Hi Friends! Hope you're doing well. Time for some early football overreactions from the CFB and NFL based on the first few weeks of play. Will some come true? Maybe, but most likely not. These are mostly ludicrous OVERreactions though some may feel plausible. Some will be teams we expect to be terrible who showed out with hyperbolic success conclusions. Others will be teams we expected to be great who looked awful with doomsday scenarios. Between my own and a few guest contri

Hi Friends! The 2026-2027 NFL season opens this evening at 5:20 pacific time at Lumen Field, and my Dad (Seahawks fan) is going with my Uncle (Patriots fan)! It's a Super Bowl rematch between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. In case you forgot, the Seahawks beat the Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl LX led by the historic Dark Side Defense (see DVOA and the 2025 Seahawks). For my #TLDR readers, here is a quick summary of my 2026-2027 NFL predictions before I dive

Hi Friends! Welcome to this every-category extravaganza of a blog: #travel, #food, #chess, #music, #gaming, #sports, and #yoga! The Town Center at Lake Forest Park is truly my home away from home and my favorite place outside of my house. From I-5 N, take exit 177 and stay right to get to Lake Forest Park, the best city out there! You'll take a right eventually into the upper lot you see in the picture below. Coming from I-5 S, take exit 177 again and stay left to get onto Ba

Hi Friends! The college football season is about to start, which means it's time for my Big Ten Football Preview! Before that, thanks so much for all your support of my blog, and for making Music x Yoga by far my most viewed blog, with over 1,000 views! Thanks too for all your comments, both online and via direct message. Back to football. The Big 10 this year is the first conference to have the top two teams in the preseason ranking (AP Poll) since 1987, the year my Dad, who

Hi Friends! The English Premier League (EPL) started this week and there's already been a ton of great action! Let's recap week one and preview the season to come. Be sure to check out Vivaan's Corner | Prodigy Strats for an epic quiz my brother made featuring a place I recently traveled to (Travel Intro) and a team I love in EPL! The league began when newly promoted Coventry took their talents to northern London to face off against the defending champions, Arsenal. Arsenal l

Hi Friends, We just returned from a wonderful week in the Midwest with family and friends and competed at the 126th U.S. Open Chess Championship! In this blog we'll touch on all seven categories: #travel, #chess, #food, #sports, #gaming, #yoga, and #music, so whatever you're here for, read on! First, let's shoutout Port of Seattle and their epic SeaTac airport C concourse expansion! There was lots of space to sit, quiet areas to chill, a yoga room, nice views, and amazing foo

Hi Friends, It's football season again! NFL teams are doing training camp, preseason games have begun (shoutout Panthers and Cardinals for a great opener), and fantasy football drafts are happening constantly! Thanks for all the love on the DVOA and the 2025 Seahawks sports peeps and thanks to all who read Surya Namaskar: A Yoga Flow, my first blog here that surpassed 500 views! We just returned from the US Open Chess Championship in Grand Rapids, Michigan, which was a great

Hey Friends! This is a long one filled with sports, math, and history, so grab some popcorn and let's get to it! Data is a huge part of sports today and advanced analytics help players and teams understand their strengths and challenges even better. Defense-adjusted Value Over Average or DVOA is an amazing metric used in the NFL. Here’s a breakdown of how it works. The specific details are more involved and proprietary so even if we wanted to we couldn’t share them. What is

Hi Friends! In light of the morning LeBron James news (in case you missed it, he's a 76er), we had to post an updated NBA post free agent move madness power rankings. Bringing in my bro Vivaan (a competitive basketball player) and my Dad (a basketball coach) Siva for their rankings as well. In the interest of time, we'll each pick our top 5 NBA teams who we believe will be in the mix for the NBA Championship in June 2027. We acknowledge this is WAAAAAAAY too early but here it

Hi Friends! Today we're going to be recapping an epic Major League Cricket season and share our Fantasy Football Running Back PPR (points per reception) rankings. For those unfamiliar, the sport of cricket is the second most watched sport in the world, after soccer. The biggest cricket league in the world is the IPL (Indian Premier League) and a few years ago, the league decided to create a linked league in the US, called Major League Cricket. Top players from around the worl

Hi Friends! "Cariwch eich calon yn eich llaw." This is a Welsh quote literally translated to “Carry your heart in your hand” meaning travel free and embrace new experiences. Over the last week and a half, July 4-12, 2026, I had the opportunity to travel with Seattle Children’s Chorus to the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Buckle up folks, it’s going to be an epic journey! The journey began at Sea-Tac airport on July 4th. Happy 250th USA! After clearing security, our au

Welcome back! Today we will be doing a brief intro to the wonderful world of sports. We’ll be look over recent news in American football, football, and basketball. I’ll make this one short and sweet, but the next time I do sports content it will be more in-depth and longer. So here we go with the sports intro! Enjoy! FIFA World Cup Final Prediction If you want to watch the World Cup Final, it kicks off at 12 p.m. PDT Sunday! The stage is set. Will LionelMessi and Argentina