After his 2011 NBA championship win especially, momentum continues to mount in the argument for Dirk Nowitzki as one of the greatest power forwards in NBA history, already widely regarded as the greatest German basketball player of all time. Though well deserved, as time moves on, it can be easy to forget players of the […]

Let’s talk candidly about the last son of Krypton. Let’s talk about the life and legacy of the timeless brand from the launch of its unprecedented 1930s comic book series to its resuscitated film trilogy in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Or maybe let’s talk about the death of Kal-El that followed shortly after, […]

The unfiltered afternoon sun roasts the concrete behind the visiting team bullpen at the Toronto Blue Jays practice facility in central Florida. With neither cloud nor canopy to temper the pounding heat, the long walk from the players’ dugout down the dusty left field line and out to the away team clubhouse is an arduous […]

With all of the attention surrounding UCLA right-hander Gerrit Cole and Rice infielder Anthony Rendon as top draft picks in tonight’s MLB Draft, no player has had as dominant – and consistent – of a season this year as the University of Virginia’s left-handed phenom Danny Hultzen. As a freshman, Hultzen, a good line-drive hitter […]

One of the biggest stories in football in the last weeks has been of Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel. Tressel put up a 106-22 record with the Buckeyes over the past 10 years, taking them to the 2003 national championship with a Fiesta Bowl victory over the Miami Hurricanes and earning appearances in two […]

Los Angeles is a force on the American cultural, entertainment and sporting scenes. The City of Angels itself held 3,831,868 people in 2009, with the metropolitan area containing 15,250,000. Two NBA teams, one MLB team and one NHL team make their homes in the city, with another MLB and NHL team in nearby Anaheim and […]

One of the most notable differences between the NCAA and NFL brands of football is how distinct the offensive systems are. In the college game, you have everything from the run-focused triple option used by Army, Navy and Georgia Tech to the high-tempo spread options of Auburn and Oregon to passing-focused offenses like Hawaii and […]

It was February 15, 2011, when Theoren Fleury glided off the ice for a short breather during intermission at a charity old-timers’ hockey game. In a dim hallway, the Stanley Cup andOlympic champion calmly addressed local media types about the impact Playing With Fire(2009) has had on his life. “I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into when I […]

The social media juggernaut that is Twitter has caused a great many NFL headlines of late, but just how many of these headlines have come about solely as a result of the ongoing lockout is debatable. There’s a school of thought that ESPN and other mainstream sports sites are grasping at anything even remotely resembling news to fill the […]

Under a minute remained in the Detroit Red Wings’ season. The San Jose Sharks, up 3-2 in the third period of Game 7, were resisting another possible comeback. Having already overturned a 3-0 deficit, the Red Wings were ready to claw back into one last game. Pavel Datsyuk scored minutes earlier to bring the Red Wings to within […]