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Hard Foul Sports Podcast Ep. 47 – Brackets on the Brain

Posted on March 14, 2016 by | Leave a comment
The University of Buffalo has a bad case of March Madness. (Getty Images)

The University of Buffalo celebrates winning their second straight MAC Championship. (Getty Images)

Brackets. Brackets. Brackets.

Tis the season for Bracketology. The country has March Madness and so does Hard Foul Sports. On this episode of the podcast Cruz Serrano, Mike Tolsma, Zack El-Sharif and Evan Sally all share their brackets, along with their upsets and who’s going to make the Final Four along with their opinions on St. Bonaventure getting snubbed, Buffalo’s matchup with Miami and some other Selection Sunday stories.

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For Peyton Manning It’s Always Been About Control

Posted on February 4, 2016 by | Leave a comment

– Zack El-Sharif

Manning controls his destiny one last time. (Getty Images)

Manning controls his destiny one last time. (Getty Images)

Peyton Manning is a living legend, he’s had a storybook career and on Super Bowl Sunday he might be able to write his own ending. Peyton has always been in control whether it’s at the line of scrimmage or during that crazy off-season where the Colts decided to cut him because they were in position to draft Andrew Luck. That summer of 2011 Peyton controlled the attention of the NFL, and virtually every team wanted Peyton. From Arizona all the way to Minnesota the reports about him going to a team were wild and full of speculation, the only person that knew where Peyton was going was Peyton. This is a rare circumstance due to the fact that it seems like NFL front offices control every move of the players. Normally a team wouldn’t bother signing a normal 36 year old quarterback, especially one that just missed a full season due to neck surgery, but luckily for Peyton he was never normal. Peyton was a QB that had 11 seasons of 4,000 plus yard passing seasons, 399 passing touchdowns and 4 time MVP. Continue reading →

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NBA Mini Roundtable

Posted on January 22, 2016 by | Leave a comment
LeBron had seen enough from Coach David Blatt. (Getty Images)

LeBron had seen enough from Coach David Blatt. (Getty Images)

Steve Stich, Jim Bearor, Zack El-Sharif and Evan Sally check in with the main contenders in the NBA, the Cavs, Bulls, Warriors, Spurs and Thunder.

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Hard Foul Sports Podcast: Episode 39

Posted on January 21, 2016 by | Leave a comment
Brady and Manning will meet in the AFC Championship for perhaps the last time. (Getty Images)

Brady and Manning will meet in the AFC Championship for perhaps the last time. (Getty Images)

Zack El-Sharif joins Evan and Stich this week filling in for Mike Tolsma. We start this week taking a break from the negativity of the Bills  season to celebrate the positive. Each of the guys shares their top 3 favorite moments of the Bills season. We then talk about the biggest needs for the Sabres right now and what direction this team should go in. We finish the show talking NFC and AFC Championship games, joined by HardFoulSports.com NFL writer Jim Bearor.

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Hard Foul NFL Playoff Predictions

Posted on January 8, 2016 by | Leave a comment

– Zackary El-Sharif

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What a time to be alive. The country has Powerball fever and the sports world’s excitement for the NFL playoffs is heating up, luckily for the people of frigid Minnesota. That’s right it’s the time of the year where Tom Brady sits on the throne and the Buffalo Bills stay at home. Tom Brady is going into the month of January searching for his 5th Super Bowl ring, while the Seattle Seahawks hope to return to the Super Bowl for the 3rd consecutive season. Have no fear, there are some interesting teams that could pose a threat to the teams that have reigned supreme the past few seasons. Continue reading →

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Hard Foul NBA Roundtable

Posted on October 30, 2015 by | Leave a comment
Who will challenge the defending champion Warriors this season?

Who will challenge the defending champion Warriors this season?

To kick off the NBA season, Mike Tolsma, Evan Sally, Steve Stich and Zack El-Sharif got together to preview the league. Midway through the podcast we were joined by Adam Bennett from Hard Foul Sports Cleveland. It was a fun conversation going all over the Association.

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Sharif’s Quick Shots

Posted on September 24, 2015 by | Leave a comment

– Zack El-Sharif

Week 2, where the survival pools thin out, and fantasy owners panic. The Bills are 1-1 after a very anticlimactic game versus the Patriots. All the hype and excitement for the game faded away right around 1:30 Eastern Time. The Bills came out strong and then went into complete self destruction mode. I have some thoughts on that and other things that happened around the NFL this week.

3 Things That Stood Out About the Bills: 

Brady and Belichick made Rex's talk look a bit foolish this week. (Getty Images)

Brady and Belichick made Rex’s talk look a bit foolish this week. (Getty Images)

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The Hard Foul Pick ‘Em: Week 2

Posted on September 18, 2015 by | Leave a comment

– The Hard Foul Staff 

Week 1 is in the books, and the Hard Foul Staff looked like this with their predictions:

Brian Wolf led the way with 13 correctly picked winners.

Angela Nicholas, Evan Sally, Matt Haring, and Steve Stich had 11 correctly picked winners.

Scott Goodwin and Cruz Serrano knotted 10 winners a piece.

Rounding out the group was Jim Bearor, Zack El-Sharif, and Mike Tolsma with 8 winners.

This week, the gang does this one a little different. This is the style we intend to use the rest of the way. The staff decided on 4 big games and will be picking those, with the inclusion of Adam Bennett (HFSCleveland) as well.

The games this week we have decided to pick are: New England at Buffalo, Seattle at Green Bay, San Diego at Cincinnati, and Dallas at Philadelphia. Who do you have in this week’s Big 4? Continue reading →

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Sharif’s Quick Shots

Posted on September 16, 2015 by | Leave a comment
Karlos Williams and Tyrod Taylor celebrate after Williams scored his first career touchdown. (Getty Images)

Tyrod, Karlos and the Bills had Ralph Wilson Stadium jumping on Sunday (Getty Images)

– Zack El-Sharif

Week One for the Bills and the rest of the NFL is in the books. Here’s everything you need to know about the first weekend of football.

3 Things That Stood Out About the Bills:  

1) Karlos Williams looked good. First time the kid touches the ball he scores on a great run. He also looked like he knew what he was doing, as he would be at a stalemate at the line and he would just lower his helmet and get extra yards every time. It was incredible to see a 5th round pick do that. It makes it harder to miss Fred Jackson when you see a guy perform like that. A great find by Doug Whaley.

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The Hard Foul NFL Preview

Posted on September 10, 2015 by | Leave a comment

football-by-keri-weilandWith the NFL season rapidly approaching the Hard Foul Sports staff shares their picks for the AFC and NFC playoffs, which teams make the Super Bowl, their Super Bowl Champion, league MVP and a few other picks sprinkled in. FOOTBALL IS HERE! Continue reading →

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