Seve Ballesteros’s Legacy
Perhaps we shouldn’t have been surprised by Europe’s incredible comeback yesterday from a 10–6 deficit to retain the Ryder Cup with a 14 1/2 to 13 1/2 win at Medinah Country Club. The Europeans drew...
View ArticleRemembering Alex Karras
The headline on Yahoo reads: "Former 'Webster' Co-Star Dies." If that's how we remember Alex Karras, then a sad day just got a lot sadder. There was so much more to Karras than his role as just another...
View ArticleR. A. Dickey, Against All Odds
A belated word of congratulations to National League Cy Young Award winner R. A. Dickey, whose inspiring personal narrative and sanguine approach to his craft make him possibly the most likable...
View ArticleJovan Belcher and the Concussion Question
In his fine essay on the Jovan Belcher tragedy, the boss smartly removes the focus from the inevitable, inane gun-control debate and instead underscores a chilling point: We don’t yet know if...
View ArticleFlacco's Success-to-Acclaim Ratio
As we settle in for a two-week bludgeoning of Harbaugh Bowl hype and Ray Lewis soundbites, one interesting subplot involves the perception of Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, whose success-to-acclaim...
View ArticleRay Lewis's Place in the Defensive Football Pantheon
Now that Ray Lewis has delivered his final inspirational rant and done his last squirrel dance, it’s time for armchair scribes like me to assess the Ravens legend’s place in history. In doing a quick...
View ArticleDennis Rodman, Ambassador of U.S. Culture
At the end of the first Men in Black movie, there’s an amusing scene where Will Smith’s character reveals that Dennis Rodman is actually an alien from the planet Solaxiant 9, and Linda Fiorentino’s...
View ArticleTop Seven Masters Moments
Oh, to be Jim Nantz. He moves from a courtside seat at a thrilling national championship game to a perch amid the stately Georgia pines for my favorite event of the sporting calendar. Although a...
View ArticleTebow Talk
I realize that, at this point, a post about Tim Tebow is nothing but click bait, but I can’t let the signing of the world’s pre-eminent backup go by unmentioned. Days after refuting reports emanating...
View ArticleJames and Jordan
know that you’re probably sick of being force-fed a steady diet of LeBron James. If you’re like many, you find King James to be an overrated product of an ESPN hype machine that pummels storylines...
View ArticleGreatest Olympian Ever?
A debate is raging on Twitter and elsewhere over a timely topic: Is Michael Phelps a slam-dunk choice as the greatest Olympian of all time? Swimming commentator Rowdy Gaines says it's not even a...
View ArticleLolo Jones Outclasses Her Critics
American hurdler Lolo Jones occupies that usually enviable spot where marketing appeal and athletic achievement intersect. Unfortunately for Jones, when the former outstrips the latter, the backlash...
View ArticleRory McIlroy, Golf's New 'Him'
It may have turned into the Snore by the Shore, but it was a weekend of milestones for the world’s No. 1 golfer, Rory McIlroy, who’s out-Tigering Tiger Woods at the same point in their respective...
View ArticleDoes Clemens Want to Reset His Hall of Fame Clock?
You might have noticed that 50-year-old Roger Clemens has re-inserted himself into the national conversation by joining the independent Atlantic League's Sugar Land Skeeters, for whom he will toe the...
View ArticleCollege Football 2012: A Preview
It’s finally here -- college football’s long-awaited opening weekend, that glorious time of year when grown men entrust their happiness and well-being to teenagers they don’t know and will likely never...
View ArticleRyder Cup: U.S. Talent vs. European Intensity
’Tis the season for partisanship, provincialism, and contentiousness. I’m talking of course about the Ryder Cup, those biennial matches that bring an us-vs.-them jingoism to the normally genteel and...
View ArticleArnold Palmer Is Awarded the Congressional Gold Medal
In an unexpected development, Congress did something right this week -- it awarded Arnold Palmer a Congressional Gold Medal, reflecting the body’s “highest expression of national appreciation for...
View ArticleSchiano Was Right
Giants coach Tom Coughlin and Tampa Bay coach Greg Schiano used the media as a platform for an interesting debate this week. In case you missed it: The Giants were leading 41-34 on Sunday when they...
View ArticleBear Bryant at 100
During my formative years as a college-football fan, there were two giants of the game who did more than anyone to instill in me a passion and reverence for the sport that remain to this day. One was...
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