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Let’s expand college football playoffs to Sweet 16

Let’s expand college football playoffs to Sweet 16

As we sit back and watch the remaining insignificant college football games of the 2019 season, I propose an unpopular idea – scrap the bowl system and institute a 16-team playoff for the top division of college football. After all, the FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) or Division 1-AA to us veterans of college football fandom, […]

Big Ten baseball tourney preview: League readies for Omaha action

Big Ten baseball tourney preview: League readies for Omaha action

Indiana leads a wide-open field as the Big Ten baseball tournament kicks off Wednesday at Omaha’s TD Ameritrade Park. Home to the College World Series, each of the eight teams vying for the conference tourney title dreams of making a return visit in mid-June. To do so, teams will need to avoid the dreaded opening […]

Go Big Red? Will a new coach dig Huskers out of their two-decade decline?

Go Big Red? Will a new coach dig Huskers out of their two-decade decline?

Between 1962 and 1997, Nebraska suffered nine blowout losses (games decided by at least three scores). That’s 36 seasons and 429 games. Of course, that was during the Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne eras, when Nebraska lost only 69 games. Since Osborne’s retirement following the 1997 season, the Husker football program has been on a […]

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Skol! Touring US Bank Stadium – The home of the Minnesota Vikings

It resembles a Viking ship. Fans celebrate Norse lore inside. US Bank Stadium – home of the Minnesota Vikings – honors the region’s Scandinavian heritage throughout. None bigger than on game day, when more than 66,000 fans – dressed in purple and gold – chant “SKOL!” and cheer the team to victory. For me, a […]

‘We are 12’ – Seattle stadium shares love between Seahawks, fans

‘We are 12’ – Seattle stadium shares love between Seahawks, fans

“We are 12” resonates through Seattle. As you walk through Sea-Tac Airport, you pass the “12” restaurant. But, nowhere does the fan support speak more loudly than the stadium the Seahawks franchise calls home. CenturyLink Field is home to the National Football League team. A tour of the stadium reminded me how involved the fans […]

Husker memories come alive on Memorial Stadium tour

Husker memories come alive on Memorial Stadium tour

The University of Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium becomes the state’s third largest city every home football game. In 2017, that will be seven times. It surpasses Bellevue and Grand Island, each with more than 50,000 residents. It trails only Omaha (largest) and Lincoln. As stoked as most fans get when they hear it or mention it, […]

GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!! Stadium tour showcases Sporting KC soccer

GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!! Stadium tour showcases Sporting KC soccer

I’m not a soccer fan. Let’s get that out in the open. I think the game is boring. Before you suggest I watch a match, I have. I watched a match-up between two top 10 college teams a few years ago. I left at intermission. A recent tour of the Sporting Kansas City’s home field […]

Bucket list – Visiting Minnesota Vikings preseason camp

Bucket list – Visiting Minnesota Vikings preseason camp

I made my first and last trip to Mankato, Minnesota, to catch a Vikings preseason football camp over the weekend. The NFL’s Vikings have ended their relationship with the local college for the summer camp after 52 years. The team will open its new headquarters and practice facility early next year in Eagan. So, Lisa […]

Kansas City’s Negro Leagues Museum celebrates African American baseball

Kansas City’s Negro Leagues Museum celebrates African American baseball

Before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, Major League Baseball denied some of the greatest players an opportunity to play the game. Instead of giving up their dreams of playing baseball at the highest level during segregation, they took action and created their own leagues. Kansas City played a huge role in changing the level […]

Welcome to ‘From the Cheap Seats’

Welcome to ‘From the Cheap Seats’

Hey there sports fans! Welcome to “From The Cheap Seats.” Writing sports-related stories for my first blog site – “The Walking  Tourists” (www.thewalkingtourists.com) – made me long for a sports-related blog. Having been a sports writer in a previous incarnation as a journalist, the medium has always stuck with me. Thus, when I decided to […]

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