After a somewhat rocky off-season which included the threat of possibly losing 3 team owners, the MFL kicks off it’s 8 season as a keeper league. We were close to losing 3, but narrowly escaped losing only 1. Jim G. (Nick’s uncle) has abandoned his team and early reports indicate that he will be replaced by Will Decker. Will brings familiarity with the league and baseball knowledge to the MFL. [...]

Everybody loves an underdog story. The Mighty Ducks, Remember the Titans…. Underdog. Anyone who disagrees is simply, Un-American. 2012 provided us with the next great tale of an underdog’s journey from rags to riches. It was just a season ago, when Andy Rick joined the MFL. He quickly became a fan favorite, by graciously allowing nearly every opponent he faced to destroy him on a weekly basis. His 2-12 rookie [...]

I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving holidays.  I’m glad that we kept our annual traditional JFL Thanksgiving football game going this year, even with Cooper as a no-show. Thanks to everyone who came out, it was a lot of fun this year. This may have been the year we finally accepted our age by introducing two-hand touch to the JFL for the first time, ever. I didn’t mind one bit. [...]

Week 7 wraps up with all of the likely contenders getting a victory. The three division leaders continue to lead the pack in their respective groupings by winning this week. Markham took down Matt to improve to 6-1. Andy Rick beat Rob and now stands at 5-2 on the season. Frank beat Bill and also leads his division with a 5-2 mark. Outside of the division leaders, the teams closest [...]

It was late August, just before Labor Day. Football shaped brownies and miniature hot dogs were in abundance.  The air crisp and hopes high. It was the end of draft night at Frank’s house and we all had that glazed look in our eye, the kind that one gets after staring and focusing on a small LCD screen for hours pondering when to finally draft David Akers. As things wrapped [...]