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Four Games in December: The Line Between Winning and Losing in the NFL

Being a New York Jets fan, your writer understands the value of winning (or not winning) late-season games in the National Football League. This is very evident in the NFL, particularly when it comes to the Jets, but also critical for all teams...

Written by Andrew Stevens about 11 months ago 41 reads 0 comments
Disaster in New York: Jets Disappoint Again

If one were to casually glace at teams this year in the National Football League, one could do much worse than the New York Jets. On face of it, the Jets were a very respectable 9-7...

Written by Andrew Stevens about 11 months ago 25 reads 0 comments
Open Mic: Retirement: A Four-Letter Word?

Retirement, for those of us in civilian life, is a stage of life that one attends after decades of hard work. One can imagine time with the grandchildren, trips abroad, leisurely reading, or even a hobby...

Written by Andrew Stevens about about 1 year ago 229 reads 2 comments
Open Mic: What is a Sport?

Open Mic: Andrew Stevens asks readers, what is a sport?

Written by Andrew Stevens about about 1 year ago 468 reads 3 comments
Open Mic: Joe DiMaggio, New England Patriots the Best, Worst

Sports are about numbers and how they relate to wins and losses. Hits, home runs, strikeouts, wins, losses, goals, yards gained, penalty time, etc...

Written by Andrew Stevens about about 1 year ago 639 reads 4 comments
Open Mic: Sports in Black and White

Few topics provoke more emotional responses that those regarding race and race-relations. As much as the United States would like to pretend otherwise, race is as part of American life as apple pie and baseball...

Written by Andrew Stevens about about 1 year ago 759 reads 3 comments
English Premier League: No English Need Apply?

For some time now there has been much negativity surrounding the dominant status of the English Premier League. Fans on the continent of Europe are not happy with the fact that La Liga (Spain), ...

Written by Andrew Stevens about about 1 year ago 780 reads 11 comments
Open-Mic: The Best and the Worst of Sports Officiating

On television, in front of a large crowd, a man is being berated with curses, threats of bodily harm, and accused of the gravest atrocities. He bears all of this with the stoic calm of one who is immune to criticism...

Written by Andrew Stevens about about 1 year ago 678 reads 0 comments
Mets, Yankees: Panic and Underperformance in New York

It's a month into the season and you would think the plague, or some similarly catastrophic event, had hit in Queens and the Bronx. Both baseball teams have underperformed, and both have demanding ownerships and rabid fan bases...

Written by Andrew Stevens about about 1 year ago 636 reads 1 comments
Sports: A Distraction

Why do we care about sports? Regardless of what sport we like, whether it's golf or baseball or futbol, we care about sports. We are passionate about teams, jerseys, players. Sports are as much a part of life as eating and drinking...

Written by Andrew Stevens about about 1 year ago 332 reads 0 comments
Champions League Final

The Champions League Final is set: Manchester United will be taking on Chelsea for the title in Moscow on May 21st. There has been much gnashing of teeth from Madrid to Moscow about these ...

Written by Andrew Stevens about about 1 year ago 322 reads 0 comments

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Andrew Stevens Article Archive

Four Games in December: The Line Between Winning and Losing in the NFL

Disaster in New York: Jets Disappoint Again

Open Mic: Retirement: A Four-Letter Word?

Open Mic: What is a Sport?

Open Mic: Joe DiMaggio, New England Patriots the Best, Worst

Open Mic: Sports in Black and White

English Premier League: No English Need Apply?

Open-Mic: The Best and the Worst of Sports Officiating

Mets, Yankees: Panic and Underperformance in New York

Sports: A Distraction

Champions League Final

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