Loading ...NBA Free Agency is underway, which means the clock is now ticking for LeBron James and a host of other marquee free agents. There’s never been an offseason so anticipated and likely won’t be again for a long time. It has a chance to be an historic period of player movement, but it hinges on [...]
Stephen Strasburg is the most talked about and watched player in MLB right now. I don’t care what his record is. I don’t care he’s only pitched for a month in the bigs. I want him at the All-Star Game. The game is for the fans. It’s a popularity contest made even worse by the [...]
If soccer is to become a sport more Americans care about, the national team needs to have an extended run in the World Cup and the focus needs to be on the players and teams, not the officials. Sadly, we’ll have to wait another four years for a chance to make that dream a reality. The Americans dig [...]
At the end of last season, when he was battered and beaten in the NFC Title Game, I finally consented to call Brett Favre by his name. After two years of his offseason drama queen act, the old man sounded like he was done after turning in one more vintage season, only to be crushed by [...]
It took three days, 183 games and over 11 hours, but John Isner finally defeated Nicolas Mahut in the most amazing tennis match that will ever be played. Frankly, I’m tired just thinking about it! Apparently, so was Isner, who bowed out in straight sets in his 2nd round match. He’s now gone from Wimbledon, but [...]
The U.S. was on the verge of another heartbreaking, controversial draw. Like against Slovenia, the referees wrongly took away a goal the team scored. Worse, the tie would knock them out of the World Cup. But this time, they refused to be denied. The game went to extra time and in the 91st minute, announcer Ian Darke [...]
I was just starting to miss basketball and hockey. But then sports insanity broke out in a big way. Sadly, instead of a bunch of great highlights from the U.S. Open, the World Cup, interleague play, Wimbledon and NASCAR, we were treated to a series of lowlights not likely to be equaled anytime soon. Somebody had [...]
I want those three hours of my life back. If that wasn’t the worst NBA Finals Game 7 ever, I don’t want to know what was. The Lakers scored 14 points in the first quarter and 30 in the first half and still won the title. They stunk and the Celtics ended up playing worse. [...]
I’m happy to see the Lakers and Celtics are headed to a Game 7. The teams are pretty evenly matched, so this is the way it should end. But can we please have a really close, exciting game, just once in the series? Is that too much to ask? Game 1, the Lakers manhandled the Celtics. [...]
With the NBA Finals, interleague baseball and World Cup soccer all going on over the weekend, it’s hard to believe a musical instrument could be a big story, but it is. For everybody who ever hated hearing a cowbell at a game, your new nightmare has begun. They’re actually much louder in person - The biggest controversy in [...]