When the Tampa Bay Lightning lifted Lord Stanley’s Cup after a six-game series win over the Dallas Stars on Monday, my first thought was “and nobody died”. There was and still is such a whirlwind of changing information about COVID-19 when the...

After two weeks of football action, some things have become very clear. One, the Cowboys still have no defense, but what do you need a defense for when your offense is second  in the league in total yards and sits as the sixth-highest scoring offense...

Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy and Buddy Roberts walk onto the field of Texas Stadium with a mob of angry Dallas wrestling fans waiting for them. It’s May 6, 1984, and the group known as the Fabulous Freebirds from Atlanta, Georgia, have come to Dallas...

NBA basketball has clearly been affected by the events of 2020. No physical fans, the Playoffs being held at a bubble site, you name it — it’s been an unprecedented season. Well 2020 worked its strange magic in the second round, as many had their...

Week one of both the NFL and most major NCAA conferences are in the books. It was exciting to watch football on national TV again. Football on TV restored a sense of normalcy I was lacking these last few months, along with a little bit of extra spending...

This column will be the first in a weekly series by James Krause following the NFL season.In an ad featured throughout many of the league games this week, the NFL featured snippets of the Hall of Fame speech of former running back LaDainian Tomlinson. The...

The PGA Tour rolls into its second major of the 2020 calendar. Originally scheduled for Father’s Day weekend in June, the US Open at Winged Foot Country Club in New York will host one of golf's greatest tests starting Thursday.  The championship...

With the MLB season dwindling to its final weeks of the season, both teams from Chicago are poised to make the playoffs. There is still a possibility either team could fall apart down the stretch and miss the playoffs, but with the playoffs being extended...

This is a big week in professional athletics across the board, which means it is a big week for those of us who compete in fantasy sports and also, recently legalized, sports betting.  Sports gambling and daily fantasy sports has become a multi-billion...

With the heart-breaking Game 7 elimination of the Oklahoma City Thunder, the surprisingly competitive first round of the NBA Playoffs in the bubble is finally over. The Houston Rockets join the Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers...

It’s been 211 days since Kobe Bryant, one of the world’s biggest icons, died tragically in a helicopter crash along with his daughter, Giana, and seven others. At times, it still doesn’t seem real. The significance of today, Aug. 24, or rather...

Just over five months ago, I sat in a Cleveland hotel room the night before the Mid-American Conference men’s basketball tournament and watched the sports world melt down.  Ever since, I’ve tempered any expectations I might have when it comes...