Golf gifts under the Christmas tree: Jim Balz unwraps golf balls while Harry Balz, in plaid and a curly wig, holds sleeves of golf balls over a cooler, with a golf bag, umbrella and putting mat in a Colorado cabin.

Golf Gifts 2026: The Balz Brothers’ Golf Gift Guide for Every Golfer

ByJim Balz November 6, 2026

Jim: Welcome to the first gift guide from Fore Play with the Balz Brothers, our new golf section. Shopping for golf gifts is tricky. They already own clubs, they’re picky about balls, and they all think they need one more gadget to fix their slice. So Harry and I split the list: I picked the gear that actually helps your…

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Jim Balz’s column originally ran in The Hairy Times, the sister publication of Sports By The Balz.

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Brew Crew, Champs at Last: Hats Off, Milwaukee!
ByHarry Balz October 29, 2026October 30, 2026

Stand up, Wisconsin. Put on your cheesehead. The Brewers’ 2026 World Series run is done, and Milwaukee finally gets to celebrate. The Brewers beat the Rays in five games for the first championship in franchise history. They had waited 57 years. I’ve watched a lot of baseball, folks, and I can’t remember a title that felt more earned.

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Jim’s Right About Football — But DEAD WRONG About Which Game Matters
ByHarry Balz September 9, 2026October 2, 2026

Listen up, Hairy Times readers — I don’t say this often, but my twin brother Jim actually got something right. Football IS back, and America DOES need this. We need the noise, the passion, the pure unadulterated chaos of grown men crashing into each other while we scream advice they can’t hear from our couches.

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Avs October Schedule: Harry Wrote First, I Write Better
ByJim Balz October 2, 2026October 2, 2026

My brother Harry Balz put up a new post over on our main site, Sports by the Balz. It’s the Avalanche talk you’d expect from him, and he got it published before me. I’ll give him that, since being first is about the only contest Harry wins in this family.

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Jim vs. Harry: Who Won NFL Week 8’s Wildest Sunday?
ByJim Balz November 2, 2026

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.…

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Avs Hold Off the Stars 3-2 as MacKinnon Drops the Gloves Again
ByHarry Balz October 14, 2026October 30, 2026

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.…

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NFL Week 8 Schedule: Eagles-Commanders SNF, Packers Win TNF
ByJim Balz October 30, 2026October 31, 2026

The NFL Week 8 schedule started Thursday with a receiver riding an ambulance to the hospital and back in one night. Sunday has 12 games, and for anyone wearing orange in the Rocky Mountains, one of them matters more than the rest. Here’s the Friday post: the Thursday recap, the full Sunday slate, and my picks. My brother Harry and…

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Golf Gifts 2026: The Balz Brothers’ Golf Gift Guide for Every Golfer

Brew Crew, Champs at Last: Hats Off, Milwaukee!

Jim’s Right About Football — But DEAD WRONG About Which Game Matters

Avs October Schedule: Harry Wrote First, I Write Better

Jim vs. Harry: Who Won NFL Week 8’s Wildest Sunday?

Avs Hold Off the Stars 3-2 as MacKinnon Drops the Gloves Again

NFL Week 8 Schedule: Eagles-Commanders SNF, Packers Win TNF

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