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Doc Rivers Isn’t As Good… Or As Bad As People Say

I’m not sure there is a coach/manager in American professional sports where there is a bigger deviation between how insiders (media/teams/organizations) perceive them and they way outsiders (fans/people on the internet, basically) perceive them than Doc Rivers.

Despite a Quiet Off-Season, This Guardians Opening Day Feels Different

So maybe my mind is just contaminated with that spring fever, but I have to say that while the Guardians have seen legitimate success in recent years, I feel especially optimistic about what the next 200 or so days could bring.

Do the Cavaliers Really Stuggle with Early Start Times?

A couple of weeks ago, the Cleveland Cavaliers were playing a Sunday national television matinee game against the Oklahoma City Thunder and found themselves down big early. On that national broadcast, former Cavalier and current ABC/ESPN commentator Richard Jefferson said something I found interesting.

The Cavaliers Are Rolling Again and Drawing Lofty Comparisons from Their Coach

Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson has plenty of reason to be positive. After all, he’s seen his team take off over the course of the last month, winning 11 of their last 15 games. The Cavs have the best record in the Eastern Conference over that period of time and have climbed themselves out of the Play-In portion of the standings and into 5th place.

How Wemby and the Spurs are Ready to Foil the OKC Thunder

Being the only team with 10 wins in December, the San Antonio Spurs are the NBA’s hottest team right now (and I don’t just say that because they have my Cavs up next in a matter of hours). More than that though, I also think San Antonio is the league’s best challenger to the current Finals favorites in Oklahoma City.

The Cavs Missing Offensive Piece Might Not Be Who You Think It Is

The Cavs currently stand at 14-11 and in 8th place in an Eastern Conference where they were expected to be one of the two best teams in the field, at worst. Expectations were high coming off of a 2024-2025 campaign that may have ended in an underwhelming fashion, but that saw them arguably sport one of the best offenses in league history.

Bieber Accepting Option Was Weird; But Possible Sign of Blue Jays’ Road to Redemption

One of the first moves of the baseball off-season was when former Guardian and current Blue Jays pitcher Shane Bieber decided return to Toronto for 2026 by picking up the 1-year, $16 million option on his contract. The right-handed former ace’s decision was surprising for many.

Carl Willis Will Return & The Pitching Factory’s Sustainability

If you have read the news that Carl Willis intends to return as Guardians’ pitching coach in 2026, you likely breathed a small sigh of relief (and if hadn’t read that, you can let it out now!). Part of me wouldn’t blame you. Willis’s reputation as one of the best pitching coaches in the sport presently, and perhaps in the sport’s history, has solidified over the years.

Predicting the Most Exciting Post-Season in Sports

The regular season is built on sustained successes day after day. Days turn to weeks. Weeks turn to months. Months turned into full bodies of work that get you into the post-season. For the post-season itself though, the key moments are ridiculously granular. Key at bats turn into key innings. Those innings change wins into losses and vice versa.

Playing the Schedule Game: Analyzing the Guardians Playoff Chances

The good vibes have me thinking. What is it really going to take to close the deal? After more than five months of play, the Guardians, and all MLB teams, are down to less than 20 games remaining in their seasons. The possibilities that were endless when spring was upon us are now becoming quite finite as autumn starts to forebode. We are at a point where we can trick ourselves into drawing conclusions from the remaining schedules. It is NFL season now. Some people love play the schedule game with their NFL team- trying to determine the wins and losses on the upcoming docket. Well, we have a similar number of MLB games left relative to an NFL schedule.