Twin brothers Jim and Harry argue about Colorado sports, the NFL, NBA, NHL, college ball and golf. The opinions are loud. The facts are checked.
Friday means homework, and I already finished mine. The NFL Week 9 schedule runs from a 9:30 a.m. ET breakfast game in Madrid to a Sunday night game at Soldier Field. Before we get there, we have to deal with Thursday night, which was rough on Baltimore.
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Jim Balz’s column originally ran in The Hairy Times, the sister publication of Sports By The Balz.
Folks, put the coffee down and turn up the volume. Tonight’s Avalanche vs Stars game in Dallas was the kind of Central Division hate-fest the schedule-makers wanted. Colorado held off a late Dallas push to win 3-2, and The Hairy Times’ own Andrew Hahn has confirmed the final. My brother Jim spent the night chained to a laptop covering baseball.…
An undrafted rookie quarterback walked into AT&T Stadium and left with Tampa Bay’s first win of the season. That’s how the NFL Week 5 schedule got started, and Sunday should be just as loud. Here’s what happened Thursday night, every Sunday kickoff time and channel, and my picks. My brother Harry Balz will disagree with every one of them, which…
Let me tell you something about Colorado State football that might surprise the casual observer: this program has a pulse. A real one. Not the flatline we’ve seen for stretches over the past decade, but an actual heartbeat that could give BYU some serious problems Saturday night at Sonny Lubick Field. CSU Rams Ready to End BYU’s Streak in Fort…
Sunday was a cardiac test. This NFL Week 8 recap has two overtime games, the league’s last unbeaten team losing and a Broncos goal-line stand that Denver fans will be talking about for years. The Balz twins watched it all from opposite ends of the couch. Harry is 20-14 on the season and still leads the scorecard by a hair.…
Saturday, Oct. 3, was a rough night for Colorado college football. The Buffaloes lost at home to Texas Tech, the Rams got run over by Oregon State in Fort Collins, and Harry Balz has to answer for last week’s Jim vs. Harry predictions. That leaves one question hanging over Boulder: what is Deion Sanders‘ future at Colorado after another lopsided…