by Mario Mergola | Mar 31, 2021
For the past year, I have written countless times about how “different” or “unorthodox” 2020 was. Both as an actual calendar year and as a season — baseball, football, etc. Normally, I throw in the caveat that we will have to gauge how...
by Mario Mergola | Mar 18, 2021
March Madness feels a little different this year. No kidding, right? So does everything else. But, pandemic-aside, there’s an element of waiting that has led to this moment. Part of this feeling has to be driven by the fact that the sports world shut down in...
by Mario Mergola | Aug 24, 2020
It’s finally time! Magazines are nearby. Coffee is brewing. I may not be in my exact same vacation spot — thanks a lot, pandemic — but football writing has begun! I’m hardly the first to detail how crazy and unorthodox everything has been in...
by Mario Mergola | Jul 21, 2020
I’m an emotional person who romanticizes baseball. I am currently in a state of wild emotions. I’m giddy because the season is here. Seriously, the thought of Major League Baseball being played is enough to send me into a state of unbridled joy. I’m...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 27, 2020
I can’t believe the season is over. All year, I would write about how this season was going to be different from the ones we just saw. And it was. We were careful in some areas because of this, and it actually turned out to be the right decision. I had dropped...
by Mario Mergola | Aug 27, 2019
Ladies and gentleman, it is back. If you follow my writing anywhere – Twitter, really – then you know I’m involved in a lot of different projects. Almost all of them are experiments that will eventually be brought to Sporfolio. Some, I don’t...
