Sporting a new look in a new residence, Zach tackles topics ranging from Djokovic’s early-season dominance and an unexpected positive outcome from a positive drug test to a look forward at another season opener in the sports world…

Wednesday morning really left me with a lot of time to think, and boy was there plenty to think about. I was up before 4:00 am, waking up to drive my wife to the airport for a week away on business. (Sweetheart that she was, having been up awake all night unable to sleep, she [...]

With the conclusion of Wednesday’s games, the UEFA Champions League is officially halfway through its group stage. When the groups were first announced, I made my predictions as to who would be advancing on to the knockout phase of the competition. Ranking every group 1-4, I pretty much laid it all out there on the [...]

   I wasn’t planning on having to write this piece, and I wasn’t planning on having to bring this week’s column to you late. What you’ll read deeper into this week’s edition is the direction I’d hoped to go, discussing hour tournaments like the Olympic hockey spectacle and the Davis Cup and the Ryder Cup are [...]

Just as one continent wraps up their tournament of champions, another gets theirs ready to start anew. On the heels of Internacional’s Copa Libertadores victory over Chivas last week, Italy’s Internazionale gears up for its Champions League title defense after their defeat of Bayern Munich in the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid last May. Inter [...]