by Joe Lucia | Jul 29, 2014
Calling this season in Boston a nightmare may be an understatement. The Red Sox shocked nearly everyone by winning the 2013 World Series, a year after losing 93 games and finishing in the cellar of the AL East for the first time in 20 years. After the club raced to 97...
by Joe Lucia | Jul 29, 2014
Calling this season in Boston a nightmare may be an understatement. The Red Sox shocked nearly everyone by winning the 2013 World Series, a year after losing 93 games and finishing in the cellar of the AL East for the first time in 20 years. After the club raced to 97...
by Ian Casselberry | Jul 29, 2014
What should Houston do with the Astrodome? It’s one of the more curious civic dilemmas in the U.S. Many fans still hold affection for the stadium (now called NRG Astrodome), though no professional sports team has used it since 1999. No concert has played there...
by Scott Allen | Jul 29, 2014
I’m not entirely sure if Major League baseball, or more specifically Bud Selig had planned on this occurring when he created the second Wild Card, or even the first for that matter. Winning the division is key. It’s never been more important during...
by Andrew Bucholtz | Jul 29, 2014
When Stephen A. Smith went off the rails on First Take last Friday, saying that women have a responsibility to not provoke men into attacking them, he was deservingly and roundly criticized (even by ESPN colleagues), and it seemed likely punishment from the network...
by Andrew Bucholtz | Jul 29, 2014
When Stephen A. Smith went off the rails on First Take last Friday, saying that women have a responsibility to not provoke men into attacking them, he was deservingly and roundly criticized (even by ESPN colleagues), and it seemed likely punishment from the network...
by Allen Kenney | Jul 29, 2014
Fears about declining attendance at college football games have grown so bad that schools are studying Major League Soccer for tips on keeping butts in the seats. That’s the upshot of a recent Wall Street Journal piece on declining attendance at college football...
by Philip Rossman-Reich | Jul 29, 2014
Free agency has pretty much died down at this point. The teams with money and the desire to spend it have spent it. Really, only Greg Monroe and Eric Bledsoe remain unresolved in free agency. The Cavaliers have signed Andrew Wiggins to his rookie contract, meaning...
by Philip Rossman-Reich | Jul 29, 2014
Free agency has pretty much died down at this point. The teams with money and the desire to spend it have spent it. Really, only Greg Monroe and Eric Bledsoe remain unresolved in free agency. The Cavaliers have signed Andrew Wiggins to his rookie contract, meaning...
by Matt Zemek | Jul 29, 2014
A third of a century ago, in 1981, college football wasn’t televised wall-to-wall on Saturdays. The courts had not yet busted open the television landscape, changing forever the way Americans consumed college football as a product… and the ways in which...
by Brian Wright | Jul 29, 2014
The MLB rumor mill is buzzing with speculation—a clear indication that the trade deadline (July 31, 4 p.m. ET) is just around the corner. As is the case with every season, there are the proverbial buyers and sellers. Some clubs are looking to add key pieces for a...
by Brian Wright | Jul 29, 2014
The MLB rumor mill is buzzing with speculation—a clear indication that the trade deadline (July 31, 4 p.m. ET) is just around the corner. As is the case with every season, there are the proverbial buyers and sellers. Some clubs are looking to add key pieces for a...
by Lou Musto | Jul 29, 2014
Two Super Bowl wins. Two Super Bowl MVPs. An 8-3 postseason record in 10 NFL seasons with over 33,000 career passing yards. On paper, it sounds like the summation of a football player primed to enter Canton when he decides to hang it up in anywhere from four to Favre...
by Shawn Anderson | Jul 29, 2014
The Toronto Blue Jays responded to the 14-1 shellacking they received at the hands of the Boston Red Sox last Monday by flipping the score and offering up a whipping of their own. Leading the charge was Melky Cabrera who, not only hit home runs from each side of the...
by Shawn Anderson | Jul 29, 2014
The Toronto Blue Jays responded to the 14-1 shellacking they received at the hands of the Boston Red Sox last Monday by flipping the score and offering up a whipping of their own. Leading the charge was Melky Cabrera who, not only hit home runs from each side of the...
