As public service, Buzzer Eagle presents the most pertinent sports-related things to talk about around the water cooler this week.  Even if you haven’t seen or heard anything from the sports world this week, you can fake it with a few pithy comments. 1) FIFA World Cup – Apparently it isn’t over yet.  Just pick [...]

It’s official now – baseball is the only game in town. First, the Black Hawks closed the books on the NHL season and ended their 49-year championship drought. Next, the Lakers brought an end to the NBA season with a dramatic, climactic, exciting come-from-behind finish to claim the championship. For most NBA fans, choosing between [...]

The Pro Bowl came and went this week with barely a ripple in the world of the NFL. Here are the highlights and lowlights as I saw them. Highlights: DeSean Jackson of the Philadelphia Eagles – This kid is all of 21 years old and has a promising career ahead of him. His enthusiasm on [...]

This week the NFL offered up the best of the best, the creme de la creme, the elite teams that dominated their respective divisions all season long… and also the New York Jets. To be fair, the Jets made a show of it. Early on, it looked like they were going to take it to [...]

By 4 o’clock on Sunday, I was beginning to wonder why we even bother with the Wild Card round. The Divisional Round Weekend of the NFL playoffs started with the Arizona Cardinals putting up an anemic effort against the well-rested New Orleans Saints.  Whatever problems were plaguing the Saints as the season wore down were [...]