News by Tom Barton

Jan 3, 2024

2023 is Gone and Good Riddance

New York sports has a long and storied history of immense talent, bigger than life players and championships littered throughout it's history. There have also been some pretty lean years for the area's sports teams over those years. 2023 may have just proved to be the leanest years in the history of New York Sports.

Dec 27, 2023

No Guarantees for LA

After spending over a billion dollars, yes that is a billion with a B, this winter the Los Angeles Dodgers are the prevailing World Series favorites. After LA opened their purse for Shohei Ohtani, their World Series odds fell from +550 to +450. Once Yamamoto signed last week the boys in blue had their chances to win it all go all the way down to under 4 to 1 in some books across the country.

Dec 20, 2023

The Backup Plan

As of this writing Yoshinobu Yamamoto has yet to be signed by a team, and while it's being reported that as many as five teams have made offers north of $300 million dollars, and he will sign this week, we are also watching the fallout in New York. This is the first time that Steve Cohen and his huge bank account will be in the pursuit of the same free agent as the Evil Empire and Hal Steinbrenner. Someone will be left disappointed and there is a chance that neither New York team lands the coveted free agent. That means they will need to pivot their offseason after the miss.

Dec 13, 2023

Juan Amazing Christmas Gift

Use whatever phrases you must to explain what happened to the Yankee Universe this week but it all comes out the same. Pushing all your chips in, making a statement or whatever other fun sayings fans and media will use can be interchanged, but one thing is for certain ... The Evil Empire is back!

Dec 6, 2023

Travesty Strikes College Football

This Sunday afternoon changed the course of College Football forever, and the dominos continue to fall. Not only will this be the last time we ever have a four team college football playoff, but it is also the last time we will see many teams in their respective conferences. Beginning in 2024 there will be an expanded playoff format, as well as key teams moving to new conferences, and by all accounts the end of the Pac 12 as well. All of this should have been enough to make us say that nothing will be the same for college football fans, but this selection committee also gave us a game changing decision.

Nov 29, 2023

Far More Than Rodgers

They say that perception is everything. We live in a country, and a world, where perception clouds reality far more often than it should and for the New York Jets, and their fans, it's important to not allow ownership to allow perception to mask reality. The New York Jets season is over, but this is not only because Aaron Rodgers is not under center.

Nov 22, 2023