by Mario Mergola | Sep 11, 2019
I know I constantly write about how much I love Opening Day. I do. But it’s Week 2 that always has my heart. I always write about perception, reality, and the disconnect between the two. Can we ever have a more severe disconnect than people making snap decisions...
by Mario Mergola | Sep 4, 2019
It doesn’t feel real. I’m supposed to be good with words. I write thousands of them, every week. I should be able to capture emotion without stating it. But I can’t. Because this excitement is something we feel with-or-without me mentioning it. I can...
by Mario Mergola | Aug 31, 2019
As much as I truly love writing my weekly picks column, diving into the season-long predictions for the entire league has become something I actively anticipate as the summer months arrive. This might be because the success rate has been so high with the picks over...
by Mario Mergola | Aug 31, 2019
As much as I truly love writing my weekly picks column, diving into the season-long predictions for the entire league has become something I actively anticipate as the summer months arrive. This might be because the success rate has been so high with the picks over...
by Mario Mergola | Feb 3, 2019
It’s one of my favorite traditions, even though it always ends with me shaking my head and wondering what on earth I was doing. Although, this year, it means a little more. The Super Bowl is the obsession of the sports media and sports fan for two weeks, and...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 28, 2019
I think there’s been a mistake. We are about to watch the biggest game of the NFL season. The one that will be the sole talk-of-the-town for the two-week lead-up period and will remain the topic of conversation afterwards. It will grab the attention of people...
