Dave Dameshek, Author at Sidelines

Dave Dameshek is a writer/broadcaster/terrific fella who's hosted sports entertainment programs on various media for NFL Network, ESPN, Fox Sports, CBS Radio, Fanduel, etc, and written for Jimmy Kimmel Live, ESPN Page 2, various Comedy Central shows (including Crank Yankers, Sports Show w Norm Macdonald, The Man Show & I'm with Busey), the Academy Awards & more. Sports, food & TV are Dave's three best lifelong friends…but professionally speaking, it's football and comedy to which he's devoted the majority of the last two decades, creating & hosting the DD Football Program, Gameday View, The Shame Report, N-if-L & Eternal RedZone on NFL Media platforms.

Articles by Dave Dameshek

February 16, 2023

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Lessons from the 2022 NFL Season, Predictions For 2023

Welp, I’ve resisted writing this for as long as possible…but I guess it’s time to pull the bandaid off. It gives me no pleasure to be the one to tell you, but there won’t be an NFL game played on Sunday. Not on Monday night or Thursda...

February 9, 2023

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Who Will Win Super Bowl MVP? Who Should Have Won It In The Past?

Happy Super Bowl week! Alright, enough with the small talk. We need to figure out our best bets for Super Bowl LVII, including who’s the best bet to win the MVP of the game. We simply haven’t got a moment to spare. So…. It’s no surprise th...

February 2, 2023

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The 57th Annual Vincie Awards

Welcome to the 57th Vincie Awards! I’m your host, Chris Rock… Wait, no. I mean, I’m Dave Dameshek. Y’know, this past season’s been one of the weirdest in the 57 years of the Super Bowl era. Almost as weird as last year’s Oscars. Jada Pinket...

January 26, 2023

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QB Winz: It’s Not Everything, It’s The Only Thing

These are dark times. The pro football season’s only got four teams, three games, and just one Lombardi Trophy left to reward. Sad! At least the serious-minded football analysts are here to provide us with a good laugh. You know the people ...

January 19, 2023

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On the Life of a Sports Fan… And His Son

Talked to my father on FaceTime yesterday. We caught up on Pitt basketball – they might actually be good enough to make this year’s tourney – and the Penguins – how soon will their three best defensemen return, and will i...

January 11, 2023

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The Best QB Playoff Performances In NFL History

Welcome to January! Hope you didn’t fill up on too many breadsticks, because the pigksin playoff buffet is just about to begin. Based on the 56 years of evidence in the Super Bowl era, we already know someone – or several someones &...

December 22, 2022

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Franco Harris: An Immaculate Man

I’m sure you’ve heard actors talk about a dream role turning into a curse, a part becoming so iconic people stopped seeing the three-dimensional person who played it. Same thing sometimes happens with bands: A song breaks so big it obs...

December 21, 2022

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A Sports Wish List For Santa

Dear Santa, Happy Holidays! In case you missed my earlier letters, I’d like to confirm I belong on the nice list this year. The teams I root for, on the other hand, deserve to be on the naughty list for the pain & suffering they’ve cau...

December 14, 2022

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The Worst Position Groups In Sports History

Last week we yin’d, so today let’s yang. In case you missed it, seven days ago I offered up my Top 100 Position Groups by Franchise. Fair’s fair, so here they are, the ten worst Position Groups by Franchise. Apologies and condolences to tho...

December 7, 2022

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Best Position Groups By Franchise

College football’s regular-season polls have been replaced by bowl season, pro football’s power rankings are soon to give way to the playoffs, baseball’s all-important record book is closed ’til spring, and it’s way too early to obsess over...