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: Best baseball movies
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 […]
