Author: Zach Roberts

You just don’t bet against Tom Brady. Even at 43, his grip on football’s dominance remains present. Brady threw for three touchdowns in an extremely efficient day, two of those to his old New England running mate Rob Gronkowski. The duo helped give Brady his seventh Super Bowl and Tampa Bay its second. The Chiefs …

The Buccaneers finished 7-9 last season and are now poised to play for the Lombardi Trophy on Sunday. That’s quite the turnaround for a team that returned a majority of the same players and coaches from the previous year. One change, though, can be pointed to as the most likely reason for their newfound success.  …

No matter which way the possible Super Bowl matchups shook out, one thing was for certain: The age gap between quarterbacks was going to be substantial.  Youth dominated the American Football Conference (AFC), with Patrick Mahomes, 25, and Josh Allen, 24, dueling it out in Arrowhead Stadium. Their combined age is only six years older …

Thanksgiving Day in the NFL can be seen as a reflection of the world we live in. Football has been played on Thanksgiving Day since 1934 when the Detroit Lions took on the Chicago Bears. Since then, games have been played on Thanksgiving Day as an American and NFL tradition. Families gather for food and …

On Jan 26, 2020, Los Angeles Lakers legend and sports icon Kobe Bryant passed away in a tragic helicopter accident. The world mourned the loss of one of the best basketball players and household names in history, but none more so than the Los Angeles Lakers team and family. In a cruel bit of foreshadowing, …

After Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Blake Treinen struck out Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Willy Adames, who represented the tying run, the celebrations should have begun. Treinen should have thrown his glove away and begun hugging and celebrating with catcher Austin Barnes, while his teammates swarmed them. But that’s not what happened. It was a key …

2019 NL MVP Cody Bellinger sent a 2-2 pitch into the Texas night on Sunday, breaking a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the 7th with the Atlanta Braves.  That would hold as the winning run in the seventh game between the Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers trailed 3-1 before reeling off three …

The World Series is just one series away. The previously unheralded Tampa Bay Rays, the overlooked Houston Astros, the powerhouse Los Angeles Dodgers and the upstart Atlanta Braves can all see the World Series in their future.  The Braves have faced very little resistance on their way to the World Series. They’re 5-0 and four …

Latin American athletes have long been at the forefront of baseball. Here are some of the biggest MLB names from Latin American countries. Gio Urshela: The Yankees third baseman, hailing from Colombia, starred throughout their two-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians. Urshela hit .333 with five RBI, three runs scored and one huge go-ahead grand …

The MLB season has reached its final week with between 6 to 10 games left, depending on the team. There are a number of things to look for as the COVID-19 shortened season comes to a close.  Playoff races are heating up. The Braves, Marlins and Phillies are all within striking distance of winning the …