by Mario Mergola | Apr 6, 2022
Baseball is a constant. It’s not a constant in how each season unfolds. Nor how teams operate. In fact, it’s not even a constant in what the league enforces from year-to-year. Baseball is a constant in that it is a presence. It’s always there. For...
by Mario Mergola | Mar 16, 2022
There really is nothing quite like March Madness. And this year, the “Madness” of March is already in full swing. Football free agency has been outstanding. Major League Baseball resolved its dispute and is now in a frenzy of signings and trades. And the...
by Mario Mergola | Aug 19, 2021
Forgive my use of the cliche title. I’m excited. Too excited to act like a reasonable or rational human. The NFL season is back! And it really is, by virtue of a 17th regular season game, bigger than ever. It’s also one of the most anticipated years I can...
by Mario Mergola | Mar 31, 2021
For the past year, I have written countless times about how “different” or “unorthodox” 2020 was. Both as an actual calendar year and as a season — baseball, football, etc. Normally, I throw in the caveat that we will have to gauge how...
by Mario Mergola | Mar 18, 2021
March Madness feels a little different this year. No kidding, right? So does everything else. But, pandemic-aside, there’s an element of waiting that has led to this moment. Part of this feeling has to be driven by the fact that the sports world shut down in...
by Mario Mergola | Aug 24, 2020
It’s finally time! Magazines are nearby. Coffee is brewing. I may not be in my exact same vacation spot — thanks a lot, pandemic — but football writing has begun! I’m hardly the first to detail how crazy and unorthodox everything has been in...
