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"The Truth" on Bonds
This week's Sports Illustrated cover story excerpts parts of the new book, Game of Shadows, detailing the evidence about Barry Bonds' steroid use. SI.com also carries the story. Their documentation, ... -
Soccer in Seattle
A bit behind on this, but the new MLS team in Seattle (The Sounders) have sold more season tickets (per game) than the Mariners. Here the writeup in the Puget ... -
Bergkamp, Zidane, and Fame
Watching Dennis Bergkamp's vision, touch, and pace in the 1994 World Cup converted me from an occasional soccer watcher into a real fan. His move to Arsenal in 1995 quickly ... -
Singletary v. Madden on Management
The San Francisco 49ers won their first game yesterday, beating their even more hapless cross-Bay rivals, the Oakland Raiders. The Niners' head coach, Mike Singletary, took over from Mike Nolan ... -
Texas A&M Stays in "Varsity's" Shadow
"The eyes of Texas are upon you", that's the song they sing so well Sounds like hell, so good bye to Texas University We're going to beat you all to ... -
The Media and Sports Royalty
The web buzzed this morning over John Calipari's remarks concerning Duke's flopping, USA Today, Huffington, ... Coach K's responded, but his reply subtly tells Calipari's story, "There's a difference between ... -
Aggressive & Passive Responses to Doping
A Yahoo! Sports headline and associated summary regarding the Tour on Monday headline reads, Sastre Wins Doping-Scarred Tour de France. Setting aside moral philosophy, I wonder whether the Tour's (and ... -
Plays or Players?
During his trip to the Jacksonsville Jags' camp, SI.com's Don Banks elicited a couple of interesting quotes: From [QB Byron]Leftwich: "You can't describe Carl's system. It's a little bit of ... -
Defense & Championships
This quote comes from Tom Coughlin in a recent NY Times article (registration required): I'm a believer that defense wins championships, ... And I'm a believer that you have to ... -
Taxing Slow Play
Time is valuable even for sports fans. The Masters is one of my favorite sports events (even if run by an all-male club) but watching a player stand, talk to ... -
Favrenomics
Since every other writer out there in sports media and blogdom has chimed in on the Brett Favre saga, why not somebody from the SE? Why not me! Of course, ... -
Sports Commissioners in the "Gangster" Era
"I talked to that whole staff. I said this is my city. I'm cut from a different cloth. None of them guys on their team is like me. I let ...