From The Hairy Times

Jim’s out chasing a story on what’s going on with the Avalanche, which means for once I get the microphone all to myself. No interruptions. No “well, actually.” Just Harry Balz, a Broncos win, and a scorecard that says I’m the smart twin. Let’s go.

By Harry Balz, Sports Reporter (the twin who reads the standings) Thursday Night Football starts the weekend tonight with two 4-2 teams at Soldier Field, and I’m already fired up. After that you get the No. 1 team in college football at home, a Packers-Lions game with first place in the NFC North on the line, and the unbeaten Chiefs…

Our MNF recap starts with this: the 49ers are 6-0, but they had to sweat for it. San Francisco led 20-3 at halftime at Levi’s Stadium on Monday night, then watched Washington claw back before rookie Romello Height sacked Jayden Daniels on fourth down in the final minute to seal a 23-17 win. Jim and Harry both picked the 49ers,…

College football fell apart on Saturday. Not a single team stayed put in the latest AP Top 25 rankings, after five of Saturday’s top seven teams lost in a first for the poll. Sunday added a London shootout and a Panthers win in Philadelphia, and Week 6 wraps up tonight with Monday Night Football from Santa Clara. The Balz twins…

Week 6 has one more game to go. Tonight’s Monday Night Football game sends Washington to Santa Clara, and the twins have already argued through two pots of coffee. The weekend’s biggest story is a team that can’t buy a win: the Chargers are 0–6 after a 22-6 loss to the Chiefs. Kansas City stayed perfect at 5-0, and the…

Thursday Night Football puts Mile High in prime time tonight. Then comes a Saturday with a top-five Big Ten fight, and a baseball October where the Brewers have the Dodgers in deep trouble. Me? I’m 7-4 on the season and riding a two-game win streak. My dear twin brother Jim is 4-7 with a fresh loss on his card. One…

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.…

Busy night on the sports desk. My brother Harry Balz is at the Avalanche game, so it’s just me, a laptop and too much coffee. The story is Guardians Rays ALCS Game 2. Cleveland came into Tropicana Field with a chance to go up 2-0 and leave Florida with a choke hold on the series. Instead the Rays took Game…

Three wins, two losses, and half of Denver already wants to panic. Not me. Jim can sweat the Broncos; I’ll keep my eyes on the ice. Here’s the Colorado Avalanche record right now. After the Saturday loss to Toronto, the Avs are 3-2-0 and have lost two of their last three. That’s six points from five games. It’s not a…

Harry says the Broncos got lucky. I say they finished the job. Before we get to Broncos vs Seahawks Thursday, here’s the score: Wil Lutz kicked a go-ahead 19-yard field goal with 5:07 remaining, lifting the Denver Broncos over the winless and mistake-prone Los Angeles Chargers 23-17 on Sunday. That makes Jim Balz 1-for-1 on Broncos picks this week. Write…