Some things are so right, so true, so meant to be, that there is no conceivable way they can play out other than expected. Warm chocolate chip cookies go with milk. Sunflower seeds cater to the word "spit...
Another Sunday in Minneapolis, another dreamland victory for the Minnesota Vikings. So life goes nowadays for the Vikes, led by a magical man who refuses to fade...
For a division that perennially defines tough, power football, this year’s version of the NFC East is softer than a feather pillow...
None of us are fans of harping on the past, but when the past collides with the present, well, then we have an issue...
You could see it in their faces, you could read it on their lips, you could hear it in their roars. This may have been a nostalgic taste of history for many donning Yankees caps and jackets ...
Somewhere deep inside the heart of Morgantown, W.Va., amidst the ribbons and the pins and the armbands and the commemorative signs, there was a football game Saturday afternoon. And it was a good one, too...
It took one hit to validate everything that we knew nights ago. It took one pitch to cripple something that was born years ago...
Ever since Mark Sanchez dinked and dunked New England to death and Rex Ryan’s infectious defense dared Tom Brady to beat the Jets through the air last weekend, we have heard it all...
The first arrow launched at the behemoth of the East that is the New England Patriots came three months ago from a rookie head coach who hadn’t even blown his first whistle of fall training camp...
If you’re Oregon, I’m not quite sure which is worse waking up this morning: the fact that you played so horrendous in your much-hyped and nationally televised season opener, or ...
It wasn’t all that long ago that the eyes of Texas relaxed and the hearts of Austin calmed at the first sight of him. Is that Huston Street jogging in? Oh, okay, it’s over. Inning over, game over, series over...
As I sat back and watched the slugfest that was the Yankees-Red Sox series this past weekend, I wondered how Billy Wagner might fit into the Boston bullpen...
Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager Joe Torre could be on the verge of something so simple, so basic, so right, but I’m not sure whether he knows it or not...
Goodbye Kevin Kolb. Take a seat A.J. Feeley. And hello Michael Vick. On Thursday evening during ESPN’s telecast of the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers, ESPN’s own Chris ...
Say it ain’t so, Blacksburg. Virginia Tech got some of the worst news it could have imagined Tuesday afternoon, the kind of news that pits stomachs, blocks throats, and cripples seasons...
Sitting at the ballpark on an unusually breezy August night, it was easy to see what exactly makes the Los Angeles Angels and the Tampa Bay Rays playoff contenders and two of the American League’s most dangerous teams...
*Note: Posting something a little different this morning. I write for Around The Majors, an MLB blog at mvn.com, and often do a morning links post in addition to columns and other articles...
It’s the little things you don’t see. He stands a few feet behind the bag at third, spikes lazily grooming the dirt beneath his Nikes, and exhales. A slap of the glove combined with two steps forward, and he’s in the “circle...
For those of you perched atop The Swamp screaming down about the perils of the economy, I hear you. For those of you proclaiming the indignities of watching state budgets decrease while sports revenues (in some places) increase, I feel you...
If you haven't heard about this yet, follow the link to the Seattle Mariners' blog written by Geoff Baker (The Seattle Times) and be fascinated...
My apologies go out to the Cubs and Cardinals, who are set up for one of the most fascinating races of the summer in the NL Central...
Apparently, Curt Schilling’s sock has company, as it no longer is the only famous entity to turn out bloody in Boston...
It was apparent that there were going to be some social and cultural differences when the Boston Red Sox signed Daisuke Matsuzaka out of Japan three years ago and shipped him over to the United States...
There won’t be any Roy Halladay parade in the streets of Philadelphia, as it turns out, but that doesn’t mean that there won’t be a World Series parade in the coming months...
It’s rare that I am this excited for football season before preseason games are being played, fantasy drafts are being planned, and full, lazy Sunday’s are being dreamed about...
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