Dave Briggs

3 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | Dave Briggs

Ever wondered how a minor league baseball team would fare in the majors? Finally, I suspect we have our answer!With no due respect to the Colorado Rockies, we’re seeing why the Rocky Horror Show was intended for mature audiences. And their misadventures have begged another question — one posed to us this week by a reader who was only half joking. Is it possible the Mud Hens are … better than the Rockies?

3 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | Dave Briggs

The American Academy of Audiology recommends wearing hearing protection whenever noise levels exceed 85 decibels — think power tools or a lawn mower — advising that exposure to such volumes “for extended periods can cause permanent hearing loss.”Most people would take that as a warning. Walleye fans? They treat it as a challenge. So on another wired hockey night at the Huntington Center, I set out Monday to settle the debate once and for all: How loud is this madhouse, really?

3 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | Dave Briggs

If you had told Will Howard a year ago that he would become the toast of Ohio — that he would meteor from a one-year rental into forever royalty with a postseason run for the ages — the quarterback would have smiled and tipped his cap to your imagination. “Coming to Ohio State, I didn’t really think that far ahead,” he said. “I’m just thinking, I want to win the freaking starting job.”But, sometimes, life comes at you fast.

3 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | Dave Briggs

The Kelly Cup Finals is a tale of two ECHL cities. In one, the games are so quiet you could hear a puck drop. In the other, they’re so loud I’ve seen the gulls outside wearing earplugs. As the Walleye and Trois-Rivières Lions got the show on the ice Saturday, you can guess which one is which. The scene in Toledo was downright electric.

1 month ago | toledoblade.com | Dave Briggs

Some years, they contend, some years, they combust. But say this for Toledo football. The Rockets are always in the conversation. This season is no different. When DraftKings this week became the first major sportsbook to release 2025 college football win totals for all 136 FBS teams, the usual suspects topped the list, from reigning champion Ohio State (10½ wins) and Georgia (9½) to … UT. The University of Texas was pretty high up, too.