by Matt Zemek | May 15, 2014
Some things about organized sports seem to be so easy to see; adjust to; and implement. Yet, smart reforms are frequently ignored by the governing bodies of these sports or the commissioners who wield considerable power over them. It gets to be more than a little...
by Matt Zemek | May 15, 2014
Some things about organized sports seem to be so easy to see; adjust to; and implement. Yet, smart reforms are frequently ignored by the governing bodies of these sports or the commissioners who wield considerable power over them. It gets to be more than a little...
by Matt Yoder | May 14, 2014
P.K. Subban was justifiably ecstatic after his Montreal Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins on the road in a deciding Game 7. Just how ecstatic? Public display of affection with Pierre McGuire ecstatic! HOW ARE WE GOING TO EXPLAIN THIS TO THE CHILDREN?!?!?!...
by David Rogers | May 14, 2014
The NHL’s handshake line is one of the best traditions in sports. It’s a unique, powerful and often very emotional moment as two sides – winner and losers – come together at the end of each series. As we saw when Patrick Kane was mic’d up...
by Matt Yoder | May 14, 2014
The Steve Kerr Coaching Carousel has finally come to a stop and it looks like he’s heading west. After a long flirtation period with Phil Jackson and the New York Knicks, the newly open Golden State Warriors job was too good to pass up. Steve Kerr is going to...
by Ian Casselberry | May 14, 2014
Considering the uproar that consumed the internet and pop culture when Ben Affleck was announced as the next Batman, I was a bit surprised that our daily lives didn’t come to an immediate stop when a photo of Affleck in his new Batsuit had hit the internet. I...
by Ian Casselberry | May 14, 2014
Considering the uproar that consumed the internet and pop culture when Ben Affleck was announced as the next Batman, I was a bit surprised that our daily lives didn’t come to an immediate stop when a photo of Affleck in his new Batsuit had hit the internet. I...
by Andrew Bucholtz | May 14, 2014
There were two vastly different themes in televised draft coverage of Michael Sam this weekend, Sam as a football player and Sam as the first openly gay NFL player. Both are legitimate angles, and deserving of coverage, but they led to a difficult line for ESPN and...
by Andrew Bucholtz | May 14, 2014
There were two vastly different themes in televised draft coverage of Michael Sam this weekend, Sam as a football player and Sam as the first openly gay NFL player. Both are legitimate angles, and deserving of coverage, but they led to a difficult line for ESPN and...
by Andrew Bucholtz | May 14, 2014
There were two vastly different themes in televised draft coverage of Michael Sam this weekend, Sam as a football player and Sam as the first openly gay NFL player. Both are legitimate angles, and deserving of coverage, but they led to a difficult line for ESPN and...
by Shane Clemons | May 14, 2014
Being such a deep draft class, it was easy for teams to select core players in the first round of the draft last Thursday in an effort to bolster their production on the field. 32 players went off the board in the first night of the draft, but not all of those players...
by Shane Clemons | May 14, 2014
Being such a deep draft class, it was easy for teams to select core players in the first round of the draft last Thursday in an effort to bolster their production on the field. 32 players went off the board in the first night of the draft, but not all of those players...
by Pat Lackey | May 14, 2014
There aren’t many specific baseball dates that I remember from my childhood. I have plenty of baseball memories, of course, and I could go on for hours recounting them. I can’t really peg very many of them to specific dates on the calendar though. As I sit...
by Pat Lackey | May 14, 2014
There aren’t many specific baseball dates that I remember from my childhood. I have plenty of baseball memories, of course, and I could go on for hours recounting them. I can’t really peg very many of them to specific dates on the calendar though. As I sit...
by Steve Fetch | May 14, 2014
In one life, Brandon Sherrod is known as a decent rebounder and shot blocker as a forward for Yale’s basketball team. But in another he is an excellent singer. So excellent, in fact, that he was among 14 students chosen to make up Yale a capella group, the...
