Sports Traveler Blog

Every year we look at the NFL schedule and wonder how well our team can fair.  Who do we play on the road?  Who do we play at home?  These are the questions we ask ourselves when analyzing the strength of schedule. ...

The other day someone asked me "what is the largest sporting event in the world?"  The first thing that came to mind was the World Cup and then the Super Bowl.  I commented that in this country the clear answer is the Super...

My History of a Dallas Cowboys Fan It was all decided when my aunt bought me the first jersey I had ever owned.  Who did it belong to?  Hall of Fame RB Emmitt Smith.  Good 'ol #22. From that moment on I became a Dallas...

A recent story shows that 2014 Winter Olympics costs in Sochi have eclipsed $51 billion.  But don’t worry.  You won’t need that much to enjoy them.  You don't need to take out any billion dollar loans to go to the...

The largest field of the 4 majors belongs to the U.S. Open Golf Tournament.  Some say that the U.S. Open is one of the purest competitions in  sports because of the opportunity it creates for golfers all around the country...

Are you a soccer fan?  Well I guess most soccer fans around the world refer to it as football but to save confusion I'll just stick with calling it soccer.  Besides, its pretty clear that there is only one sport of football...

It seems like just last week we were anxiously waiting for the Belmont Stakes in hopes that I'll Have Another could complete the first Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978.  As fate would have it the Triple Crown was not...

According to USA Today, Lindsay Czarniak will be the first on-air television host for the Indianapolis 500.  This is big news for the racing world but also for our culture in this country.  We are far from where we need...

Whoa!  The sports world is going crazy right now!  So much going on and it is all too exciting to miss.  To catch up with the sports world I have harnessed all the major news/results from the recent events.  I am going...

It has been quite some time since you could say Tiger is the best golfer in the world and be accurate.  Whether or not he is the best is up in the air right now but his world ranking indicates that he is currently the top...

This current century is still relatively young but I think it is time to look back on the NCAA Tournament since the millennium changed over.  It was hard to narrow the list down to 10 so the Top 10 essentially becomes the...

Seriously, is there anything better than the NCAA Tournament?  Throughout the world there are sporting events that capture excitement and majesty in the performance of excellence.  Some say the Super Bowl is the greatest...

The Chicago Blackhawks have started off the 2013 NHL season like a house of fire.  Going into a lockout shortened season, I'm sure every team has a lot of questions as to what level the team could perform at.  Many of...

History was made this weekend when Danica Patrick became the first woman to qualify on the pole position for the Daytona 500 or any other NASCAR Sprint Cup race.  Her first full Sprint Cup season could not be starting out...

It has been a hot minute since we checked in with the world of golf so this week we are going to reconnect with that pesky little white ball.  There has been some early excitement thus far in the PGA season.  Tiger has...

Super Bowl Sidebar What a week folks.  As if there aren't enough headlines for the Super Bowl, we get slapped in the face with allegations from SI that Ray Lewis used a banned substance.  It seems no sport, including golf,...