2016-03-19 18:53
Jerry Rice’s announcement of his retirement from professional football yesterday brought an end to a 20-year career that saw the three-time Super Bowl-winning receiver break dozens of… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
It's been over a week since the sudden death of Thomas Herrion, and it appears that his tragic demise has already been forgotten. The 49ers' offensive linesman collapsed in the San Francisco… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Cynic that I am, I’m often wary of the hype that individual players or teams receive from the mainstream media. I get some sort of perverse pleasure out of pointing out the weaknesses… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The strange minds that control the creaky Kafkaesque machinery that is the NCAA recently decided that Indian mascots and nicknames will be banned from post-season uniforms. The first thought… Read More
2005-08-07 06:54
This is the third in a four-part preview of the European soccer season.Almost continually since its foundation in 1929, Spain’s Primera Division has been caught in a duopolic strangleh… Read More
2005-08-02 07:03
Curiosity caused me to turn on my television on Sunday night to watch the 13th annual ESPY Award ceremony. The ESPYs (pronounced “es-pees”) are ESPN’s attempt to bring the… Read More
2005-08-02 07:02
In May, Major League Baseball unveiled next year’s first annual World Baseball Classic, a flashy, international pre-season tournament featuring professional players from sixteen countr… Read More
2005-08-02 06:32
In an off-season devoid of blockbuster trades and big free agent signings, Larry Brown’s move from Motown to the Apple is the closest thing to a shift in the NBA’s balance of pow… Read More
2005-08-02 06:13
Take a baby. Make him big, no, make him fat. Really fat. Add some gray hair and give him jowls. Teach him baseball. Throw in a hint of Pillsbury Doughboy, a sprinkling of George C. Scott and… Read More
2005-08-02 05:52
This is the second in a four-part preview of the European soccer season.Italy’s glamorous top-flight league, the 20-team Serie A, attracts some of the brightest talents and biggest nam… Read More
2005-08-02 05:49
This is the first in a four-part preview of the European soccer (football) season. This week, I focus on the English Premier League, England’s top club football league which consists o… Read More
2005-08-02 05:39
Lance Armstrong outdid himself yet again by comfortably cruising to a seventh straight Tour de France victory on Sunday, completing a saga that has captured the imagination of a nation and b… Read More
2005-08-02 03:22
Beyond the MVP By Dhruva Jaishankar – The Mac WeeklyAs a relatively unpredictable NBA season winds to a close, the pundits have cautiously begun making their picks for MVP. This year… Read More
2005-08-02 03:21
This was the status of some of the Yankees premier stars prior to their thrashing of the Devil Rays on Monday:Alex Rodriguez, who is being paid 25.7 million for this season, was batting .241… Read More
2005-08-02 03:18
The recent steroids scandal has taken its toll on baseball. Apart from Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Co., who were dragged in front of a House committee, and Barry Bonds’ name, which w… Read More
2005-08-02 03:14
The name of Michelle Wie, the 6'1 power-swinging wunderkind of the LPGA, is being banded about as a possible inclusion in the traditionally stodgy old-boy British Open line-up, which would m… Read More
2005-08-02 02:52
The press has been gushing over the resurgence of Venus Williams and the sheer dominance of Roger Federer at last month’s Wimbledon. But a major development in the world of tennis has… Read More
2005-08-02 02:49
October 22, 2002. A little-known second-round draft pick from Argentina was facing the defending champion Lakers in his first ever NBA game. Coming off the bench, Emanuel Ginóbili sco… Read More
2004-12-13 23:19
I have long believed that political junkies were mutant sports fans. Politics is one of the few realms that has the analysis, predictions and scandals normally reserved for sports. Politics… Read More
2004-12-13 23:17
In the wake of the Bush administration’s most recent diplomatic blunders—Jordan, Spain and duh, Iraq—and the ongoing intellectual debate between interventionists and isolat… Read More
2004-12-13 22:47
Unemployed workers, John Kerry and the press have been up in arms over the increasingly popular business trend of outsourcing. If more college basketball players watched CNBC instead of ESPN… Read More
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