They're calling it the "hater bowl." Maybe not in Washington and Massachusetts, but in the other 48 states, there's a lot of hatin' goin' on. See how the NFL's two most hateful franchises squaring off in the final game of the NFL's season of discontent will help to unite a nation. 

Read my latest article, published in the Seattle PI and Oregon Sports News. 

What's a dynasty these days? Have the Seahawks turned the 2015 Packers into the 2014 49ers?
Have the San Francisco 49ers been the same since they lost to the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Championship playoff game a year ago? That narrow loss to the eventual Super Bowl XLVIII champion Seattle Seahawks may very well have altered the course of the Seahawks’ historically fiercest rival. Their 2014 story: No playoffs; fired coach; major questions.

What remains to stop the Seattle Seahawks from becoming the NFL’s latest dynasty? Read about the one thing that can stop the Seahawks from becoming the dynasty their fans think they are about to become. Published in Oregon Sports News, the Seattle PI and Comcast Sports Net Northwest.

Of all the stupid things the Green Bay Packers did to wrest a defeat from the jaws of victory, one takes the cake more than the others. Read what was worst mistake of many that cost the Packers a chance to go to the Super Bowl. 

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (jsonline.com) quoted my (second of two) Packers-Seahawks preview articles, which appeared in the Seattle PI. 

The last time the two NFC Championship teams met it was opening weekend in Seattle. The result of the much-hyped game revealed not much of a contest when the final whistle blew. The Seattle Seahawks laid claim as the team to beat for the 2014 season by defeating the Green Bay Packers 36 – 16. 

If it’s going to be different this time around, here’s how. Read my latest article previewing the NFC championship game this Sunday in Seattle. Published in Oregon Sports News and the Seattle PI. 

Sometimes, things go according to the script. Way back in late August / early September, the NFL's opening weekend matchup that featured the Green Bay Packers at the Seattle Seahawks was billed as a potential preview of the NFC Championship game. Turns out the hypesters were right. 

Read my latest article about how the two top NFC teams have evolved —  and how they match up now — as they square off again for the right to go to the Super Bowl. Published in Comcast Sports Net Northwest, Oregon Sports News and the Seattle PI.