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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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…
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.…
Folks, it’s Sunday morning and I’ve already cleared a pot of coffee, because this is an emergency in the state of Colorado. Both of our big FBS programs sit at 2-2. Both lost Saturday. Both are now staring at the same question: CSU and CU bowl eligibility. Can the Rams and the Buffs each get to six wins and play…
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…
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…