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Super-short prediction for the 2016 NFL Divisional Round
Aside
As I said on Twitter, I predict that the Chiefs, Cardinals, Seahawks and Broncos will win this weekend.
Short Predictions for the NFL Wild Card Round (2016)
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Some short predictions for this week’s NFL playoff games:
The Chiefs are hot, and have been hot ever since they got out of a very poor start to the season. So much of the NFL playoffs is who is hot at the right time, so I think the Chiefs will beat the Texans.
The Bengals would have been my pick to win against the Steelers… but then Andy Dalton got hurt a few weeks ago. So, I’m picking the Steelers.
Seattle beat up on the Vikings earlier in the year, and even with Marshawn Lynch not available (again) I think they will win again in the freezing cold of Minnesota.
The Packers have been stumbling a ton the later part of the season, but I feel like Aaron Rodgers is ultimately going to wake up (and hopefully be protected long enough) to beat Washington.
So… I picked…. all road teams.
Weird.
Headlines From Around The Continuum (November 2, 2015)
A sampling of baseball-related headlines from the Newseum, elsewhere, and occasionally some websites, with the occasional note from me on what they are talking about:
Headline: Royals win first World Series title since 1985, outlasting Harvey and Mets in Game 5
(Note: So that I don’t have a thousand papers from around the country that just say something along the lines of “Royals win World Series”, I focused on the hometown papers and papers that went a different route in their headlines.)
Kansas City Star: ROYALTY
Daily News (front): THE DARKEST KNIGHT (“Mets Amazin’ season comes crashing down in 9th, Royals take crown in 12”)
Daily News (back): CRUEL HAND LUC (on Lucas Duda’s bad throw)
NY Post (front): AMAZIN’ DISGRACE
NY Post (back): NIGHTY KNIGHT!
Newsday (front): YA GOTTA BEREAVE
Newsday (back): A ROYAL SHAME
El Diario- La Prensa (Brooklyn): Los pecados de Collins (“The sins of Collins”)
News-Leader (Springfield, MO): TOOK THE CROWN
St. Joseph (MO) News-Press: WORLD RENOWNED ROYALTY
Joplin (MO) Globe: WORLD CHAMPIONS
Hutchinson (KS) News: THEY DIDN’T QUIT
Lawrence (KS) Journal-World: NEVER-SAY-DIE ROYALS WIN WORLD SERIES
Salina (KS) Journal: CHAMPIONS!
Wichita Eagle: ROYALS RALLY FOR WORLD SERIES TITLE
The Record (Bergen County, NJ): Mets’ magic runs out
Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ): It’s all over
The Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa): Royals are champs
Alaska Dispatch News (Anchorage): Royals crowned champions after another late meltdown by Mets
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock): Kings of 2015
Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA): BASEBALL CROWNS ITS ROYALTY
Ventura County Star (CA): ROYAL THRONE
Denver Post: ROYALS REIGN
Idaho Press-Tribune (Nampa): CROWNED ROYALS
Decatur (Ill.) Herald & Review: Royals flush
Evansville (Ind.) Courier & Press: ROYALS GET THEIR CROWN
The Sun (Lowell, Mass.): ROYALS!
St. Paul Pioneer Press: K.C. MASTERPIECE
Lincoln (Nebraska) Journal Star: CROWN ‘EM
Omaha World-Herald: K.C. BRINGS BACK THE CROWN
Morning Call (Allentown, PA): BASEBALL ROYALTY (This headline was also used at the Edmonton Journal in Canada)
Times-Tribune (Scranton, PA): MIGHTY K.C.
Daily Herald (Provo, Utah): ROYAL CORONATION
USA Today: ROYALS RALLY, WIN WORLD SERIES
Winnipeg Free Press: ROYALS ARE WORLD SERIES KINGS
El Heraldo (Baranquilla, Colombia): Reales de Kansas City, campeones de la Serie Mundial (“Kansas City Royals, World Series Champions”)
Novedades de Quintana Roo (Mexico): Reales se corona 30 años después (“Royal crown 30 years later”)
Milenio (Guadalajara, Mexico): REALES, CAMPEÓN (“ROYALS, CHAMPION”)
Reforma (Mexico City): Se coronan Reales (“They are crowned Royals”)
Vanguardia (Saltillo, Mexico): VUELVAN A LA GLORIA LUEGO DE 30 ANOS (“TO GLORY AGAIN AFTER 30 YEARS”)
El Nuevo Diario (Managua, Nicaragua): !REALES CAMPEONES, EN CASA DE LOS METS! (“Royals champions, in the home of the Mets!”)
El Universal (Caracas, Venezuela): Kansas City campeón (“Kansas City champion”)
Virgin Islands Daily News (Charlotte Amalie): WORLD CHAMPIONS- Baseball royalty
My Completely-Without-Explanation 2015 World Series Pick
Mets over Royals (in six).
(The explanation I didn’t include: The Mets have better starting pitching, more power hitters, and Terry Collins is way less likely than Ned Yost to do something crazy like leaving a pitcher in too long.)
Headlines From Around The Continuum (October 24, 2015)
A sampling of baseball-related headlines from the Newseum, elsewhere, and occasionally some websites, with the occasional note from me on what they are talking about:
Headline: Royals beat Blue Jays in Game 6, head to World Series vs. Mets
Kansas City Star: Ready for the world
Globe and Mail: IT’S OVER FOR THE JAYS
Toronto Star: HELL OF A GAME, HELL OF A SEASON
St. Joseph (MO) News-Press: BACK TO THE SERIES
Calgary Sun: DREAM RUN OVER
Joplin (MO) Globe: AL CHAMPIONS: K.C. back in Series
Guelph Mercury: It’s over
Lawrence (KS) Journal-World: AND WE’RE BACK!
Prince George Citizen: Heartbreak for Jays
Columbia (MO) Daily Tribune: WORLD SERIES BOUND
Salina (KS) Journal: BBQ or bagels? A tasty World Series set- Royals meet Mets
Wichita Eagle: AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPS
Bradenton (FL) Herald: ROYALS RUN INTO WORLD SERIES
NY Daily News (back): K.C. BEATS JAYS TO PUNCH SERIES TICKET
New York Post (back): K.C. YA TUESDAY
Newsday (back): GOING TO KANSAS CITY
New York Times: A Mets-Royals World Series
El Vigia (Ensenada, Mexico): Van por la revancha (“They go for revenge/rematch/another chance.”)
Vanguardia (Saltillo, Mexico): La hacen cardiaca pero vuelven a Serie Mundial (I think this means basically “The heart makes it to the World Series”, perhaps saying that the Royals have a lot of heart, or something like that.)
El Nuevo Diario (Managua, Nicaragua): KANSAS CITY A LA SERIES MUNDIAL (“Kansas City to the World Series”)
El Nacional (Caracas, Venezuela): Kansas campeón de la Liga Americana (“Kansas champion of the American League.”)
Headlines From Around The Continuum (October 22, 2015)
A sampling of baseball-related headlines from the Newseum, elsewhere, and occasionally some websites, with the occasional note from me on what they are talking about:
Headline: Mets head to first World Series since 2000, sweep Cubbies
New York Times: Suddenly Invincible, Mets Are in World Series
Daily News (Back): ALL WORLD
NY Post (Front): WORLD CLASS!
NY Post (Back): DANIEL BROOM
Newsday (Front): YA GOTTA BELIEVE!
Newsday (Back): HOW SWEEP IT IS!
AM NEW YORK: BELIEVE IT!
Metro- New York: SWEEP
Staten Island Advance: The new Mr. October? (Murphy)
Chicago Tribune: MAGIC RUNS OUT
Chicago Sun-Times (Cubs Extra e-paper): BACK TO THE FUTURE (here meant to mean “Back to the drawing board”)
Daily Herald (Suburban Chicago): TIP YOUR HAT TO THEM
Hartford (Conn.) Courant: NEXT STOP, WORLD SERIES
The Record (Bergen County, NJ): UNSTOPPABLE
News-Gazette (Champaign, Ill.): They’re gone
Jersey Journal (Jersey City): METS HEAD TO WORLD SERIES!
Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ): HOW SWEEP IT IS! (This was used by other papers as well)
Panama City (FL) News Herald: MVP Murphy leads Mets to World Series
Times Union (Albany, NY): Mets move on
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.): CLEAN SWEEP
Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY): METS MANIA
Augusta (GA) Chronicle: MOVING ON
Times-Tribune (Scranton, PA): SWEEPING SUCCESS
USA TODAY: CUBS SWEPT BY METS IN 4 (A ironic echo of how the Back To The Future 2 USA TODAY said “CUBS SWEEP SERIES IN 5”)
Journal-Star (Peoria, Ill.): CHICAGO HOPE VANISHES
Naples (FL) Daily News: FOR CUBS, IT’S DO OR…. NEVER MIND
Daily Southern (Tinley Park, Ill.): Met their match
Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa): Wait until next year
Omaha World-Herald: Cubs’ dream swept away
El Vigia (Ensenada, Mexico): No se cumplió la profecía (“The prophecy is not fulfilled.”- not doubt referring to the Back To The Future Cubs joke)
El Nuevo Diario (Managua, Nicaragua): Los Mets en la Serie Mundial (“The Mets in the World Series”)
Primera Hora (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico): Los Mets en la Serie Mundial (“The Mets advance to the World Series”)
Headline: Blue Jays send ALCS back to Kansas City for Game 6
Globe and Mail: ESTRADA GEM KEEPS BLUE JAY HOPES ALIVE
National Post: JAYS NOT DONE YET
Toronto Star: EXTRAORDINARY ESTRADA
Kansas City Star: Coming home
St. Joseph (MO) News-Press: BLUE JAYS FORCE GAME 6 AT KAUFFMAN
Calgary Herald: JAYS WIN TO FORCE GAME 6
Junction City (KS) Daily Union: Volquez struggles as Blue Jays force Game 6 in ALCS
Calgary Sun: Going back to K.C.
Lawrence (KS) Journal World: 3-2
Canada’s Metro Papers: 1 DOWN, 2 TO GO
Wichita (KS) Eagle: Royals’ bats silent as Blue Jays win Game 5
Edmonton Journal: JAYS FORCE GAME 6
Guelph Mercury: Jays still alive after 7-1 win over Royals
Chronicle-Herald (Halifax): Kansas City, Here We Come
Hamilton Spectator: Blue Jays win keeps World Series hopes alive
Waterloo Region Record: Still in the game
La Presse (Montreal): Les Blue Jays S’accrochent (“The Blue Jays hang on” or “The Blue Jays cling”)
Ottawa Citizen: JAYS FANS A LITTLE LESS BLUE
Prince George Citizen: Estrada gets it done for Blue Jays
El Nacional (Caracas, Venezuela): Los Azulejos no se entregan (“The Blue Jays do not surrender”)
Headlines From Around The Continuum (October 16, 2015)
A sampling of baseball-related headlines from the Newseum, elsewhere, and occasionally some websites, with the occasional note from me on what they are talking about:
Headline: Mets beat Dodgers, will face Cubs in NLCS
New York Times: Joy in Metsville
Daily News (Front): UT YOURS!
Daily News (Back): DAN-TASTIC
NY Post (Front): YOU METCHA!
NY Post (Back): DANTASTIC!
Newsday (Front): BRING ON THE CUBS!
Newsday (Back): YES!
METRO- NEW YORK: MIGHTY METS
LA Daily News: METS GIVE DODGERS THE BLUES… AGAIN (This was also used with affiliated papers.)
La Opinion (Los Angeles): Corazón roto (“Broken heart”)
Orange County Register: DODGERS’ BLUNDERS ADD UP
Bakersfield Californian: LIGHTS OUT ON DODGERS’ POSTSEASON
The Record (Bergen County, NJ): Mets’ faith pays off
Press-Enterprise (Riverside, Ca.): FIZZLING AT FINISH
Times Herald-Record (Middletown, NY): JUST AMAZIN’
Monterey (Ca.) Herald): Mets reach NLCS, send Dodgers packing
Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY): HOW ‘BOUT THE BIG APPLE?
Santa Maria (Ca.) Times: Dodgers done
Ventura County (Ca.) Star: Season at an end
Chicago Sun-Times: NLCS SET: CUBS VS. METS
Daytona Beach (FL) News-Journal: Volusia County’s Jacob deGrom pitches Mets to NLCS
Gainesville (FL) Sun: METS EDGE DODGERS, ADVANCE TO NLCS
Headlines from Around The Continuum (October 15, 2015)
A sampling of baseball-related headlines from the Newseum, elsewhere, and occasionally some websites, with the occasional note from me on what they are talking about:
Headline: Blue Jays advance to ALCS after bat-!@#$ insane Game 5
(Toronto) Globe and Mail: JAYS TAKE FANS ON A WILD RIDE TO REMEMBER
National Post: COMEBACK KIDS
Toronto Star: SING ALONG, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO … JOSE! JOSE! JOSE! JOSE!
Dallas Morning News: A tough way to go
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Seventh-inning collapse collapse ends Rangers’ season
Calgary Herald: BAUTISTA POWERS BLUE JAYS INTO ALCS
Calgary Sun: TRUE BLUE!
Canada’s Metro papers: BRING ‘EM ON or FLIPPING OUT IN TORONTO
Edmonton Journal: JAYS MOVE ON AFTER WILD WIN
Guelph Mercury: Bautista’s big blast
Hamilton Spectator: WHAT A WIN!
Waterloo Region Record: What a game!
La Presse (Montreal): UN MATCH FOU! (“A CRAZY GAME!”)
Ottawa Citizen: SEVENTH-INNING SMASH!
Prince George Citizen: JOSÉ! JOSÉ! JOSÉ!
Le Journal de Quebec: Les Jays sensationnels (“The Jays sensational”)
Citrus County (FL) Chronicle: It’s been a while: Toronto Blue Jays advance to ALCS
Augusta (GA) Chronicle: A WILD RIDE
The Gleaner (Henderson, KY): BLUE JAYS FLY INTO ALCS
Standard-Speaker (Hazleton, PA): TORONTO’S WILD WIN
Vanguardia (Saltillo, Mexico): El héroe de Toronto (“The hero of Toronto”, referring to Roberto Osuna, who is Mexican)
La Prensa (Managua, Nicaragua): Toronto completa asalto (“Toronto completes assault”)
El Nacional (Caracas, Venezuela): Errores de Andrus coronaron a Toronto (“Andrus errors crowned Toronto“, referring to Venezuelan Elvis Andrus’ critical 7th inning errors)
Headline: Royals return to ALCS behind Johnny Cueto’s excellent performance
Kansas City Star: Cheers & tears
Houston Chronicle: CRUSHED CITY
Joplin (MO) Globe: ROYAL FLUSH
The Eagle (Bryan-College Station, TX): MAJOR STUMBLES (This technically referred to both Texas teams, but the picture was of the Astros.)
The Hutchinson (KS) News: AND IT’S ON TO THE NEXT ONE
Lawrence (KS) Journal-World: JOHNNY BE GOOD
Springfield (MO) News-Leader: ROYALS RETURN TO ALCS
Omaha World-Herald: K.C.’s ace in the hole
Salina (KS) Journal: ROYALS WIN! 7-2
Topeka Capital-Journal: On to ALCS
Wichita Eagle: ROYALS ADVANCE TO AL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
The Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa): Royals move on to ALCS
Headline: Mets vs. Dodgers for final LCS spot tonight
Daily News (Back): READY FOR MY CLOSE-UP (with picture of Mr. Met)
New York Post (Back): TAKE FIVE
Newsday (Back): HOLLYWOOD ENDING?
METRO- New York Edition: HANGING BY A HAIR
Press-Telegram (Long Beach): Greinke vs. deGrom will be a battle of styles (This was also used for other papers of the same chain.)
Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ): Mets face yet another do-or-die
The Desert Sun (Palm Springs): Dodgers looking to Greinke to extend team’s run
The Times of Trenton (NJ): Mets staking their hopes on deGrom
Headlines from Around The Continuum (October 14, 2015)
A sampling of baseball-related headlines from the Newseum, elsewhere, and occasionally some websites, with the occasional note from me on what they are talking about:
Headline: Cubs beat rival Cardinals, head to NLCS as America catches Cubs Fever
Chicago Tribune: HAVING A BLAST
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: KNOCKOUT PUNCH
Chicago Sun-Times (“Cubs Extra”): HOUSE PARTY
Redeye (Chicago): W (as in, it’s a big picture of the blue W flown after every Cubs win)
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.): W FLAG KEEPS FLYING
Springfield (Ill.) News-Leader: CARDINALS OUT
Daily Chronicle (Dekalb, Ill.): CUBS ADVANCE (This headline was also used elsewhere.)
Beacon-News (Aurora, Ill.): NO PLACE LIKE HOME (This headline was used with many other papers of the same chain.)
The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Ill.): Cubs finish off Cardinals, reach NLCS
News-Gazette (Champaign, Ill.): They are good. Really.
Decatur (Ill.) Herald & Review: Cubs roar into NLCS
Courier-News (Elgin, Ill.): A NEW BLUE FLU (on Cubs fans playing hooky early from work to watch game)
Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Ill.) CUBS WIN NLDS
Naperville (Ill.) Sun: SENIOR CUBS FAN SAYS IT’S THIS YEAR
Rockford (Ill.) Register Star: LOVIN’ THE LONG BALL
Lewiston (Idaho) Tribune: Cubs clinch at Wrigley
Herald-Times (Bloomington, Ind.): Schwarber, Cubs head to NLCS
The Times (Munster, Ind.): FLY THE W
South Bend (Ind.) Tribune: Moving on
Tribune-Star (Terre Haute, Ind.): IT’S CUBS IN 4 GAMES
The Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa): Bye, bye, birds
Des Moines Register: THAT’S HISTORY
Omaha World-Herald: A little history for Cubs
Arizona Republic (Phoenix): Cubs move one step closer to World Series
Panama City (FL) News-Herald: Young Cubs blast Cards, advance to NLCS
Sentinel-Record (Hot Springs, Arkansas): CUBS WIN (This headline was also used elsewhere.)
Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune: Cubs dispatch the Cardinals
St. Augustine (FL) Record: CUBS WIN DIVISION SERIES
Augusta (GA) Chronicle: CUBS MOVING ON
La Prensa (Managua, Nicaragua): Cachorros dejan atrás a Cardenales (“Cubs leave Cardinals behind”)
Primera Hora (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico): !Poder boricua! (“Puerto Rican Power!”, referring to Javier Baez’s home run)
El Nacional (Caracas, Venezuela): Hector Rondón sello el pase de Chicago (“Hector Rondon sealed the deal for Chicago.”)
Headline: Kershaw and Dodgers force Game 5
Daily News (Back page): KERSHES!
NY Post (Front): To live or die in LA
NY Post (Back): ‘SHAW SHANKED
Newsday (Back): ACED OUT
Los Angeles Times: Dodgers win, force Game 5
New York Times: Mets Strike Out, and It’s on to Game 5
Los Angeles Daily News: Turner, Dodgers win to bring series back to L.A.
La Opinion (LA): Kershaw salva a los Dodgers (“Kershaw saves Dodgers”)
The Record (Bergen County, NJ): Mets’ night ends in in frustration
Times Union (Albany, NY): Mets can’t close series out
Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA): ALIVE FOR FIVE
Republican-American (Waterbury, Conn.): METS LOSE
El Vigia (Ensenada, Mexico): Kershaw da vida Dodgers (“Kershaw gives Dodgers life”)
Headline: ALDS Game 5s Today
Kansas City Star: ROYALS WON’T HESITATE TO PULL JOHNNY CUETO
Dallas Morning News: Rangers turn to Cole
National Post (Toronto): ALL EYES ON STROMAN
Toronto Star: LET’S PLAY BALL!
St. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press: BIG STAKES
Lufkin (TX) Daily News: Do or die!
Junction City (KS) Daily Union: It hinges on tonight: Royals prepare for Game 5
Salina (KS) Journal: ROYALS AT HOME!
Wichita Eagle: CUETO SET TO START GAME
American Press (Lake Charles, La.): NOW OR NEVER FOR ASTROS
