College Football 2021 Preseason Rankings

-Originally published 8/24/21- Four familiar faces in Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Oklahoma will be favorites for the playoffs again barring a major upset. Alabama has reloaded with the best recruiting class in college football history and will be piloted by Bryce Young. The top recruit has been scouted since he was in middle school and was thought to take the starting job last season until Mac Jones exploded. He didn’t look elite in his playing time as a backup…

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Top 20 TV Teams CFB 2021

-Originally published 8/22/21- Look, we all can’t watch football all-day every day. What squads are worth flipping on the ‘ol boob tube for a couple quarters? He’s the power ranks of the top teams worth checking out based on player talent, schedule, playoff impact, and actual on-field play. The player talent rank is based on talent from both a college prospective and NFL potential. The schedule ranking is based on the strength of opponents an equal or greater level competitively…

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NBA 2021/22 predictions

-Originally Published 11/5/21- 1) Brooklyn NetsStatus: Championship Contender20/21: 48-24, Eastern Conference Finals loss to Bucks (No Irving or Harden)Ceiling: Kyrie Irving might be out in Brooklyn. It’s hard to imagine he hasn’t fractured his relationship with teammates and staff at this point whether he comes back or not after refusing the covid vaccine to this point. Kevin Durant and James Harden are enough to contend with the supporting cast. Patty Mills will probably start at point with Irving out and…

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Open the Gates: NBA Free Agency Begins

-Originally published 11/20/20- The 2020 NBA draft has just taken place and it was rather unexciting. We do have some trades of note so far in the rush to get the season started. He’s how they shook out.Big SplashLos Angeles Lakers receive:PG Dennis SchroderOklahoma City Thunder receive:G Danny Green2020 First Round Draft Pick (28)The Lakers have gotten their hands on a real point guard without having to moving all of their assets. LA didn’t have much to move but hanging onto Kyle…

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College Basketball Preseason Rankings 21-22

-Originally Published 11/9/21- Last season’s matchup between 27-2 Baylor and undefeated Gonzaga was the best combined record in Championship history and an opportunity for Mark Few and the Bulldogs to win their first Championship. A 9-0 start and 47-37 halftime lead were part of a wire-to-wire 86-70 victory for the Bears playing spoiler. Gonzaga is back again with star Drew Timme returning and the top recruit of the class 7’1 lane-driving-3-point-shooting Chet Holmgren. The WCC will be more competitive with…

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Fresh Squeezed Playlists: Fresh Squeezed Volume 6

-Originally published 12/13/20- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/18yq8LND4hfKMdeXkTAwCo?si=9deb861f79e14db5 With have three notable releases his week. Man on the Moon III: The Chosen One is Kid Cudi’s big album return. Taylor Swift released evermore, what she refers to as the “sister” to folklore earlier this year. For fan purposes, it’s the missing double-disk with 15 tracks additional tracks in the same tonality as folklore’s 17 tracks. The instrumentals are filled with piano and strings and both albums are closer to folk than her 2019 pop album Lover. Cudi worked with Kanye West on the 2018…

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Fresh Squeezed🍊Playlists: Fresh Squeezed Volume 5🍊

-Originally published 12/7/20- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5iFXbQki63mrF7sVein4qx?si=9e4c562985324b24 The album releases have been light in the past couple weeks.  Miley Cyrus has several standouts on Plastic Hearts. Her raspy, gravely vocals are phenomenal in an array rock/pop/punk. She’s come a long way from generic bubble gum pop music. Shawn Mendes fourth album Wonder is out following the singles Monster with Justin Bieber and the album’s title track being dropped prior to the albums released. Most of the album is bland and unmoving. It’s a very disappointing album that doesn’t seem to showcase…

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Fresh Squeezed🍊Playlists: Fresh Squeezed Volume 4🍊

-Originally published 11/22/20- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/47qpk1sTGR0VJZ6Gqos5kB?si=f80fb5f383214b4f What a busy couple weeks in music. We have new tracks from Kanye, City Girls, Wale, Craig David, Diplo, Kevin Gates, Iann Dior, a Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa collab, Shawn Medes/Justin Bieber collab, Billie Ellish, Lil Nas X and a slew of others. DaBaby and Meek Mill both slide out new packs of songs this week.  DaBaby released the 7 track My Brother’s Keeper (Long Live G) which includes collaboration between the two. Meek released the 4 track QUARANTINE PACK. The first non-feature collection of music from he’s released since 2018. Future and Lil Uzi Vert’s teased collaboration this summer was shot down…

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Family, Eggnog, and Lebron

The Christmas Sports TV Guide -Originally published 12/24/20- Happy Holiday’s! Merry Christmas! Obviously Christmas day leading into the weekend is busy, even in a Covid year but we still have hoops and football. Here is your Holiday watch guide for the Christmas eve through the Christmas weekend. All times Eastern. Friday, December 24th – Christmas Eve Alright, so Christmas Eve is pretty dry but that doesn’t mean Hawaii and Houston won’t be entertaining. Houston WR Marquez Stevenson will have a…

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NFL Picks 2020: Week 14

-Originally published 12/12/20- Last week saw the nearly saw Jacksonville and the Jets both pick up victories. The Jets lost on a near-hail-mary (5 seconds were left) to the Raiders in what will be a highly criticized defensive blitz call by NY that got defensive coordinator Gregg Williams fired. Jacksonville took Minnesota to OT but couldn’t pull out a victory. The Steelers poor offense final caught up to them as the fell to Washington. We also saw our first real…

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