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Roger Clemens Hearing: Ten Things That Exasperated Me

I know everyone is sick of Roger Clemens, but I’ve run out of people to complain to and I am still frustrated. In a last ditch effort to rid myself of this negativity so I can embrace Spring ...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about about 1 year ago 2,001 reads 6 comments
From Spags to Riches? Not Just Yet for Steve Spagnuolo

If you didn’t know who Steve Spagnuolo was before the Super Bowl, you probably do now. Often seen crouching on the sidelines, almost as if in prayer, Spagnuolo coached the Giants defense ...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about about 1 year ago 1,012 reads 1 comments
The Charm City Choke: Why It Sucks to Be from Baltimore

It’s hard to argue that there has ever been a better time to be a sports fan from New England. The Red Sox are World Champs, having successfully supplanted the dreaded Yankees as the beast of the East...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about about 1 year ago 3,157 reads 34 comments
Ravens Draft: Ravens Fill a Need with Ben Grubbs

Though the Baltimore Ravens finished 13-3 last season, the memories of most fans are fixated on the January 14th loss to the Indianapolis Colts in the first round of the playoffs. In that game, Steve McNair threw no touchdown passes...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about over 2 years ago 447 reads 8 comments
Dan Explains Why the Yankees are Cursed

I would like to take this opportunity to quote my best friend, and devoted Yankee fan, Dan. "The Yankees are cursed, it's now clear. What did they do, exactly, to earn this? Besides ruining major league baseball, because that is sort of old...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about over 2 years ago 371 reads 0 comments
Dan Explains Why the Yankees are Cursed

I would like to take this opportunity to quote my best friend, and devoted Yankee fan, Dan."The Yankees are cursed, it's now clear. What did they do, exactly, to earn this? Besides ruining major league baseball, because that is sort of old...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about over 2 years ago 341 reads 0 comments
Corey Lidle's Death Was Not My Fault

Last season, in a fit of innapropriate rage, based on years of Yankee hatred stemming from one unmentionable twelve year old who spoiled my adolescent hopes and dreams, I said something about the Bronx Bombers that I should not have...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about over 2 years ago 194 reads 1 comments
Orioles Fight as Bad as they Play

I think the Orioles' method this season is to have some event distract the media every couple of games so that no one realizes that they keep losing...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about over 2 years ago 341 reads 0 comments
Cricket World Cup Championship for Dummies

Cricket World Cup Championship: What it is, who's playing, where to watch and how to play If you're not a cricket fan, the most you've probably heard about the Cricket World Cup ...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about over 2 years ago 255 reads 2 comments
Shawn Green: Right Fielder, Super Jew

Last year Shawn Green announced that he was exicted to join the Mets so he could play in front of Jewish fans. (read about it here )Well, it seems that the Jews got his phone number and now he's got to put his money where his mouth is...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about over 2 years ago 333 reads 2 comments
LA Times Sportswriter Mike Penner Comes Out as a Transsexual

Past the NBA and NHL recaps in today's LA Times is a first-person piece entitled "Old Mike, New Christine." Mike Penner, Times Staff Writer, has announced to the world that he will be undergoing Sex Reassignment Surgery and come back as Christine...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about over 2 years ago 258 reads 6 comments
Gender Discrimination in Sports: Don Imus and the Shaming of the Fan

It has now been a week since Don Imus called the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos." As would be expected, countless journalists with the privilege and space ...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about over 2 years ago 2,260 reads 10 comments
All I Need to Know About Contemporary Politics I Learn in the Sports Pages

For people who aren't avid sports fans, the sports section may seem like an extraneous few pages of newsprint—what you hold over your head in the rain, what you leave behind at home...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about over 2 years ago 205 reads 25 comments
CFL Player in the Center of HIV Controversy

This story deserves more research and conversation, but I had to post something about it. ESPN.com reports that Trevis Smith, who played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, was sentenced to 5...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about over 2 years ago 131 reads 2 comments
Discriminating Choice: Tony Dungy's Missed Opportunity

Before winning Super Bowl XLI as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, Tony Dungy had already solidified an impressive reputation in the National Football League...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about over 2 years ago 244 reads 17 comments
From Barbaro to Barry, Bernie to Da Bears... It's All About the Gift of Chance

This week in sports has been all about chances: We've had a horse missing out on his last chance, two pill-poppers getting second chances, a couple of old dudes looking for a last chance, and a defense that may just be a team's only chance...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about over 2 years ago 164 reads 0 comments
Go Bears!: A Baltimore Ravens Fan Sizes Up the Super Bowl

When the playoffs started, I knew exactly what I wanted to happen: First, I wanted my hometown Ravens to stomp on the Colts, elude Bob Sanders, score on at least one interception return, and ...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about over 2 years ago 227 reads 3 comments
Bad News Barry: Will Bonds Find a Home in 2007?

A number of news sources have reported that Barry Bonds made a surprise appearance at the baseball winter meetings today...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about over 2 years ago 173 reads 2 comments
The Safety: The Sweetest Two Points in Football

Right before it happens, as the offensive line sets up in its own end zone, your nervous twitch kicks into gear. Maybe you're a toe-tapper, or a leg-shaker, or maybe you just silently raise your hands above your head...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about over 2 years ago 196 reads 4 comments
It's a Bad Week to Be from Pennsylvania: Steelers, Eagles Stumble

'Twas the season for the Ravens and the Colts. The two division leaders took the spirit of Thanksgiving with them to the field, feasting on their opponents—the Pittsburgh Steelers and the ...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about over 3 years ago 354 reads 0 comments
It's a Bad Week to be a Manning - but it's Worse to be Eli

Rare is the week when Peyton and Eli Manning play on different days and can watch each other's games - and how unfortunate that this time they had to watch each other lose...

Written by Sarah Braunstein about over 3 years ago 195 reads 5 comments
Soriano or Sori-Oh-No?: Alfonso's No Savior in Chicago

The Chicago Cubs are making headlines this offseason - there's no doubt about that. The hoopla started when they signed Lou Piniella to manage the club, and peaked with the recent signing of Alfonso Soriano to an eight-year, $136 million contract.

Written by Sarah Braunstein about over 3 years ago 216 reads 9 comments

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Sarah Braunstein Article Archive

Roger Clemens Hearing: Ten Things That Exasperated Me

From Spags to Riches? Not Just Yet for Steve Spagnuolo

The Charm City Choke: Why It Sucks to Be from Baltimore

Ravens Draft: Ravens Fill a Need with Ben Grubbs

Dan Explains Why the Yankees are Cursed

Dan Explains Why the Yankees are Cursed

Corey Lidle's Death Was Not My Fault

Orioles Fight as Bad as they Play

Cricket World Cup Championship for Dummies

Shawn Green: Right Fielder, Super Jew

LA Times Sportswriter Mike Penner Comes Out as a Transsexual

Gender Discrimination in Sports: Don Imus and the Shaming of the Fan

All I Need to Know About Contemporary Politics I Learn in the Sports Pages

CFL Player in the Center of HIV Controversy

Discriminating Choice: Tony Dungy's Missed Opportunity

From Barbaro to Barry, Bernie to Da Bears... It's All About the Gift of Chance

Go Bears!: A Baltimore Ravens Fan Sizes Up the Super Bowl

Bad News Barry: Will Bonds Find a Home in 2007?

The Safety: The Sweetest Two Points in Football

It's a Bad Week to Be from Pennsylvania: Steelers, Eagles Stumble

It's a Bad Week to be a Manning - but it's Worse to be Eli

Soriano or Sori-Oh-No?: Alfonso's No Savior in Chicago

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