NFL 2025: Week 17 Picks
Happy holidays and Merry Christmas! NFL Week 17 kicks off on Christmas Day, with three matchups that admittedly looked way better when they were originally announced: Dallas Cowboys at Washington […]
NFL 2025: Post-Week 16 Power Rankings
NFL Week 16 delivered some high-octane matchups that didn’t disappoint. In an instant Game of the Year candidate, Sam Darnold and the Seattle Seahawks defeated Matthew Stafford and the Los […]
NFL 2025: Week 16 Picks
Just three weeks remain in the 2025-26 NFL regular season, but so much is yet to be decided. While most divisions still won’t be clinched after Week 16, the playoff […]
NFL 2025: Post-Week 15 Power Rankings
With Week 15 in the books, there’s just three weeks left to play in the 2025-26 NFL regular season. Week 15 had some exciting results, but as the bigger picture […]
Underdog Broncos Comeback Against Packers for 11th Straight Win, On Path to AFC’s #1 Seed
The 11-2 Denver Broncos entered their Week 15 matchup with the 9-3-1 Green Bay Packers as home underdogs (by 1.5 points) despite winning ten straight games this season and ten […]
BREAKING: Colts Sign Philip Rivers, 44, Out of Retirement in Wake of Daniel Jones Injury
The Indianapolis Colts started their 2025-26 NFL season very strongly, but have been lost three of their last four games to some tough opponents. With Daniel Jones, the unlikely leading […]
NFL 2025: Week 15 Picks
It’s hard to believe there’s just four weeks left in the 2025-26 NFL regular season already. Every team still eligible for playoff contention will have high stakes as the playoff […]
NFL 2025: Post-Week 14 Power Rankings
Fourteen weeks down and just four remain in the 2025-26 NFL season. What was once a crowded, muddy picture (check back to early Power Rankings from this season) is really […]
Madden 2025-26 Broncos: Part 3 (Playoffs and Super Bowl)
After going 13-4 in the regular season, the Denver Broncos earn the AFC’s top wildcard in the postseason. But to get to the Super Bowl, Denver will have to get […]
NFL 2025: Week 14 Picks
There’s some huge games in Week 14 with playoff implications on the line for the 2025-26 NFL postseason. It starts on Thursday Night Football, as Dak Prescott and the surging […]
NFL 2025: Post-Week 13 Power Rankings
The results of the NFL’s Week 13 games have thrown my Power Rankings in to a frenzy. On Thanksgiving Day alone, there there three upsets, with the Green Bay Packers, […]
Broncos Win 9th Straight Game with 27-26 Overtime Win Over Commanders, Quest for #1 Seed Continues
The Denver Broncos just keep on winning football games. It isn’t always pretty, and Denver sometimes plays down to their level of competition, but through 13 weeks, the Broncos are […]
NFL 2025: Week 13 Picks
NFL Week 13 serves as a pivotal point in the season, with all 32 teams in action over Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday, Sunday, and Monday. With just five weeks left […]
NFL 2025: Post-Week 12 Power Rankings
Week 12 of the 2025-26 NFL season brought plenty of change to the Sakmann Sports NFL weekly Power Rankings. There’s no change at the top, after Matthew Stafford and the […]
Shedeur Sanders to Start 1st NFL Game Against Raiders in Week 12
Former Colorado quarterback, son of former NFL player and current Colorado head coach Deion Sanders, and selected in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft to be the fourth-string […]
Acadia National Park/Maine Trip July 2022
In July 2022, my girlfriend (now wife) and I planned a trip for our second anniversary, centered around visiting Acadia National Park in Maine. The trip was important in a […]
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