10 key questions heading into NFL season (The Shelby Star)
10 key questions heading into NFL season (The Shelby Star)
Don t get me wrong, I m looking forward to the Major League Baseball pennant/wild card races and the postseason as much as the next fan, but around this time every year I and many start getting excited about the upcoming NFL season.
Chaos reigns in big leagues (Philadelphia Tribune)
If you have been following the latest news in the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball, it looks like the commissioners in each sport have a lot of work to do. They all have a tough job in front of them.
A much deeper betrayal (The Times and Democrat)
The world of sports has yet another black eye. Recently, the world was informed about Tim Donaghy, a former NBA referee, and his involvement with gambling. With the FBI investigating Donaghy, the NBA has this gray cloud over it just like the NFL and Major League Baseball.
Legacies linked, Bonds and Selig are warily apart (USA Today)
This is the uneasy dance between two of baseball’s most prominent figures: Bonds, his spectacular play clouded by questions of whether he used performance-enhancing drugs; and Selig, the game’s caretaker at a time of record revenue and attendance and allegations from Congress that he and other officials didn’t move fast enough to stop players from using steroids.
NFL camps add a breeze to summer (The Record)
It’s safe to say that “rookies report” never will have the same ring and carry the same weight as “pitchers and catchers report.” The first phrase refers to NFL training camps, because some teams ask their rookies to report earlier than their veteran players.
Fix the fix on sports (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
The summer is shaping up as a record breaker in the wide world of sports one more likely to disappoint than please. Allegations of cheating and criminal behavior abound, from the baseball diamond to the basketball court. It’s time to remember that sport is about character, not bad characters.
Weekly Royals Minor League Report (The Morning News)
The 2007 Major League Baseball First-Year Player draft is now in the books. However, different from NBA and NFL drafts, you won’t see any well-suited experts on ESPN debating which teams had the best draft. It’s another of the beautiful elements of baseball. Being drafted brings only one guarantee; the battle to reach the major leagues is just beginning.
PAUL GUTIERREZ: It’s a bit late for baseball to be so pious (Centre Daily Times)
A throng of reporters from across the country is here milling about the Giants’ clubhouse, waiting for something, anything to happen with the star player.