Clyde E. Dawkins
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I'm a big sports fan, especially hockey, and I've been a fan of villainesses since I was eight! My favorite shows are The Simpsons and Family Guy, etc.
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2025 League Championship Series Preview
It's mid-October, folks, and you know what that means: it's LCS time! The League Championship Series has arrived; the last stop before the Fall Classic. Introduced in 1969 as a result of the American and National Leagues splitting into East and West Divisions (marking the start of Divisional Play), the League Championship Series originally served as the lone playoff round prior to the World Series, and was originally played under a best-of-five format for the first 16 seasons. It was in 1985 that the LCS increased to a best-of-seven format, but even so, the LCS still originally pitted the champions of the East and West Divisions against each other until 1995, when the LCS pitted the winners of the Division Series against each other.
By Clyde E. Dawkins3 months ago in Unbalanced
Clash of Clashes
I'll be honest, I had long been over last year. How the Colorado Avalanche showed out in the playoffs, only to be cheated by referees who decided to allow Dallas' dirty hits while putting us in the box for simply breathing. How the Stars had a coach who continued to bully refs into ignoring their dirty plays, and who would bitch and moan when a game was fairly officiated and rightful calls went against the Stars. How for every one power play the Avs had in that series, the Stars had about six. And how Mikko Rantanen delivered the ultimate humiliation with a Game Seven hat trick.
By Clyde E. Dawkins3 months ago in Unbalanced
15 Glorious Innings
The Detroit Tigers and the Seattle Mariners faced off in one hell of a Division Series, and that's an understatement. Game One went extras, needing 11 innings before the Tigers won it in Seattle. The Mariners took Games Two and Three, and looked to finish it in Game Four. Seattle led 3-0, but the Tigers took over; nine unanswered runs. The nine runs in Game Four stand as the most in a game in Tigers postseason history. Wow.
By Clyde E. Dawkins3 months ago in Unbalanced
What Went Wrong: It's Not Always Sunny in Philadelphia
You know, we have spent the entire season so far enjoying the Kansas City Chiefs' downfall, and rightfully so. They started 0-2, got back on track winning back-to-back games, but then, they were defeated by a Jacksonville Jaguars team they had bested forever. Chiefs are 2-3 and are on the verge of being knocked down a few more pegs than they already are.
By Clyde E. Dawkins3 months ago in Unbalanced
CFL Week 18 Recap: The Wild, Wild West
I bring good news to my fellow American CFL fans: the Grey Cup is again airing on CBS Sports Network here in the States. This is Year Three of the Canadian Football League's relationship with CBS Sports Network, after several years on the ESPN networks, which in turn, followed their years on the now-defunct NBC Sports Network. Ever since the CFL first hit CBS Sports Network, games that don't air on the channel air on a stream site known as CFL+, which is for fans in the U.S. and other countries outside of Canada. 2023 saw the entire playoffs (including the Grey Cup) air on CFL+, but last year saw the Grey Cup air on CBSSN.
By Clyde E. Dawkins3 months ago in Unbalanced
Home Opener Sweet Home Opener
Home openers are always special; the first time that a team plays in front of their hometown crowd in the new season is always a huge deal. In the NHL, a team plays 41 games in front of their home crowd. For the Colorado Avalanche, this is our first. Following a big 4-1 win in Los Angeles, the Avs, for the 30th time, took the ice at home, and in this instance, it was against our neighbors to the west, the Utah Mammoth. Yes, Utah's team finally has a name.
By Clyde E. Dawkins3 months ago in Unbalanced
What Went Wrong: 22 Days Early
This is going to be a long offseason. We Yankees fans love to play the game of "What if" when we come up short. We didn't really play it too much last year because we were in the Fall Classic. That was an emotional October for me. When Juan Soto hit that home run in Cleveland last year, I was bouncing all over the walls. It had been 15 years since we even played in the World Series, and here we were, playing in the Fall Classic. Even better for this baseball fan, it was Yankees/Dodgers. We didn't win, but we got there. That's the thing.
By Clyde E. Dawkins3 months ago in Unbalanced
NFL Week 5 Recap: Popping the Champagne Early
It's always fun when a league enters a new month. MLB in October means postseason and the road to a championship. October means the beginning in the NBA and NHL. Even in the Canadian Football League, October is the home stretch. In the NFL, October starts the end of the "it's early" talks. While it's still too early to panic, it's a tad too late to take things for granted. Don't believe me? Ask the Buffalo Bills and the Philadelphia Eagles.
By Clyde E. Dawkins3 months ago in Unbalanced
Year 30 Begins!
30 years. Hard to believe that it's been 30 years since the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver and became the Colorado Avalanche. I was 10 years old when the move happened. I was in the fifth grade when that season started, and it ended with the first of three Stanley Cups won. Now, here it is, Year #30. Year #29, despite it being Nathan MacKinnon's number, did not end well for us. It didn't start well for us either. An 0-4 start that saw us go through a lot of players--49 of them, to be exact.
By Clyde E. Dawkins3 months ago in Unbalanced
"Beyond the Gates" Week 29 & 30 Review
Beyond the Gates has now aired on CBS for just over seven months, and we've seen so much in that little time. We've see love triangles, love quadrangles, deep secrets, family loyalty, dark betrayals, explosive moments, you name it, we've seen it. As I've said many times in many recaps, this was the very thing that the soap opera genre badly needed--and I'm not just saying that because of the massive representation displayed, but it's definitely one of the top reasons.
By Clyde E. Dawkins3 months ago in Geeks
2025 Division Series Preview
It was 30 years ago that the Division Series was officially introduced into Major League Baseball; originally, we were supposed to get this in 1994, but the strike killed the rest of the season and the postseason. 1995 was the first official season for the Division Series, which served as the postseason's opening round until the introduction the Wild Card Game in 2012. The Division Series currently serves as the second round and introduces the teams who received byes and avoided the Wild Card Series. In addition, it increases the margin of error, as the Division Series is played under a best-of-five format.
By Clyde E. Dawkins3 months ago in Unbalanced
CFL Week 17 Recap: Don't Mess With Success
We need to talk. I didn't address this in my Week 16 recap, but I have to now. It's old news, but it's still fresh. As the saying goes, "There'll be some changes made." Very stupid ones. CFL Commissioner Stewart Johnston announced that a number of rule changes will be made to the league we all love, and they will take place during the next two seasons. Let's start chronologically, shall we?
By Clyde E. Dawkins3 months ago in Unbalanced
