by Brian Wright | Apr 28, 2014
With the first (full) month of the 2014 MLB season nearly in the books, officiating has been a hot topic thus far. Rarely do major league umpires get praise for good calls or for the way they command respect and hold a game together. But we’ll break from tradition and...
by Brian Wright | Apr 28, 2014
With the first (full) month of the 2014 MLB season nearly in the books, officiating has been a hot topic thus far. Rarely do major league umpires get praise for good calls or for the way they command respect and hold a game together. But we’ll break from tradition and...
by Tim Starks | Apr 27, 2014
(Manny Pacquiao is not receiving oral pleasure after beating Timothy Bradley; Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports) If you’re looking for another measurement of how dismally boxing’s 2014 has kicked off — as if anyone needed any more evidence; put...
by David Rogers | Apr 25, 2014
Do you suffer from Second Hand Stink? What is that, you ask? It’s when your significant other uses the bathroom and you have to suffer through the unpleasant aftermath. Apparently there’s a product designed to combat just that. Meet Poo-Purri: Here’s...
by David Rogers | Apr 25, 2014
Do you suffer from Second Hand Stink? What is that, you ask? It’s when your significant other uses the bathroom and you have to suffer through the unpleasant aftermath. Apparently there’s a product designed to combat just that. Meet Poo-Purri: Here’s...
by Ian Casselberry | Apr 25, 2014
It took about a month for MLB to figure out what constituted a catch under the expanded guidelines of instant replay this season. But executives, players and umpires have gotten together to stop a strict interpretation of the “transfer rule” that had made...
by Joe Lucia | Apr 25, 2014
On Thursday’s episode of High Heat with Christopher Russo on MLB Network, Russo spoke with Chicago White Sox broadcaster Hawk Harrelson. The interview never quite dove into “the will to win” depths, but Harrelson did talk about the time he nearly won...
by Ken Fang | Apr 25, 2014
In a rare instance of a network executive criticizing a league rule, ESPN President John Skipper spoke out this week against the infamous NBA’s one-and-done which has affected both college and professional basketball since 2006. Speaking at the annual College...
by Ken Fang | Apr 25, 2014
In a rare instance of a network executive criticizing a league rule, ESPN President John Skipper spoke out this week against the infamous NBA’s one-and-done which has affected both college and professional basketball since 2006. Speaking at the annual College...
by Joe Lucia | Apr 25, 2014
I have some bad news – there’s no Giancarlo Stanton homers featured this week. Also, there will be no Trumbombs featured for the foreseeable future after the Diamondbacks placed their slugger on the DL with a fractured foot. However, I also have some good...
by Joe Lucia | Apr 25, 2014
I have some bad news – there’s no Giancarlo Stanton homers featured this week. Also, there will be no Trumbombs featured for the foreseeable future after the Diamondbacks placed their slugger on the DL with a fractured foot. However, I also have some good...
by Garrett Wilson | Apr 25, 2014
The Mariners shocked the baseball world this winter by ponying up $240 million to lure Robinson Cano away from the Yankees. In a perfect world, landing Cano would vault the Mariners into contender status, breathe some life into their perennially moribund offense and...
by Matt Yoder | Apr 25, 2014
Jon Gruden’s QB Camp is one of the most interesting things that ESPN televises every year. If we could just limit pre-draft talk to Gruden diagramming Spider 2 Y Banana with quarterbacks, we’d all be better off. But what if Gruden went through...
by Matt Yoder | Apr 25, 2014
Jon Gruden’s QB Camp is one of the most interesting things that ESPN televises every year. If we could just limit pre-draft talk to Gruden diagramming Spider 2 Y Banana with quarterbacks, we’d all be better off. But what if Gruden went through...
by Joe Lucia | Apr 24, 2014
During Wednesday night’s Yankees-Red Sox game on ESPN, Michael Pineda of the Yankees was ejected for having a large glob of pine tar on his neck. It was the second time that Pineda had a pine tar incident against the Red Sox this year, and the common sentiment...
