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I'm bradley and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. Let's put it this way - if the NFL were a girlfriend, you'd be suggesting she see a professional to help her deal with that bipolar behavior she's exhibiting. I mean, WTF? Last week da Bears hang 51 on the Panthers - who, OK, were not exactly a defensive juggernaut. So this week, their home opener, they lay a three point egg on the Vikings - also a defense not to be confused with the '85 Bears. The Gi

I'm bradley and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. Just exactly what did you expect? Week One of the National Football League's 2026 season is in the books and as usual, it always lives up to the unpredictability that is the reason we keep coming back week after week. So let's dig in Surprise #1 - Da Bears. The most fun and entertaining team to watch in 2026 in going to be the Chicago Bears. I mean, they came out of the gate and hung a 50 burger out

I'm bradley and it's my job to keep you from becoming the sucker at the table So the saga of the WNBA goes on. Now, if I were a true, dyed-in-the-wool cynic (which of course we all know I'm not) I would have to believe that if there are grown-ups running the league they could have come to a solution to the whole trans issue a while ago, before the protests and the chaos started. They didn't. Which leads me to believe they really don't want to. I truly think they couldn't be h

I'm bradley and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. Momma bradley did NOT raise any addle-brained children (Of course, you may challenge that assertion if you wish). Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, my mother would find out I did something completely stupid, like cutting school to play milk carton hockey on the roof of the apartment house garage across the street from our elementary school. When she would confront me with this incredible act of stu

I'm bradley, and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. There's nothing funny about forest fire season. In many places in the country, it's been a dry summer - and that means, even well managed forests are going to burn. In Oregon, the Spokane fire is making life dangerous for firefighters and uncomfortable for citizens. Why do I bring this up? Because apparently there are some muttonheads running prediction markets that allow betting on wildfires. And

I'm bradley and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. I am not a political animal. In most cases, I ignore the day to day workings of the tax-fattened hyenas in the swamp. However, I have run out of patience on this whole trans thing, especially when the solution is so simple. Wanna know what to do? End all categories. Period. No more men's and women's track. No more men's and women's swimming. No more division of categories by sex. Wanna play? Just make

I'm bradley, and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. Well, football is back. And that means one thing - baseball will do a slow fade into the west. As the baseball season begins its turn for home, it's not all bad. There are some interesting pennant races. For instance, the American League is loaded with them, with all three divisions up for grabs. The National League? Not so much. More like fighting for Miss Congeniality after Miss America is a stone

I'm bradley - and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. OK, Let's see. LeBron has chosen a new team to play for. Snooze. The Caitlin Clark debacle continues to grow and grow for the WNBA and they still can't figure out what to do with it. Meh. Spain won the world cup - yeah, name me three players for Spain and three for Argentina. Even if I spot you Messi, you still come up short. But here's why sports fans have a truly epic reason to smile. You can s

Places to find bradley - bradleyonsports.blogspot.com, substack, suckeratthetable.com and any of your favorite podcast platforms I'm bradley and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. Sorry to report, I can't give you the skinny and scoop on the Swift - Kelce nuptials. They forgot to send me an invite. I'm sure it just got overlooked in all the chaos of planning it. Had they known most of my misspent youth was sitting in the blues at the Garden any Saturd

Places to find bradley - bradleyonsports.blogspot.com, substack, suckeratthetable.com and any of your favorite podcast platforms I'm bradley, and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. There are just some things that frost my coconuts. And so if this were a dictatorship and I was head tyrant, here are some things I would consider as my unchallenged edicts. First edict - in baseball, I would make it a permanent rule, never to be overwritten - no more combi

Places to find bradley - bradleyonsports.blogspot.com, substack, suckeratthetable.com and any of your favorite podcast platforms I'm bradley, and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. When teams are playing poorly no one lets out the cry, "Fire the owner". Wouldn't work even if you did. The owner is top dog - and whether you like them or not, they have all marbles. All you can do is sit, wish and watch. Truth is owners can be great or owners can suck. Y

Places to find bradley - bradleyonsports.blogspot.com, substack, suckeratthetable.com and any of your favorite podcast platforms I'm bradley and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. The New York Knickerbockers won their first NBA championship in 53 years. And they did it in dramatic fashion. With 9:27 remaining in the third quarter of Game Four, the Spurs held an 81-52 lead. Anyone who had San Antonio to win was doubling down at this point and feeling

Places to find bradley - bradleyonsports.blogspot.com, substack, suckeratthetable.com and any of your favorite podcast platforms I'm bradley and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. More than a few years ago (1986 if you want to be ticky-tack about it), Robert Fulghum wrote a book that became a massive best seller, unlike anything I have attempted to write. It was called, "All I Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten", and in full detail, laid out the

I'm bradley and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. Those of you who follow this column know one thing is universal and true - I hate soccer with a passion unmatched in most mortal men. And right now, I am in soccer hell. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is currently being held across the United States. If you watch Fox Sports at all, and I do, you are assaulted with ads and promos about games, events - anything they can do to make more soccer exciting. Unless

bradley's now on Substack I'm bradley and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. As to the boast that this is the greatest column ever written, the short answer is - it's not. Not ever close. But this is the way we talk today in sports. Everything is blown out of proportion. Hype, is the patron saint of sports reporting. They all do it. They have to do it. The fans have to believe if they miss one event, they've missed something important. That keeps eyeb

Get ready - bradley is loose on social media. Explore the 'Sucker at the Table' podcast or just stick with suckeratthetable.com I'm bradley and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. Back with more to bitch about. You didn't think you were off the hook after part one, did ya now? Well, some of it's mine, some of it suggestions from the peanut gallery. PRESIDENT TRUMP ATTENDS A KNICK GAME - Well, the fact that the Knicks lost the game is kinda funny in my

Get ready - bradley is loose on social media. Explore the 'Sucker at the Table' podcast available on any of your favorite podcast platforms or just stick with suckeratthetable.com for all the latest. I'm bradley and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. It's no secret I love sports. So it's also no secret I hate those idiotic in-game interviews with coaches and players. All I can figure is, some time ago, some focus group featuring dorks and nerds came

You're going to be asked to choose sides. And each side is going to give you a dozen reasons why you should choose theirs. Don't buy the bovine feces. Because that's all it is. Every last word of it. I'm talking about the upcoming war for the 2027 baseball season. Owners are already rattling their sword in favor of a lockout and players rattling right back about a strike. Sounds like it's time for bradley to sit the kids down and spell this out. It doesn't matter whose side y

Get ready - bradley is loose on social media. Explore the 'Sucker at the Table' podcast available on any of your favorite podcast platforms or just stick with suckeratthetable.com for all the latest. I'm bradley and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. The quote is simple - "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results" Research proves that, while attributed to Einstein, this quote was found in the 1980's literature o

I'm bradley and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. This one's gonna make you take a deep breath. It did for me. But if you examine when the four major sports actually began to become organized sports, you're talking 19th century. Baseball, football, hockey, basketball. All 19th century creations. And, though there were some tweaks here and there in each sport, most stayed pretty much the same. What the hell has all this to do with you? Simple. It e