When you think of Thanksgiving Day football, what comes to mind? The “Butt Fumble”? Barry Sanders slicing and dicing through defenses for the Lions? Randy Moss getting his revenge on … Continue Reading Touchdowns and turkeys: Former NFL players explain how it feels to play in league’s Thanksgiving Day games
What if I told you that the league’s best wide receiver could get himself shipped out of three different cities in less than a year? What if I told you … Continue Reading Out of Business: The full timeline of Antonio Brown’s 11-day tenure with the Patriots
The sport of mixed martial arts often gets a lot of flack from first-time fans for the brutality they see during a bloody bout, or insults from fighters looking to … Continue Reading ‘$50,000 fireworks show’: UFC’s Randy Costa letting fights do the talking as he looks to honor fallen friend’s legacy
With the NFL inching celebrating its 100th season, football fans are feeling all sorts of nostalgia as the league celebrates a century’s worth of historic games, legendary players and numerous … Continue Reading New England Patriots All-Time Draft: Team reporters, NFL writers take their pick of historic Pats players
Sure, many sports fans would argue that the game being played on the field, court or ice is what really glues them to their seats while they’re watching the NFL, … Continue Reading Pick-Six: Best active sports announcers
Austin Bumpus, founder of The Swing of Things, recently joined Rob Huckins on the latest episode of “Trails to Peaks Radio,” talking about the mindset and motivation behind The Swing … Continue Reading The Swing of Things’ Austin Bumpus joins Trails to Peaks Radio to discuss site’s creation, other topics in sports media
Featuring ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt and Jackie MacMullan, Boston 25’s Tom Leyden, Yahoo! Sports’ Shalise Manza Young, former NFL linebacker and NESN analyst Matt Chatham, former MLB first baseman and … Continue Reading “Answers to the Test: The State of Sports Journalism” Documentary
Tom Brady. Snoop Dogg. Danny Amendola. Mark Wahlberg. Deion Sanders. Guy Fieri. Michael Strahan. Erin Andrews. Michael Rapoport. Bill Burr. Dave Portnoy. At first glance, this list may seem like … Continue Reading From Emerson to Julian Edelman: Director of Patriots receiver’s ‘100%’ documentary talks career path, filming process
Hello everyone, and welcome back to the new and improved version of The Swing of Things! About three years ago, this site served as an outlet for a staff of … Continue Reading Letter from the Editor: The reboot
With March Madness in full swing, I figured it was the perfect time to bust out this Pick-Six idea of the top Cinderella stories in NCAA tournament history. Everyone’s picking … Continue Reading Pick-Six: Top March Madness Cinderella stories
