The surging LA Rams are helmed by a 31-year-old head coach (and a 23-year-old quarterback), but NFL youth movements are anything but a sure thingIf there are two things we have been told about the millennial generation, it is these: 1) they are somehow the cause of every problem across the globe; and 2) the entirety of their nourishment comes from eating avocado toast at every meal.While the avocado toast intake might be slightly exaggerated – although please understand that avocado toast is truly delicious for breakfast, lunch or dinner – the claim by olds that millennials are a drain on society is clearly not true. We know this because the Los Angeles Rams, coached by 31-year-old Sean McVay, are...
Many scoffed when the Rams and Eagles traded up for two relatively obscure quarterbacks in 2016. But they are repaying their teams this seasonThey stood, almost anonymously, in a park by the lake on an frigid Chicago day in the spring of 2016. Jared Goff and Carson Wentz were barely more than 24 hours from becoming the top two picks of the NFL draft and there was no sense that either man was going to be anything special.They were probably the most obscure quarterbacks to stand one and two in the modern history of the draft. Few of those attending the pre-draft clinic and photo shoot had heard of Wentz just a couple months before. Quarterbacks from North Dakota State...
America’s biggest league now has two Los Angeles teams. Judging from opening weekend, there may not be many fans to watch themIn American sports there seems to be an obsession with empty stadiums during games. It’s as if some secret mandate exists requiring fans to spend hundreds of dollars for tickets, drop $15 for a beer and then spend two hours trying to exit a postgame parking lot. Nonetheless, sports writers – including this one at times – feel compelled to snap photos of empty stadium seats and share them on social media. These pictures usually include some snarky observation about the home team or a swipe at fans who left early.#Rams #INDvsLAR RT @EPLSB: @[me] NFL fever in Los...
Gunners fans may well despair at their club’s woes but they should be thankful they don’t support one of his teams on the other side of the AtlanticArsenal supporters are rightly wondering if it can get any worse for their side. Two losses in three matches to open the Premier League season, a manager in Arsène Wenger who has seemingly lost his touch and precious little done during the transfer window to improve the talent on the pitch. But if Arsenal fans are dismayed at the way the club’s majority shareholder, Stan Kroenke, runs affairs at the Emirates, a glance at his US teams offers little hope things will improve.The metaphor that best describes Kroenke’s sports franchises is that of...
The moustachioed fist-pumper is allowed to be a head coach in the NFL. Nothing is more absurd than thatSo many sporting sporting icons of this generation – from Tim Duncan to Alex Rodriguez – have stepped away from competition without ever receiving their due for all they achieved. While the Jeters and Kobes almost get over-appreciated on the way out, other legends are taken for granted and only truly appreciated long after they’re gone. Let’s not make this mistake with Jeff Fisher. Yes, Jeff Fisher is a sports legend. For years now his career has very much been the stuff of legend, for what bad head coach hasn’t been delighted and inspired by the tale of the mustachioed fist-pumper who remains...