Where The Boston Red Sox Go From Here
So now it’s about picking up the pieces and going forward. What does Boston have to build on? Fortunately, there are some good building blocks…
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Is Big Ten Football Back? We’ll Find Out Quickly
By the end of last college football season, you had the sense the Big Ten was regaining some of its mojo. The proud conference had become more powerful in negotiations with TV networks and cable providers than it had been on the football field for about nine years. Then, the positive dominoes started to fall. […]
Can Gerrit Cole Make A Cy Young Push?
Gerrit Cole, the staff ace for the Pittsburgh Pirates and one of the best pitchers in baseball, has a chance to launch a late bid for the NL Cy Young Award starting tonight. He gets the national stage, in an ESPN showdown against the Los Angeles Dodgers’ already-canonized lefty, Clayton Kershaw. It’s a perfect opportunity […]
The Mets Turn Into A Fun Team To Watch
Are the New York Mets actually becoming that lovable team? The organization that has mostly inflicted suffering upon its fans, amidst a few years of being successful and little pompous about it in the 1984-90 timeframe and again in 1999-2000 with Bobby Valentine, has overtaken the haughty Washington Nationals and been embraced by their city. […]
A Tale Of Two Signings: Junior Galette & DeSean Jackson
For the second straight offseason, the Washington Redskins have grabbed a player with a shaky reputation for off-field conduct and a great reputation for on-field production, after his release. Last year, the ‘Skins welcomed DeSean Jackson in after Chip Kelly cut him in Philadelphia. This year, Junior Galette gets his second chance in Washington after […]
Papelbon Is Exactly What The Nationals Need
In a trade deadline flurry that was as consequential as any I can remember, the Washington Nationals’ acquisition of closer Jonathan Papelbon from the Phillies almost slid under the radar. But I think this has the potential to be one of the most significant by the time all is said and done. It’s more about […]
The NFL’s Indefensible Decision On Tom Brady
The NFL’s decision to uphold the four-game suspension of Tom Brady for his alleged role in deflating footballs at the AFC Championship Game last January simply can’t be defended by any reasonable person when you consider the context. And that context is this—every piece of available evidence says the league never considered this a serious […]
Royals Come Up Aces With Cueto
If there was a better fit for Johnny Cueto than the Kansas City Royals, I can’t imagine what it is. The Reds dealt their ace to Kansas City yesterday for two minor-league pitchers and talented young reliever Brandon Finnegan. The acquisition of Cueto makes the Royals the clear favorite to win the American League pennant, […]
The Premature Burial Of Peyton Manning
When ESPN’s Mike Sando released his quarterback ratings this past week it created the usual buzz that comes with these silly overblown rankings. Is RG3 done? Is Andrew Luck now elite? Those were the questions buzzing around the media. What I found most interesting was the seemingly universal consensus that Peyton Manning is no longer […]
Arkansas Is Coming In The SEC West
The Arkansas Razorbacks closed last college football season as the team on the rise in the SEC West. After going through a miserable 2012 season under John L. Smith, followed by twelve straight conference losses to begin Bret Bielama’s tenure, the Hogs got rolling down the stretch. They shut out LSU & Ole Miss, got […]
It’s Time To End Baseball’s Sabermetrics Revolution
I became familiar with the sabermetrics movement in baseball the way a lot of people in my generation did—through the writing of Bill James, which I read in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a college student (usually while consuming massive amounts of beer by myself, but that’s another story entirely). I was a […]
Will The Indians Or Reds Heat Up Ohio In The 2nd Half?
The state of Ohio has enjoyed a good sports run recently. They won the national championship in college football with Ohio State, reached the NBA Finals with the Cleveland Cavaliers and both teams looked primed for a lot more in the seasons to come. Baseball hasn’t gone so well, with the Reds and Indians each […]