Author Archives: John Middlekauff

During the fall, while working for the Kansas City Chiefs, I witnessed an athletic performance for the ages, and it had nothing to with football. I attended a high school basketball game in which Kansas’ five-time defending state champion played a team with only six players.

For the first time since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, all four No. 1 seeds made the Final Four. All the brackets, all the coverage, all the hype, and it comes down to this weekend in San Antonio. This tournament has been called one of the greatest events, if not the greatest, in all of sports, and by all accounts it has lived up to the hype.

The Super Bowl is right around the corner. This is easily most men’s favorite day of the year.

If you’re a real fan, you’ve had this day marked on the calendar for months. No football fan would have envisioned this match-up, but that’s what always seems to make the Super Bowl so intriguing.

I’ll make this very clear: I can’t believe I’m about to go down this road again. After apologizing to San Diego Chargers fans last week, I wouldn’t have imagined in a million years I would again write something critical of the Chargers like I had in the past.

Well, I must start this column by uttering words that I never thought would leave my mouth, let alone be written in this newspaper. I must swallow what’s left of my pride and face the music.
I must apologize to San Diego Chargers fans. I really blew that one – that’s the bottom line.

The sports world is full of clichés, especially when it comes to football. Sayings like, “this game is going to be won in the trenches,” or “it’s a game of field position,” can be beaten to death while watching a football game.

Over the past month, which has included countless bowl and NFL games, announcers such as Joe Buck and Keith Jackson wear you out with these clichés.