Author: Don Yaeger

While there are still five weeks left in the NFL season, I know which team I’ll be cheering for come the playoffs. The one that just fired its star player. On Friday, hours after a video of him assaulting a woman surfaced on the internet, the Kansas City Chiefs released star running back Kareem Hunt. Hunt, who was not only the team’s leading rusher but one of their most dynamic playmakers, will not receive any further...

If you’re a sports fan, you’ve known about curses. No, not the kind that the microphones accidentally pick up during a game broadcast—the kind that prohibits your favorite team or athlete from achieving success. Once upon a time, the sports landscape seemed to be littered with supernatural efforts against certain folks. One of the most famous was The Curse of the Bambino, which kept the Red Sox from enjoying a World...

This past Sunday, I sat down to watch a little bit of the Oakland Raiders game. I’ll be honest—I wasn’t planning on watching the game; it was what was on when I flipped the television on. After all, not even Oakland Raiders fans want to watch the Raiders play these days. That might sound harsh if you’re not an NFL fan; and if you’re not a fan, you might not know that Oakland has undergone a bit of a rebuild this season....