NFL Curtails End Zone Celebrations (North County Times) ORLANDO, Fla. - Dance all you want after a touchdown, gentlemen. Just do it alone. Spike the ball or, if you have the hops, dunk it over the crossbar. Anything else _ forget it.
As Louisiana Slowly Recovers, NFL Mulls Dollars and Saints (The New York Sun) […]
A vibrant dispute over vivid art At an undisclosed secure location somewhere in Milwaukee sit two paintings, each 4 feet by 5 feet. It is now clear who…
Come join the fun for Beckwith scholarship I have a confession to make. I miss football. I didn’t go to the Super Bowl. I didn’t brave the elements like the […]
Robert Schlesinger: Baseball’s economics: Doing Just Fine (HuffingtonPost) I have argued for years that, despite the cries of the salary cap Chicken Littles, baseball’s economic system — and competitiveness — are just fine. (Actually, I have argued with tongue at least partially planted in cheek that baseball requires a hard salary floor […]
Cuban team celebrated for ClassicshowingFort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - HAVANA They did not win the championship in the first World Baseball Classic, dropping the final to Japan on Monday night. But the Cuban team did win the heart of its baseball-mad nation. Thousands of fans lined a 20-mile route from Jos […]
Ex-assistant says baseball team will bounce back (Gainesville Sun) John Cohen answered the phone in his Kentucky baseball office Monday afternoon with an earful of enthusiasm. That happens when you’re turning a baseball program around (more on Cohen’s success at UK later).
Snow honors father (The News-Press) Boston Red Sox first baseman J.T. Snow’s uniform number is jarring at first sight. Baseball players normally don’t wear numbers as high as 84, a number associated with NFL wide receivers.
We Have To Ask … (Deadspin) Suggested questions for today’s ESPN SportsNation chatters … 11 […]
These players primed for an MLBreakout Philadelphia Phillies - When Major League teams break camp this week in Florida and Arizona, armed with the best 25-man rosters management can assemble, there are players eager to have the kind of breakout season that becomes a measuring stick for future seasons. The New […]
Third & Short: NFL releases portion of 2006 schedule (The Bryan-College Station Eagle) ORLANDO, Fla. - A Thursday night season opener featuring Miami at Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh, and a Thanksgiving night game at Kansas City highlight a portion of the NFL scheduled announced Monday.
Snow honors father (The News-Press) Boston Red Sox […]
Why Do We Consider The NFL Fun Again? (Deadspin) Anyone who watched the NFL last season ended up captivated by two charismatic, outsized personalities: Clinton Portis and Chad Johnson. Every week, each did something creative, original and…
Basement beauties: From humble beginnings, sports history buffs build Poughkeepsie Journal - There’s no exact number. No written inventory. Not even a ballpark figure. Just say it’s a lot. A lot of stuff. Depending on one’s eye, it’s junk or treasure. Some of it cost just a few dollars. The most expensive was […]