Here are this week’s composite college football power ratings, using six different rating systems. Sources: Steve Makinen, KFord, SP+, FPI, Brad Powers, Collin Wilson. Some of these are behind a paywall, so I don’t share the full table. These ratings … Continue reading 2025 College Football Power Ratings, Week 13
Tom Coyne’s A Course Called Scotland is more than a golf travelogue—it’s a philosophical exploration of purpose, faith, and the strange pull of chasing meaning across windblown links. A thoughtful, honest, and deeply human read, especially for those who see golf as more than just a game. Continue reading Book Review: A Course Called Scotland by Tom Coyne
Joe Posnanski’s The Soul of Baseball is more than a sports book—it’s a road trip through memory, legacy, and love for the game, told through the incomparable voice of Buck O’Neill. Posnanski spends a year traveling with Buck late in his life as the 93-year-old ambassador tours the country keeping the memory of the Negro Leagues alive. Buck is a natural-born storyteller, charming every crowd and every reader with his warmth and grace. But beneath that joy runs a quiet ache—he’s outlived nearly everyone he played alongside, and the burden of preserving their stories now rests on his shoulders alone. … Continue reading The Soul of Baseball by Joe Posnanski
I’ve been working on a hip hop chronology playlist lately. I’ve been trying to pick five songs from each year that put hip hop on the map, spread its fame, changed the game or personified the art form in a … Continue reading Before the Beat: Muhammad Ali and the Birth of Hip-Hop Swagger
In a quiet change tucked into Illinois’ new state budget, lawmakers approved a tax structure that’s sending shockwaves through the sports betting world. And while the headlines might focus on the sportsbooks themselves, the real impact will land squarely on … Continue reading 🎲 Illinois Sportsbooks Add a Per‑Bet Fee — Here’s How It Hurts Casual Bettors
The Oklahoma City Thunder are just four wins away from forcing the basketball world to rethink what modern greatness looks like. Their 68–14 regular season is already the fifth-best record in NBA history. This wasn’t supposed to be their time yet. They’re young, homegrown, and built through the draft. No splashy superstar signings. No shortcuts. And yet, here they are, four wins from the top of the mountain. So now the question is worth asking: if the Thunder win the NBA title, where would they rank among the greatest teams of all time? Let’s look at the usual suspects. 1995-96 … Continue reading Where Would This Thunder Team Rank If They Win It All?
I mentioned yesterday on Twitter I don’t follow the NFL Draft nearly as close as I use to. I am no longer in a dynasty league I did for years that forced me to study the draft. Yearly, we were … Continue reading 2025 NFL Draft Bets, Mock, Thoughts
Every year, we hear about some lower seeds pulling off an “upset for the ages” in the NCAA March Madness Tournament. Only, more often than not, it wasn’t really an upset, by Vegas odds standards, let alone one for the ages. Year after year, there are lower seeds who are actually favored in games, or very small underdogs. That is actually one of the first things I look at before filling out brackets. So, here is that exercise for public consumption. Lower Seeds who are favored Baylor vs. Mississippi State. This one barely qualifies. Baylor, the nine seed, is -1 … Continue reading Finding This Year’s Dogs That Aren’t Really Dogs In The NCAA Tournament
I have a few annual traditions the week of March Madness. I kiss my wife goodbye for a few weeks. I compute composite power ratings. I put VSIN on pretty much nonstop. And I figure out who clears the KenPom … Continue reading The KenPom Criteria Teams For 2025
As we enter Selection Sunday, I got my composite power ratings updated as of yesterday morning. These ratings are an average of multiple rating systems. Included in these is KenPom, Steve Makinen’s Power Ratings, VSIN’s bettor ratings, TeamRankings and Sonny … Continue reading College Basketball Power Ratings (3-16-25)
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