Sam Calhoun

Remembering Kobe Bryant, One Year Later

Today marks one year since the helicopter crash that killed everyone on board, including NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna. I remember getting a phone call from my sister Katie after watching UConn lose to Tulsa in overtime. The day already sucked, but when I answered that call, I couldn’t believe it. I… Continue reading Remembering Kobe Bryant, One Year Later

College Basketball Top 25 – 1/25/21

I lost the majority of my predictions in college basketball this weekend due to the number of upsets that have happened. Some of the major upsets weren’t even this weekend, so thank goodness I didn’t make predictions during the week. Anyways, here is my top 25 for this week: Gonzaga (15-0) The only way Baylor… Continue reading College Basketball Top 25 – 1/25/21

Sunday Selections – AFC and NFC Conference Championships and More

Going 5-9 in picks yesterday wasn’t great, but I think that shows how unpredictable college basketball can be. I know there will be upsets throughout the entire season, so I pick some upset winners (Stanford beating UCLA, which ended up being correct; #23 UConn upsetting #11 Creighton, which was wrong) every week. However, some of… Continue reading Sunday Selections – AFC and NFC Conference Championships and More

Saturday Selections – 1/23/21

I may have a lot of picks gone wrong in the past, but there is always room for improvement. I apologize for the lack of posting on here this week, things have been busy as I’m trying to get my grades up to get into colleges next school year. Enough about me, here are my… Continue reading Saturday Selections – 1/23/21

NFL Divisional Round Recap

The Conference Championships are set! In the AFC, the defending Super Bowl Champions, the Kansas City Chiefs will host the Buffalo Bills. In the NFC, the Green Bay Packers will host Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. How did they do in the Divisional Round? Let’s have a look: #1 Packers defeat #6 Rams,… Continue reading NFL Divisional Round Recap

My College Basketball Top 25 – 1/18/2021

Here’s my top 25 for this week: Gonzaga (14-0) The schedule for Gonzaga just keeps getting weaker. Baylor (12-0) Baylor’s conference schedule makes them catch up a bit to Gonzaga. Great win against Texas Tech. Villanova (8-1) Villanova resumes their schedule with a game against Seton Hall tomorrow. Iowa (12-1) Iowa’s on a big winning… Continue reading My College Basketball Top 25 – 1/18/2021

Sunday Selections – NFL Divisional Round and More

I didn’t do too well yesterday and I wanted to add more games to today not only to make up for it but I also don’t want to just do two picks. So, I added two college basketball and a few NBA games. I also do want to cover some NHL content, so is that… Continue reading Sunday Selections – NFL Divisional Round and More

Saturday Selections – 1/16/2021

We have a great slate of college basketball games and we begin the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs today. Here are my picks for the best games today: NCAA Basketball: #21 Ohio State (10-3) at #14 Illinois (9-4) (-7) Illinois is highly ranked by many of the advanced ranking sites I use for my… Continue reading Saturday Selections – 1/16/2021

My Thoughts on the Blockbuster Trade and Superteams

I’m writing this right after I heard the news. Wow. That may be the biggest trade I’ve ever seen. I’m still trying to process the last 10 minutes (it is 4:43 PM as I’m writing this. If you didn’t catch what the trade was, here is the full trade, per Shams Charania of The Athletic:… Continue reading My Thoughts on the Blockbuster Trade and Superteams

NFL Wild Card Recap

Wow. That was one great weekend of wild card games. We saw almost every game go down to the wire. I hope the divisional round next weekend is just the same. Here’s my recap of every game that went down this weekend. #2 Bills defeat #7 Colts, 27-24. This was the game I hoped to watch. I… Continue reading NFL Wild Card Recap