It’s been a minute. Well, many minutes since I’ve last written and yet, sports has occurred. That’s the blessing and the curse of sports, and life, — it keeps on going. So, let’s see, where to start? There is much to catch up on! Sports are way back (as if they ever left). My favorite thing — baseball — is back! The crack of the … Continue reading Sports are back (they didn’t go anywhere).
I wrote the following blog post long before the Canadian television series (based on the Game Changers novel series by Rachel Reid) Heated Rivalry turned the culture on its head. Now, more than ever, we need to be more inclusive in sports and that starts with player’s loved ones. Dear television stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie, help us go from WAGs to SOAPs. Let … Continue reading In the wake of Heated Rivalry, We Need to Retire ‘WAGs’ and Embrace ‘SOAPs’ in Professional Sports
First things first, I never wish harm on any player. In fact, I’m a Philip Rivers fan. Okay, maybe not a legitimate fan, but I loved his fuck-it attitude on the field. Sometimes you have to use any edge possible, and at times that edge comes in the form of verbal abuse. So when I saw he was signing with Indianapolis, I was titillated, to … Continue reading Are the Seahawks going to kill Philip Rivers on Sunday?
Women’s Baseball: History Is Made Women’s professional baseball just had their first-ever draft, and history was made when Kelsie Littmore became the first woman selected in a pool of 120 players. The league, which has been years in the making, represents a monumental step forward for women’s sports and baseball alike. This is only the beginning: there are teams forming across the country and a … Continue reading Monday Musings 11.24
NFL: Patriots Are 9-2; All I Care About Is Cheese Even though starting running back Josh Jacobs was out for most of the game, much to the dismay of fantasy managers everywhere, the Green Bay Packers finally scored at least one touchdown in the first half and added more in the second to beat the three-game-winning New York Giants. The Giants were led by Jameis … Continue reading Monday Musings 11.17
Well folks, it’s Monday morning and baseball season is officially in the books. But don’t worry—the other sports are heating up. Let’s dive in. MLB: LA Takes It All What a finish! In what will go down as a classic Game 7 in MLB history, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in 11 innings at Rogers Centre to claim the championship and … Continue reading Monday Musings 11.3
The sports equinox—that magical time when all major sports overlap—is today. NFL. MLB. NHL. NBA. ALL TODAY. Let’s dive in! MLB: World Series Tied 2–2 Toronto is popping, and the boys are buzzing! I heard a Dodgers fan say they “had to let them win one.” Nah, you actually didn’t. The Blue Jays are America’s team and are better than people give them credit for. … Continue reading Monday Musings 10.27
Back to regular scheduled programming as I missed last week due to a much needed rest, but I’ve been watching all the sportsball. Let’s dive in. MLB: Dodgers Dynasty Mode Activated The Dodgers are the Yankees of the late ’90s/early ’00s. Fans are even calling them the Evil Empire, a moniker once attributed to the New York bombers. Dynasties, like low-cut jeans, are back in … Continue reading Monday Musings 10.20
Monday is here again and so are my musings on all things sportsball. Let’s dive right in! MLB Playoffs October baseball drama continues to unfold with several teams already heading to the golf course or whatever long-awaited vacation they have planned. I’m sure the Red Sox have already turned Fenway into a Spirit Halloween and the Reds fans are in mourning mode, while Padres and … Continue reading Monday Musings
Another wild weekend of sports is in the books. This time my Packers tied, the U.S. lost on home soil, and the baseball playoffs are set. Let’s get into it. Packers-Cowboys Deliver an Instant Classic In a game that had everything except a winner, the Packers and Cowboys battled to a rare 40-40 tie on Sunday. The scoreboard operator barely had time to breathe as … Continue reading Monday Musings
What a whirlwind weekend in the sports world! From heartbreak on the gridiron to hope on the Formal 1 track to catching playoff fever, let’s dive into everything that caught my attention this weekend. NFL Surprises Let’s talk football disappointments – my Green Bay Packers completely failed to show up against… THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. Yes, you read that correctly. The BROWNS. I’m still processing this … Continue reading Monday Musings
While the trade deadline approaches and Ke’Bryan Hayes has already departed the Steel City for Cin City (Cincinnati), there are more pressing matters at hand. Two players just made their MLB debuts, and boy oh boy do they have spectacular names! Get the champagne out. Warming Jose Bernabel As if the planet wasn’t already warm enough. Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies on … Continue reading Two Delightful MLB Debuts Worth Celebrating
The WNBA All-Star break has arrived, which means we’ve hit the halfway point of the WNBA’s longest season to date (44 games). The festivities tip off tonight, July 18, with the 3-Point Contest and Skills Challenge (8 PM ET), followed by the All-Star Game tomorrow, July 19 (8:30 PM ET). Let’s take advantage of the break in action to check in on how each team fared … Continue reading WNBA Midseason Check-In
Welcome to the 2025 draft edition of “Best Baseball Names” here at Kitchen Sink Sports! Today, we’re diving into the wonderfully weird world of the 2025 MLB Draft class names. Baseball has a long, storied history of magnificent monikers. From legends like Catfish Hunter, Satchel Paige, and Rollie Fingers to modern-day hero Dick Lovelady of the Toronto Blue Jays, to name just a few. The … Continue reading Best Names in the 2025 MLB Draft
My prayers have been answered—Philadelphia is getting a WNBA expansion team—and honestly, I didn’t even have to work that hard for it. WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert just kinda gave it to me. (She must have read my article about the Sixers.) I do have to wait until 2030 for the team to start playing, though. In addition to Philadelphia, Cleveland (2028), and Detroit (2029) are … Continue reading My Take on WNBA Expansion: 90% Excited, 10% Concerned
It has been a minute. This summer has already been filled with all the sports and entertainment a girl could ask for. First, I saw Beyoncé in Chicago in mid-May at Soldier Field (wow I can say I’ve been on an NFL field.) It was like my World Series. I was going to say my Super Bowl, but I saw my Packers beat the Steelers … Continue reading Sarah’s Summer Update
Philadelphia – We’re nearing the All-Star Break. The Philadelphia Phillies have played 78 games and won 47. Right-handed pitcher Aaron Nola has only accounted for one of them. It took him until May to win his first game (a 7-2 victory over the Diamondbacks), and he hasn’t won one since. Is he going to win another game this season? Yes, I know Nola is on … Continue reading Aaron Nola Might Not Win Another Game This Season
I am probably one of the few San Antonio Spurs fans who was born and raised in Indiana, I have never been to Texas and have no connection at all to the city. But, when you are six years old and handed a basketball video game for the very first time and you have no predetermined fandom, you pick the best team. That team happened … Continue reading In 49 States…
On May 16, the WNBA tipped off its 29th season. Only a week has gone by since then, but this season has already been historic. The Golden State Valkyries played their first game ever as the league’s newest franchise and, in their second game, picked up their first win. Saturday’s Fever-Sky game averaged 2.7 million viewers, making it the most watched WNBA game on ESPN … Continue reading WNBA Opening Week: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Recently, sports media has had a lot to say about schools switching conferences, the Pac-12 (temporarily) going out of business, and the subsequent rise of the Power 4 superconferences. But most of the talk has centered on football and basketball. The Southeastern Conference (SEC) got a record fourteen men’s basketball teams (out of sixteen–sorry LSU and South Carolina) into the 2025 NCAA Tournament. And it … Continue reading The Craziest Result of Conference Realignment? SEC Softball
In the first episode of the KSS podcast (go give it a listen if you haven’t yet!), Ben asked me who my WNBA team is, and my answer was that I don’t have one. I’ll always be partial to whatever team Natasha Cloud is on (go Hawks), but I really don’t have a WNBA team in the way that I have, say, an NFL (go … Continue reading Why I Root for Women’s Sports, Not Women’s Sports Teams
Let me explain what WAGs and SOAPs mean: WAGs stands for “wives and girlfriends” of professional athletes. The term has always felt uncomfortable to me, though I’ve struggled to articulate exactly why. After working in various baseball front offices and spending time with WAGs and helping players’ families, I’ve realized how exclusionary (and yes, still unsettling) this term truly is. People say sports imitates life … Continue reading Why We Need to Retire ‘WAGs’ and Embrace ‘SOAPs’ in Professional Sports
Ahhh spring time, one of the best times of the year. The days begin to lengthen. The flowers start to bloom. The warm weather starts to stick around for more days at a time. And the Mariners are at the top of the AL West. Every year, I look forward to this point in the calendar. Coming out of winter, I love the changing of … Continue reading The Leaderboard of the AL West is my Groundhogs Day
There’s no rest for the wicked. The day after the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament concluded, the women’s college basketball transfer portal opened to the general public. The portal closed to new entries at midnight on April 22, closing a four-week period in which over 1,000 players entered their names. While no new players can enter the portal (unless they’re a graduate transfer … Continue reading The Transfer Portal Giveth, The Transfer Portal Taketh Away
At the ripe age of 31, I decided to change my career. For much of my adult life, I’ve been in the construction industry. While that is of course a tough profession, nothing could have prepared me for the endless, deep, and dark abyss that is LinkedIn. Well, that’s not really true. I’ve been a sports fan my whole life. I’m built for this shit. … Continue reading Being a sports fan prepares you for the hell that is LinkedIn
As the first round of the NBA playoffs gets underway, I’m sitting here with no team to root for and reflecting on how glad I am that the Sixers’ season is over. I’m from Philly (well, actually, I was born in Houston and then grew up in a suburb outside of Philly) and basketball is my favorite sport, but this year the Sixers lost me … Continue reading Thank God the Sixers’ Season is Over
Wait, WNBA draft reaction? Didn’t the NCAA tournament end like a week ago? Yes, yes it did. And we keep it moving over here in women’s basketball, because the WNBA season tips off on May 16th. Read on for my semi-pro analysis of the 2025 WNBA Draft. First Round Note: As of 2025 there are 13 WNBA teams, but the Las Vegas Aces had their … Continue reading WNBA Draft Reaction
Holy missed putt, Batman?! Was anyone else glued to their TV all Sunday long? I’d say I was locked in Friday and Saturday, too, but… those were nap days. I was on the phone with a friend Saturday when she asked what I was up to: crossword puzzle book in hand, the Masters on the big screen, baseball streaming on my laptop. Her response? “Oh, … Continue reading Dad Vibes
The Masters, a tradition unlike any other. The best major of the year, at the greatest golf course money can build. It’s truly a special week, and a special place. It’s a weekend of golf that feels stuck in the past. Thank god they’ve made some adjustments so it’s not COMPLETELY stuck in the past. Like finally allowing women to join the club. One of … Continue reading I know who I WON’T be betting on to win The Masters
It took thirteen innings on a cold but sunny April day in Pittsburgh, but somebody had to do it—and yesterday, that somebody was Joey Bart. I had a free afternoon, so I figured I’d catch a baseball game and get myself to God’s country. Luckily, I was sitting in the sun because it was otherwise pretty nippy. My nose actually got sunburned! Anyway, neither the … Continue reading Joey Bart’s a Hero and Other Musings
*WARNING: White Lotus Season 3 finale spoilers!! Wow, what a weekend! First, the Mariners get swept by the Giants with ANOTHER walk off, and Victor Robles gets carted off the field with a shoulder injury. Then, the most pure and likeable character in all three seasons of White Lotus gets killed in the finale. And to top it all off, Vladimir “Vladdy Daddy” Guerrero Jr. … Continue reading Vladdy Daddy Should Be a Seattle Mariner
Okay, I know we’re only a week in. But after what we saw last year, I think it’s time we have the chat. Is Julio Rodriguez that guy? Here’s a list of things I would rather do than have to write this: You get the point. As a lifelong Mariners fan, this is a devastating subject to write about. Julio was electric in 2022, his … Continue reading Is Julio Rodriguez that guy?
The morning began with a steady stream of ambitious undergraduate and graduate students filing into a conference room overlooking the Ohio river. Through the windows, Pittsburgh’s unpredictable spring weather put on a show—snowflakes dancing in the wind one moment, sunshine breaking through the clouds the next. Inside, about 50 students gathered around black-clothed tables, their padfolios and blazers marking them as eager prospective sports communication … Continue reading Inside the 2025 Steelers Student Communications Summit
Today’s the day! The tank is clean. Baseball is back, baby! Opening Day of Major League Baseball should be a national holiday. If baseball truly is America’s pastime, why don’t we, as a nation, get the day off? The Super Bowl should also be on the Sunday before Presidents’ Day so everyone gets the next day off. America needs to lean into leisure more and … Continue reading Today’s the day!
What a weekend of sports! Did I call that Lando would win or what?! In a race that had more plot twists than a Netflix series, The Australian Grand Prix was chaotic in every sense of the word. Max seemed unusually happy with a second-place finish, maybe because he actually had fun racing or perhaps the taste of humble pie isn’t so bad after all. … Continue reading Monday Morning Madness
Big weekend in sports! Golf! Racecars! This weekend, I’ll be firmly glued to my couch, training for the Olympics of laziness while watching competitions. First up, it’s The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, where the top players in golf try to hit a ball into a hole with a stick—talk about a wild party! I’ll be cheering for my favorite players: Obviously, Scotty Scheffler is … Continue reading F1 Australian GP & The Players
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