Probably the most interesting play in baseball last week came on Saturday when Mike Trout leaped into the stands to grab a fly ball … and had it snatched from his glove […]
Mike Trout is still a classy act
The worst sports team name?
In the classic tale of Rip Van Winkle, the title character goes to sleep in colonial America and awakes 20 years later, stunned by the changes he missed, including going from being […]
Opinion: Caitlin Clark could surprise us by playing in NBA
If you’re one of the many who watched the NCAA basketball finals on Sunday and Monday, perhaps you came away with two observations: the UConn men’s team was the most team-like team […]
Opinion: Best baseball movies
We’re still in the “fantasy phase” of the 2024 Major League Baseball season in which everything – good or bad – is still possible. The Astros – as of Monday’s games – […]
Opinion: Sho me the money, or at least just sho us some answers
There’s a scene in the TV series “Justified” in which Deputy U.S. Marshall Raylin Givens – at gunpoint – asks a bad guy to tell him what he knows about a certain […]
Sports Opinion: Waving the white flag isn’t always wrong
I feel your pain, Steve Kerr. Kerr, coach of the Golden State Warriors, on Sunday pulled four of his starters – at halftime – against the Boston Celtics, who had a 44-point […]
Gold rush for college football
Now comes the real gold rush. A real college football playoff system, once regarded as the most horrifying athletic innovation since night baseball, is about to blow past the World Series and […]
3rd-baseman who wasn’t there
Tony, Tony, Tony … what are you doing? Didn’t you ever see the “Bull Durham” movie where Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) counseled a player to use only bland cliches when speaking to […]
The search for a true Big Dog
It’s time for the NBA All-Star break and …. zzz. I’m sorry, but does professional basketball seem to lack a certain electric attraction in the same way that other Big Four sports […]
Big money can’t buy a trophy
By David Brandt/AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Money can buy lots of things, including Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a pair of Japanese superstars that set the Los Angeles Dodgers back […]
