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Dodgers a Big Letdown This Winter

Eight weeks have passed since the World Series. The winter meetings have come and gone. The Yankees did what they said they would, committing $243 million to two pitchers...

Written by Mark Kriegel about 11 months ago 59 reads 0 comments
On the Mark: New York Giants in Real Trouble Without Plaxico Burress

The most depressing stat of the week? Easy. That would pertain to the New York Giants, who are now 0-2 without Plaxico Burress...

Written by Mark Kriegel about 11 months ago 145 reads 1 comments
Yankees the Only High Rollers in Vegas

If you're like me, which is to say suddenly middle-aged, you have grown up with the idea that sports are exempt from the normal economic calculus. Wall Street might have had its ups and downs...

Written by Mark Kriegel about 11 months ago 79 reads 0 comments
On the Mark: BCS Still Didn't Get Everything Right

Oklahoma's presence in the championship game proves more than the value of running up the score. The pairing with Florida is right and just and potentially thrilling, pitting the two best teams ...

Written by Mark Kriegel about 11 months ago 150 reads 2 comments
Trainer Roach Seeks Revenge Against De La Hoya

Manny Pacquiao has nothing bad to say about Oscar De La Hoya. This comes as no surprise, since Pacquiao is an aspiring politician who plans yet another run for congress in his native Philippines...

Written by Mark Kriegel about 12 months ago 490 reads 0 comments
Oscar De La Hoya is the Champ of Cross Promotion

LAS VEGAS - He's asking $54.95 to see him fight Manny Pacquiao on pay per view. Still, Oscar De La Hoya feels your pain. "We know it's a tough economy," he said...

Written by Mark Kriegel about 12 months ago 328 reads 2 comments
On the Mark: Plaxico's a Joke, Guns Aren't

I don't really miss the newspaper business. I don't miss New York too much, either. But every once in a while, there's a story that makes me wistful for what I want to believe were good old days...

Written by Mark Kriegel about 12 months ago 101 reads 0 comments
On the Mark: McNabb Partly at Fault for His Situation

Donovan McNabb celebrates his 33rd birthday Tuesday, curiously unloved for a quarterback of his stature. As if to mark the occasion, coach Andy Reid gave him back his starting job. It wasn't much of a gift...

Written by Mark Kriegel about about 1 year ago 103 reads 1 comments
Kerry Collins' Comeback Is One for the Ages

At this point in the season, there has been entirely too much discussion regarding the toughness of the Titans schedule, and not nearly enough about the toughness of their quarterback...

Written by Mark Kriegel about about 1 year ago 397 reads 0 comments
On the Mark: Condom Thieves and Interior Design

When informed that an NFL football game could end in a tie, Donovan McNabb wondered aloud what would happen in the Super Bowl. Easy. He'd be stoned to death upon his return to Philadelphia...

Written by Mark Kriegel about about 1 year ago 185 reads 0 comments
Madden Can Be Agent for Change in NFL Union

Where's Madden? Sounds like a new game. If only it were that amusing. Five days have passed since a federal jury in San Francisco determined that the NFL Players Association should pay retired members an astounding $28...

Written by Mark Kriegel about about 1 year ago 252 reads 1 comments
Forget Jets-Pats, It's Bill Vs. Brett

It is the NFL's conspicuous good fortune to have the Jets and the Patriots playing this Thursday night on the league's very own network. It's more than a battle for first place in the AFC East...

Written by Mark Kriegel about about 1 year ago 123 reads 0 comments
JoePa's Not Going Anywhere, Just Ask His Son

I ask Jay Paterno, the Penn State quarterbacks coach who campaigned for Barack Obama, whether his support put the President-elect over the top in Pennsylvania. "No," he says. "But being 9-0 didn't hurt...

Written by Mark Kriegel about about 1 year ago 143 reads 0 comments
Stars Not Shining for Cowboys (and Other Thoughts)

Biggest disappointment of the season? The choice shouldn't be this easy, not with the perennially underachieving San Diego Chargers already at 3-5. But the Dallas Cowboys get my vote, a clear-cut winner in the loser category...

Written by Mark Kriegel about about 1 year ago 234 reads 0 comments
Phillies' Championship Is Vindicating for Some

For the record: The last pitch of 2008 was a slider thrown to Eric Hinske. "I saw him swing over the top of the ball," Brad Lidge, the Phillies' closer, would recall. "Then I guess I kind of dropped down...

Written by Mark Kriegel about about 1 year ago 291 reads 0 comments
Could Rain Delay Indefinitely Delay Phillies' Title?

PHILADELPHIA - Human nature being what it is, the Phillies were counting the outs. They were down to 12. With a one-run lead going into the sixth, and the postseason's undisputed best starter on the mound, there were a dozen outs between them and history

Written by Mark Kriegel about about 1 year ago 58 reads 0 comments
This Time, Selig Got It Right

Bud Selig did the right thing. As unaccustomed as I am to writing those words, it's a fact. "Tonight's game has been suspended," he told reporters shortly before midnight, ET. "It will be resumed when I believe that weather conditions are appropriate...

Written by Mark Kriegel about about 1 year ago 82 reads 0 comments
Howard's Awakening Has Phils on Verge of Title

So now, after a quarter-century without a championship, Philadelphia is poised to rejoice. There will never be a better chance. A town that fancies itself a luckless hardscabble metropolis suddenly looks like a lock...

Written by Mark Kriegel about about 1 year ago 115 reads 1 comments
Ruiz Emerges As Phils' Hero in Game 3 Win

Carlos Ruiz stands about 5-foot-8, max. He's built like a fire hydrant and answers to the nickname "Chooch." He can catch. "Always been a good defensive catcher," said his manager, Charlie Manuel...

Written by Mark Kriegel about about 1 year ago 291 reads 0 comments
Philly Fans Will Be Singing the Blues

Sarah Palin, billed as "America's best known hockey mom," was roundly booed upon her introduction at the Wachovia Center, where she recently dropped the ceremonial first puck for the Philadelphia Flyers...

Written by Mark Kriegel about about 1 year ago 148 reads 1 comments
From the Very Start, Rollins Finishes off Dodgers

On the night before a big game, Jimmy Rollins typically finds himself afflicted with a mild form of insomnia. If the Phillies are on the road, the National League's reigning MVP assumes his batting ...

Written by Mark Kriegel about about 1 year ago 84 reads 0 comments
Matt Stairs Emerges as Phillies' Unsung Hero in Game Four

Chances are, even the most devout seamheads among you wouldn't know Matt Stairs if you bumped into him. Even in uniform—even in the post-game interview room after the Phillies went up ...

Written by Mark Kriegel about about 1 year ago 770 reads 10 comments
Pats-Chargers a Bore, Like Much of NFL

With fourth and goal at the one-yard line, Matt Cassel dropped back to pass. "It's a progression read," he would recall. "We went through it, and I didn't see anybody open...

Written by Mark Kriegel about about 1 year ago 336 reads 2 comments
Rays Debunking the Myth of Postseason Experience

The Division Series between the Angels and the Red Sox ended, appropriately enough, with Jason Bay, who had toiled in obscurity as a member of the Pirates, scoring on a base hit by Jed Lowrie, a rookie who'd been called up after only 40 games in Triple-A.

Written by Mark Kriegel about about 1 year ago 143 reads 0 comments
Vlad's gaffe was latest of Halos' playoff woes

ANAHEIM, Ca. - When the press finally gained access to the Angels' clubhouse, Vladimir Guerrero was sitting in a lounge chair, his knees encased in ice, a timer on the small table in front of him...

Written by Mark Kriegel about about 1 year ago 93 reads 1 comments

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Mark Kriegel Article Archive

Dodgers a Big Letdown This Winter

On the Mark: New York Giants in Real Trouble Without Plaxico Burress

Yankees the Only High Rollers in Vegas

On the Mark: BCS Still Didn't Get Everything Right

Trainer Roach Seeks Revenge Against De La Hoya

Oscar De La Hoya is the Champ of Cross Promotion

On the Mark: Plaxico's a Joke, Guns Aren't

On the Mark: McNabb Partly at Fault for His Situation

Kerry Collins' Comeback Is One for the Ages

On the Mark: Condom Thieves and Interior Design

Madden Can Be Agent for Change in NFL Union

Forget Jets-Pats, It's Bill Vs. Brett

JoePa's Not Going Anywhere, Just Ask His Son

Stars Not Shining for Cowboys (and Other Thoughts)

Phillies' Championship Is Vindicating for Some

Could Rain Delay Indefinitely Delay Phillies' Title?

This Time, Selig Got It Right

Howard's Awakening Has Phils on Verge of Title

Ruiz Emerges As Phils' Hero in Game 3 Win

Philly Fans Will Be Singing the Blues

From the Very Start, Rollins Finishes off Dodgers

Matt Stairs Emerges as Phillies' Unsung Hero in Game Four

Pats-Chargers a Bore, Like Much of NFL

Rays Debunking the Myth of Postseason Experience

Vlad's gaffe was latest of Halos' playoff woes

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