Spring Games
Across the country, spring football practice is wrapping up. The last scrimmage is billed as the spring game and has become an annual event marking …
Across the country, spring football practice is wrapping up. The last scrimmage is billed as the spring game and has become an annual event marking …
The much awaited and repeatedly delayed European Commission white paper on sport was published today and delivered almost nothing that UEFA and some would-be sports …
James Surowiecki writing about Mark Sanchez at the New Yorker: After a farcical 2012 season, in which the New York Jets invented ever new ways …
Last summer we had postings about the impact of new swimsuits on times at the Olympics. Not to be outdone, now equipment may become an …
Skip’s post accurately reflects my feelings as part of Astro-dom (aka Astrodumb). When your main teams are the Rangers and Astros, these opportunities come around …
The college football season kicks off this weekend; every squad has a clean slate and most fans have rosy expectations regarding the fate of their …
Like him or loathe him, Bill Belechick flies his own path. His late fourth quarter decision to go for a first down rather than punt …
State budgets are under pressure everywhere, yet NFL teams still want more handouts. And politicians listen. Here is a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article on what …
From the Toronto Globe and Mail, an on-line voluntary poll asks, Now that talks have progressed, will you be happy to see the return of …
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