Why America’s Pastime is Losing Its Identity (Sierra Times)
Why America’s Pastime is Losing Its Identity (Sierra Times)
On a May 28, 2006 Barry Bonds succeeded in hitting his 715th home run to pass Babe Ruth s homerun record and now second to Hank Aaron s Major League Baseball (MLB) all-time home run record of 755, it is representative in a number of ways of the present state of MLB. Specifically, the state of the game s future in the African-American community comes to mind.
Youth sports (Northwest Indiana Times)
Area youth baseball and softball coaches and league officials are invited to submit scores, standings and story ideas for “Play Ball!” The Times’ weekly section spotlighting area baseball and softball opens another season on Friday.
KEY (San Jose Mercury News)
DATES Today-June 11: Tennis, French Open, Paris. June 6-7: Baseball amateur draft. June 8-11: Golf, LPGA McDonald’s Championship, Havre de Grace, Md.
The NFL in L.A.? A City Holds Its Breath (Los Angeles Times)
The NFL is reviewing two proposals to return the sport to the Greater Los Angeles area. In one, the league will own the property on which a state-of-the-art stadium will be built, bookending one of the more aesthetic and successful baseball stadiums in the country. The NFL will function within a political and bureaucratic environment that has been generally business-friendly.
Ex-NFL lineman tackles gay issues (Orlando Sentinel)
Esera Tuaolo’s book is likely to offer different perspective on life in the NFL. A burly bundle of nerves: Atlanta Falcons player Esera Tuaolo, in Miami for Super Bowl XXXIII.
On the Mark with Mike (Richmond.com)
Is love or money luring Roger Clemens back to baseball? Sports Radio 910’s Mike Maniscalco explains why it could be both.
So, Gov. Bush: Are you ready for some football? (Orlando Sentinel)
He is reportedly receptive to the idea of becoming the next NFL commissioner. Could Gov. Jeb Bush’s future be in football?
They’re brothers, in the NFL, and home-grown in Alachua (Gainesville Sun)
ALACHUA - They were like a pack, a gang if you will. Clustered like birds following the wind, they would go from place to place, from park to park on those steaming summer days. Basketball here, football there. We have enough for baseball?
Don Banks: Colts are next team headed from bitter defeat to glory (Sports Illustrated)
We’re still more than eight months away from the confetti shower at the final gun of next season’s Super Bowl, and another two long sweaty months stand between us and the start of NFL training camps.