Skip to main content

Posts

Mock Draft 1.0

Recent posts

I Smell Astroturf

It's almost here, my favorite time of year.  I smell, grass, astroturf, and nachos.  I see OTAs have begun and become giddy with excitement. I hear talk of Alex Smith having to compete for his job, and of RBs changing teams and I smile.  I get tweets about more of the NFL's insistence on harassing Ezekiel Elliot and I realize: Football Season is almost Here. Here on The Closer's League we are working on a Fantasy Football Section that we hope will go live at the end of the summer, giving you PLENTY of time to prepare for your Draft Day.  I hope you'll drop us a line here and let us know what kind of content you want, what kind of advice and help you'd like to get, and what kind of information would help you the most.  We'd love to hear from you, and be a part of your Gridiron Universe. Stay tuned and stay strong, kick-off will be here before you know it!

Everyone in America be like...

Credit:  NOTSportsCenter

The Beauty of Team Ball

Oh the joy! Man I love it when the Spurs win. But last night was not just a victory, it was a behind the woodshed, prepare to meet your maker, stone cold beat down. And to be honest, it was a whole lot less satisfying than I thought such a beat down would be. I didn't write up a profile of last night's game ahead of time because I wasn't sure what to write. Everyone who writes columns like ours of course tries to be objective. We try not to let our hometown biases color our opinions of what's going to happen. But we are all human, and having biases is a part of being human. Caring so much for a team you identify with, hoping for your team and its colors to triumph is part of what makes you human. But so is the disappointment and sorrow that follows when they let you down. And that's what emotion thousands of Rockets and James Harden fans are left with this morning: abysmal disappointment.  The atmosphere of the game when the first buzzer rang should have f

Amber Alert for James Harden

Did anyone else get this last night? Credit:  Fake SportsCenter

Rockets Can't Force Game 7 At Home