Ever since the Stanley Cup Finals concluded in October, hockey fans have known that figuring out how to approach the 2020-21 NHL season would be tricky. Things still aren’t completely clear, but new reports are giving fans more info on when hockey might return. Multiple sources on Friday announced the NHL is now looking at […]
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Certain profressional sports teams have come under fire over the last few years for names and logos deemed offensive to Native Americans. Among these are the Cleveland Indians, who have carried the Indian branding for over a century. In early 2018, Cleveland announced they would be erasing the Chief Wahoo logo from their franchise, a […]
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Sarah Fuller, Vanderbilt women’s soccer goalie, and 2020 SEC women’s soccer champion appeared in the Vanderbilt versus Missouri football game as a kicker. I must reiterate, she is a member of the Vanderbilt women’s soccer team, ergo she is a woman, and she appeared in a men’s sport. A sport for manly men. A person […]
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On Saturday, the Detroit Lions announced the firings of head coach Matt Patricia and GM Bob Quinn. With two open spots, football fans are now debating how they should be filled. However, one of the more interesting questions in the Motor City football landscape is really how should the new coach and GM, whoever they […]
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Somebody done snitched like this was prison. This was obvious from the start. No one should be surprised that this happened. I’m proud to say that I CALLED IT 2 WEEKS AGO (check out the article here. )This man makes Kyrie Irving look like he has the leadership skills of a Ray Lewis. Kawhi Leonard […]
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So a lot of people are just seeing the NBA Christmas day schedule and some people feel that the schedule isn’t that bad. Then there are some people that do not understand some of these matchups. I am on the side of the people who are not happy. The schedule looks like they were picked […]
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The second round of the FA Cup is over, with ten more matches in the books beyond those I already mentioned in Part One of my second-round impressions. As mentioned, I will describe the best and worst of Sunday and Monday in this part. The last two days of second-round action featured three giant-killings. Only […]
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2020 has been a rough year for anyone and everyone but what a roller coaster for the Oklahoma City Thunder, am I right? Not only was this past season the first without their superstar Russell Westbrook but they were one of the team’s involved in the infamous NBA shutdown. The reality of COVID-19 hit so […]
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The FA Cup third-round draw is when interest in the competition really begins to spike. In earlier rounds, you have to be a fan of smaller-league soccer in England to get it. The Champions League, this isn’t. But now come the big boys. When I last wrote, I mentioned that the first round proper drops […]
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The NFC East. It’s been the laughingstock of the NFL all season. It’s a division filled with exclusively under .500 teams, backup quarterbacks thrown into starting positions, and just a whole lot of bad football. However, come January, one of these teams will be hosting a playoff game, regardless of how angry fans will be […]
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Quack, quack, quack! As the hockey world patiently waits for more details on the upcoming NHL season, Belly Up Sports wants to take a look back at the best hockey movies. Taking part in this quest to determine the best movie(s) ever made about the fastest game on ice, I knew I had to pick […]
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In a building in Manhattan. A group of New Yorkers looks up at the sky, and they look for an answer to the question. Will I see a point guard this season? Seriously, what in the 6th, 21st, 3rd, and 11th letters of the alphabet are going on with this team at point guard? I […]
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Sunday’s Broncos/Saints matchup was one of the strangest football games the NFL has ever held. Undrafted rookie wide receiver Kendall Hinton was called up from the Broncos practice squad after their entire lineup of quarterbacks were declared ineligible for play by the NFL due to COVID-19 restrictions. Even though he never practiced as a quarterback […]
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Start Sekou over Blake. Period. Call me overly-optimistic. Brand me a dreamer. Spew whatever hot, hateful garbage you can. I don’t care. I believe that there is a case for starting our young, high-potential prospect over an aging, oft-injured star. I’m staking my claim for Sekou over Blake. An Overview of Blake Griffin Unlike many […]
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