“The Glory of their Times” by Lawrence Ritter recounts baseball’s early days, from its speculative origins to the formation of the first professional leagues to the mid-1950s, when decades of tradition established the game as America’s pastime. Through exclusive interviews with players, Ritter gets first-hand accounts of baseball’s past and criticisms of where it’s gone since.

When the Seattle SuperSonics lost their franchise a few years ago, many fans held on to the dream of a triumphant return of the NBA to King County, WA. With news of trouble in several other markets, this dream may come true sooner than later, but a lot of that is up to the city itself and resolving the issue of a desperately-needed new arena.

Toronto’s Andrea Bargnani has been hampered by a calf injury for much of the season already, but when he’s on the court, he’s shown a tremendous improvement in his defensive game compared to years past. What’s the cause for this change? Is he finally ready to lead the Raptors back from extinction?

Joe Paterno, the famous – or infamous – former head coach of the Penn State football program, passed away last Saturday. Affectionately known as “JoePa” to many, his legacy reaches over five decades, yet may be defined by a single moment in time. Is this fair?

Tim Tebow is beyond quarterback. He’s beyond football. He’s a phenomenon. And he’s polarized fans, Christians and pretty much everybody else through his blatant show of religion. Is his following justified, or is this just a flash in the pan that’s destined to pass as quickly as it began?

It’s almost game time at the GM Centre in Oshawa. Downtown, in the shadow of the car factories to the south and the university at the north, is a changing place. The city invested heavily in revitalizing the downtown and it doesn’t look much like the place I left in the spring of 2009. I’m back to get my first taste of the upstart National Basketball League of Canada.

The NBA lockout cost millions of fans the opportunity to sit back and enjoy some hoops. The NFL and NHL seasons comforted a few people, but many, like The Good Point’s Mark Milner, waited on basketball’s millionaires to settle their differences so they could get back to watching the sport they love.

“Lysistrata Jones” is a Broadway play that combines unsuccessful basketball with Greek comedy. The woes of decades worth of losses forces one player to come up with an unconventional way to turn fortunes around, and The Good Point’s Mark Milner breaks down the play.

The quarterback situation with the Denver Broncos this season has been discussed ad nauseum, and it will continue to dominate the headlines for as long as there remains a debate over who should fill the starter’s role. The most recent shift – away from Kyle Orton and towards Tim Tebow – has one of football’s most anticipated projects at the center of it.

Though a future Hall of Famer, Chris Pronger has been somewhat of a journeyman over the course of the past half decade, bouncing around from team to team but somehow always finding his way to a winning club. Is there a reason behind the nomadic lifestyle and what does it mean for the rest of his career?