Hello, and welcome to another edition of ‘Live-Blogging Shish on College Football’. Tonight, it is the 2021 Big Ten Championship Game, between Michigan Wolverines and Iowa Hawkeyes.

Wolverines are coming off defeating Ohio State, Last Saturday. All of the prognosticators believe that Michigan will win Tonight’s game. But is tonight’s conference championship game a trap game for the Maize and Blue?

Hawkeyes, had a good year. They went all the way up to #2 in the polls. But lost to Purdue and Wisconsin.

Wolverines are led by Cade McNamara in passing. While Hassan Haskins leads Michigan in rushing. And Cornelius Johnson leads the Ann Arbor School in receiving.

For the Hawkeyes, they are led by Spencer Petras in passing. While Tyler Goodson leads Iowa in rushing. And San LaPorta leads the Iowa City University in receiving.

Michigan moves the ball on average at 451.2 YPG (226.3 through the air and 224.9 on the ground). Defensively, they yield 319.3 YPG (196.3 through the air and 123.0 on the ground). As for the Hawkeyes, they move the ball at 299.1 YPG (177.9 through the air and 121.2 on the ground). Defensively, they yield 315.8 YPG (210.0 through the air and 105.8 on the ground).

A win for Michigan, should send them to the College Football Playoff. While a Hawkeyes win, will send them to play Utah in the Rose Bowl, on New Year’s Day.

It is 2021 Big Ten Championship Game, between Michigan Wolverines and Iowa Hawkeyes, coming up shortly.

Hello, and welcome to another edition of ‘Live-Blogging Shish on Baseball’. Tonight, it is Game 6 of the 2021 World Series, between Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros.

Both teams split the first two games in Houston. Braves took games 3 & 4, while Astros took Game 5 in Atlanta. Now the Series returns to Houston, with both teams hoping to get decent starting pitching.

It is more important for the Braves, as they attempted to win the World Series, with back-to-back Bullpen Games. They only won the first Bullpen game in Game 4. In Game 5, Astros got to the Braves Bullpen.

Meanwhile the Astros, hope to get some good innings from Luis Garcia. If they win to tonight, they could go with all hands on deck including Odorizzi, Greinke, or Urquidy.
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But Tonight’s Starting Pitchers are left-hander Max Fried for the Braves. And right-hander Luis Garcia for the Astros. Fried lost Game 2, while Garcia lost Game 3. The Braves Southpaw comes in with a strikeout/walk ratio of 7.67, 3.63 pitches/plate appearance, and 0.90 groundout/airout. For Garcia, he comes in with a K/BB ratio of 1.64, and 0.47 GO/AO.

It is Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros, coming up shortly.

Starting Lineups:
Atlanta Braves:
1. Eddie Rosario, LF
2. Jorge Soler, DH
3. Freddie Freeman, 1B
4. Austin Riley, 3B
5. Adam Duvall, CF
6. Joc Pederson, RF
​7. Ozzie Albies, 2B
8. Travis d’Arnaud, C
9. Dansby Swanson, SS

Houston Astros:
1. Jose Altuve, 2B
2. Michael Brantley, LF
3. Carlos Correa, SS
4. Yordan Alvarez, DH
5. Yuli Gurriel, 1B
6. Kyle Tucker, RF
7. Alex Bregman, 3B
8. Jose Siri, CF
9. Martin Maldonado, C

Hello, and welcome to a special edition of ‘Live-Blogging Shish on Baseball’. Tonight, it is Game 1 of the 2021 World Series, between Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros.

Braves have returned to the World Series, for the first time since 1999. They went through a struggling 1st Half, a season-ending injury to Ronald Acuna, Junior. But in the 2nd Half, they pulled away from the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies, to win National
League East.

For the Astros, they were playing well, most of the season. And they crushed the pitching staffs of the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox, in the Postseason. However, they will be without their ace starting pitcher Lance McCullers, Junior (Right Forearm).


Tonight’s Starting Pitchers are right-hander for the Braves. And left-hander Framber Valdez for the Astros. Morton comes in with a strikeout/walk ratio of 2.38, 4.03 pitches/plate appearance, and 1.56 groundout/airout. As for Valdez, he comes in with a K/BB ratio of 2.60, 3.59 P/PA, and 3.50 GO/AO.

It is Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros in Game 1 of the 2021 World Series, coming up shortly.


Starting Lineups:

Atlanta Braves:
1. Jorge Soler, DH
2. Freddie Freeman, 1B
3. Ozzie Albies, 2B
4. Austin Riley, 3B
5. Eddie Rosario, LF
6. Adam Duvall, CF
7. Travis d’Arnaud, C
8. Joc Pederson, RF
9. Dansby Swanson, SS

Houston Astros:
1. Jose Altuve, 2B
2. Michael Brantley, LF
3. Alex Bregman, 3B
4. Yordan Alvarez, DH
5. Carlos Correa, SS
6. Kyle Tucker, RF
7. Yuli Gurriel, 1B
8. Chas McComerick, CF
9. Martin Maldonado, C

Match Location: Yoyogi National Stadium, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

Hello, and welcome to a special blog post. These next few days, I will try and cover the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. My personal interest in this version of the Olympics is because of my brother Brett, who is visually impaired due to a pediatric cancer.
 
From watching the Opening Ceremonies and the Heats of Para Swimming, I am just amazed at not only how these para-athletes are participating at a high level but getting the support from their home countries. Countries that could be impoverished or war-torn. 

​What I am planning to do with the coverage of the Paralympic Games, is on the personal website I will post the United States Team games or matches. While on the Shish on Sports website, I will cover the medal rounds of individual or team events.
 
I start tonight, with Mixed Wheelchair Rugby (Or Murderball, Quad Ruby), there was some hype about this sport, as far as the physicality of the wheelchair version of the sport. Murderball is a cross-between rugby, basketball, and handball. It has some of ice hockey rules as well.
 
Unlike Able-Bodied Rugby, Wheelchair Rugby is 4-on-4. The games are 4-Eight Minute Quarters. And each team must get the ball to their opponents’ goal similar to ABR or American Football.
 
As far as the Match, the United States will take on New Zealand. New Zealand is a country known as a powerhouse in rugby. They will try and go for gold in this Paralympics.
 
The same can be said about Team USA, they are pretty good at getting medals in Wheelchair Rugby. Of course, one of the featured athletes of Team USA is Charles Aoki, who participated in the Rio and London Paralympics.
 
It is United States and New Zealand, in 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby, coming up shortly.

Hello, and welcome to another edition ‘Live-Blogging Shish on College Basketball’. Tonight, it is the 2021 ACC Championship Game, between Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Florida State Seminoles.

Both teams played one less game, due to COVID-19. Florida State didn’t start their tournament until last night due to Duke’s COVID-19 positive test. They defeated North Carolina to advance to ACC Championship.

As for the Yellow Jackets, they played their quarterfinals and defeated Miami Hurricanes. But Virginia Cavaliers had a positive COVID-19 Test, and that is how the Yellow Jackets made it to their first ACC Championship Game since 2010.

The Seminoles would like to establish themselves as the ‘New Bloods’ with a win today. Florida State won the regular season title last year and was awarded the champion due to COVID-19 outbreak, last year.

‘Ramblin’ Wreck’ is led by Moses Wright in scoring and rebounding. And Yellow Jackets are led by Jose Alvarado in assists.

Seminoles are led by MJ Walker in scoring. RaiQuan Gray leads Florida State in rebounding. Finally, Scottie Barnes leads the Tallahassee University in assists.

It is Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Florida State Seminoles in the 2021 ACC Championship Game, coming up shortly.

​Possible Starting Lineups:
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets:
G: J. Alvarado
G: M. Devoe
G: J. Usher
F: M. Wright
F: K. Moore

Florida State Seminoles:
G: MJ Walker
G: A. Polite
G: R. Evans
F: R. Gray
C: B. Koprivica