This NFL preseason had too many storylines to name after a lockout took away most of the offseason. One of them featured one of the NFL’s top running backs, Chris Johnson, holding out from the second-to-last year in his contract with the Tennessee Titans. After his selection as a first-round pick (24th overall) in 2008, […]

One of the most intriguing stories of the summer in college football didn’t focus on player movement, conference realignment or institutional scandal, but rather a journalist’s treatment by his employer. Renowned ESPN journalist Bruce Feldman’s apparent suspension for editing the Swing Your Sword book (by former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach), that included troubling comments […]

In a late-August game at Target Field, Minnesota Twins catcher Drew Butera hit a foul pop-up to Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera. It was the Twins’ final out in a losing effort, and their deficit against division-leading Detroit grew to an insurmountable 18 games. Why is this game, a matchup between a playoff-bound Tigers […]

In continuing with their theme from this offseason, the Philadelphia Flyers have made another move that’s generated chatter among the masses. The Flyers signed James van Riemsdyk, the former second-overall pick of the 2007 NHL Draft, to a six-year deal worth $4.25 million per season. According to Frank Servalli of Philly.com, van Riemsdyk gave his […]

Coaching at the National Hockey League level has never been easy, but the roles that individual bench staffs play with their teams have always been largely influenced by the cultures of the organizations for whom they work, almost as much as their production on the ice. Just look at the New Jersey Devils and the […]

One of the clear perils of the No. 3 and No. 4-ranked teams facing off in a season opener is that one of them has to lose. This past week, that was the case with the third-ranked Oregon Ducks, who fell 40-27 to the depleted but still dangerous fourth-ranked LSU Tigers in their first game […]

The allures of Major League Baseball are unlike those of other North American sports. Quite typically, the pace and tradition of the game work to its benefit, establishing within the sport a sense of timelessness thoroughly appreciated by anyone receptive to its subtleties and summer afternoon tranquility. On the other hand, its relative lack of […]

In 2003 the Lakers were a team that won three of the last four NBA championships. Well actually to clarify, saying that they “won” the championship would imply that there was a chance they could actually “lose” it, which in fact may or may not be true. The Lakers thoroughly dominated the NBA Finals. In […]

Prior to the lockout that wiped out the 2004-05 NHL season, the New York Rangers were a sad organization of sorts. General manager Glen Sather was fixated on looking for the quick fix through the signings of high-priced free agents Eric Lindros, Valeri Kamensky, Stephane Quintal, Theoren Fleury, Kirk McLean, and a slew of others. […]

Every day, sports writers, bloggers, sports information/media relations assistants and broadcasters shove on their thinking caps and bend over their keyboards to pound out a post-game title to their game story, recap, or press release. In the spirit of 100 ways to die, here are 200 ways to defeat the opposition. Headline writers, this one’s […]