stow your luggage …
Midwest Mountain Sports Report 2/23/21 Welcome to another Tuesday of what I like to call the “in-between”. Playoff implications are far from set for the NHL and the NBA, which means that teams are settling in to their identities. The Timberwolves have kicked up their feet upon the loser couch, culminated by firing head coach …
Midwest Mountain Sports Report 2/8/21 It’s late Monday morning, and I’m still nursing a Super Bowl hangover. There’s the reaction in the literal sense, as I have not met my required water intake to offset the beer and teriyaki chicken wings I consumed during the Big Game. And to cap that off, there’s the emotional …
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