Laurie Marion – Hockey & College Football Expert

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Laurie Marion joined the Sports Brackets and HockeySchedules.net team last year, bringing her deep passion for hockey and college football to deliver engaging coverage, schedule breakdowns, and bracket insights for fans everywhere. Hockey is her top love—she's been a die-hard Boston Bruins fan through thick and thin, cheering for every puck drop, power play, and overtime thriller on the road to the Stanley Cup. Whether it's dissecting line matchups, playoff predictions, or the latest NHL trends, Laurie combines sharp analysis with genuine fan excitement. On the college side, she's all in on the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Big Ten conference, rooting hard for the maroon and gold while keeping a close eye on the league's powerhouse rivalries, upsets, and March Madness runs. Her coverage spans printable schedules, tournament brackets, and in-depth previews that help fans stay ahead of the action. At Sports Brackets, Laurie contributes across hockey, college football, and related tournaments, always with a focus on practical, fan-friendly content you can trust. From NHL playoff brackets to Big Ten conference outlooks, she delivers reliable insights with a personal touch. Connect with Laurie on social media or leave a comment on her social profiles. She loves chatting hockey rivalries, college upsets, and debating the best brackets!

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These free 2026 college football pick’em sheets give you everything you need to run an office or friends pool this season. Download the printable PDF below: it includes a ready-to-use Week 1 sheet with the marquee matchups already filled in, plus a blank weekly template you can reuse for any week of the season. Print,…
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The 2026 Emirates NBA Cup is set, with all 30 teams drawn into six groups of five. The NBA’s in-season tournament tips off Friday, October 30, runs Group Play through late November, and crowns a champion on Friday, December 11 at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. This page has the full groups, the knockout bracket format,…
2026 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings (PPR): Free Printable Cheat Sheet

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These 2026 fantasy football wide receiver rankings are a free printable PPR cheat sheet with the top 45 wide receivers ranked and grouped into draft tiers. Puka Nacua tops the board; the early names to know are Puka Nacua (LAR), Ja’Marr Chase (CIN), Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA), Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET), CeeDee Lamb (DAL). Print it,…
32-Team Full Consolation Bracket: Free Printable PDF

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This 32-team full consolation bracket is a free printable PDF where every team keeps playing after a loss. Page one is the championship bracket with a 3rd place game, and page two is a consolation bracket where the 16 first-round losers play on for 17th place and the back half of the standings. Nobody goes…
32-Player Ladder Tournament: Free Printable

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This 32-player ladder tournament is a free printable sheet for running an ongoing challenge ladder. Players are ranked 1 to 32, and anyone can challenge a player one or two spots above them; win and you take their rung, so the standings keep moving over days or weeks. The download has the numbered ladder, the…

Laurie Marion author

Laurie Marion is a dedicated hockey and college football enthusiast on the Sports Brackets team. A lifelong Boston Bruins fan and proud supporter of the Minnesota Golden Gophers and Big Ten, she covers schedules, brackets, playoffs, and more with passion and expertise.

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