Thank you for a fun 2022, Times-Union readers and subscribers. I hope each of you has a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2023.

There have been a ton of things that happened in the sporting world this year that deserve mentioning as we move on to 2023 next week.

It is no secret that I love Notre Dame.

Merry Christmas to each of you. Every Christmas is a good Christmas for me because I finish the day with at least one pleasant surprise.

Sunday nights are pretty quiet at the Grossman Compound.

There are some days, and I swear this on everything I hold dear, that the sports gods will look down upon us, look back at each other, nod their heads and make the decision to give us a day we will be talking about for years to come.

Some weeks, being a Football Guy isn’t as glamorous and fun as it may look on paper.

Tis the holiday season, and a big part of that (for better or for worse) is that we eat big.

The 2022-2023 College Football Playoff selection committee got it right this year, and furthermore, their selection greased the skids for those clamoring for a need to expand the field to twelve teams – not eight, mind you.

Hello everybody. I’m writing this column live from the top of the world.

Working part-time for financial planners Alderfer Bergen for six years made me more aware of the stock market and all the things that go with it.

Greetings from West Des Moines, Iowa, PF Chang’s specifically where I’ll share my thoughts in a tighter-than-usual race against my deadline.

Indiana Department of Transportation has announced “ProPEL U.S. 30” as the title description of the Planning and Environmental Linkage (PEL) study across the U.S. 30 corridor. It further …

First things first, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with friends, family or whomever else you may have spent the day with.

Everyone has something they would like to do or some place they would like to see or visit before their life ends.

I hope each of you enjoyed a happy Thanksgiving.

My friend, Matt, loves the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Recent Sundays have been very busy, but I decided to step on the brake, putz around the house with simple tasks, and watch some NFL football a little more closely than I have.

There are few things that annoy me more than a bad case of writer’s block.

Occasionally, a parent or grandparent will come ask me for my thoughts on the prospects for a family member in their sport.

I am keeping my word about the timeline for evaluating my preseason NFL picks.

In recent weeks, I’ve been writing the introduction to this column last, after I finish up all of my picks for the week.

Saturday night, I was sitting at my broadcast location at Norwell’s gym, getting ready to launch my 33rd season of girls basketball coverage on the radio here in Warsaw.

I believe what we’re experiencing outdoors will be our Indian summer, and its welcome weather adds bounce to my step, boosting my energy. Join me as I topic hop this morning.

I was watching the World Series, and for some reason I started to think back to the days of my youth.