The performance by the Denver Broncos’ defense throughout the regular season and in the postseason caught the attention of the NFL at large for several reasons. The most obvious of those reasons is the age-old mantra of “defense wins championships.” The less obvious, but more important reason is the fact that balanced teams are historically […]

I realize that professional golf isn’t even a blip on the radar of most sports fans this time of year. Like most people, I was still trying to wrap my mind around the events of Wild Card weekend when the golf came on tv Sunday evening. However, I couldn’t help but realize that I was […]

http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/106TR2.MP3 Pirates sign pitcher Neftali Feliz. Sidney Crosby does not make the All-Star Game. Junker, Laird, Benz and Josh Taylor discuss. Big Ben on Martavis Bryant. http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/106ROSSI16.MP3 Rob Rossi gives his Jag-Off of the Year Vote plus Pens and Steelers talks with Junker, Laird and Benz. http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/106TR16.mp3 Jag Off of the Year Voting begins. Big […]

It might not be the exact way Jeff Long and the College Football Playoff committee drew it up, but it’s close: (1) Clemson (13-0) (2) Alabama (12-1) (3) Michigan State (12-1) (4) Oklahoma (11-1) The national championship playoff field consists of four conference champions, three of them with only one loss. But the way the […]

Through 14 matches (out of 38) of the 2015-2016 English Premier League season, there is an honest-to-goodness fairy tale brewing. Leicester City [pronounced “Lester”], the Foxes, are tied with big-money Manchester City at the top of the table, with 29 points apiece (Man City lead on the goal differential tiebreaker, but, at the moment, we […]