Los Angeles Dodger infielder Nomar Garciaparra looks like any other baseball player up until the moment he reaches the batter’s box. That’s when he transforms from ballplayer to freak show with a succession of taps, tics, twists, touches, a variable assortment of gestures and adjustments in preparation for his turn at bat. The description reads more like instructions for some alternative aerobic... Read more »
Football fans want to remember Brett Favre sprinting down the field, arms in the air signaling a touchdown. They want to remember the boyish character to packed snowballs and threw them at teammates in celebration of a big score. The problem is, Favre is making it difficult. Almost impossible. With Thursday’s news that Favre was traded to the New York Jets, the ugly, almost inevitable, reality started... Read more »
Craig Barnett was the goalie for Plattsburgh State during 1986-87 championship season. Today, Barnett is a successful athletics director at Division I Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pa. In December 2007 I spent the day with Barnett. We talked about Plattsburgh hockey (then and now), the state of college athletics and the NCAA. Barnett, known to his former mates as “Barney,” shared his memories... Read more »
Los Angeles Dodger infielder Nomar Garciaparra looks like any other baseball player up until the moment he reaches the batter’s box. That’s when he...
When the Ice MeltsNate Kiser is sweating. Not because it’s 96 degrees in the shade. Not because he just completed another grueling summer training session or whether he...
Stingrays season over, but not forgottenOn the outside there are no traces of hockey. The locker room is a shell. Empty stalls bearing the nameplates of last season’s roster linger. No Zamboni....
Married to the GameNFL Hall of Fame coach Bill Walsh was having dinner with his wife Geri in a beautiful restaurant overlooking the San Francisco Bay. You know, there’s...
Brew-ing up good vibrationsJason Brewer’s phone is buzzing, as if it were on a timer. He glances at the number on his caller ID. “I’m popular today because ‘my thing’ came...
Big Red HistoryIt’s a quiet Friday morning at Great American Ballpark. It’s understandable. The Reds late summer swoon has left the team in the post-season dust,...
Football fans want to remember Brett Favre sprinting down the field, arms in the air signaling a touchdown. They want to remember the boyish character...
Spurrier at tipping point with GamecocksSouth Carolina Gamecocks fans can do without the hype. They don’t care to hear any more about the great teams Steve Spurrier had at the University of...
Losing shuteye over Brett FavreI woke up in a cold sweat last night. The digital clock on my nightstand read: 4:44. I was dreaming that Brett Favre was working at Moe’s in Mount...
Bring the Cheese to TVWhen are the television networks going to wake up and turn this Brett Favre story into a reality show? Come on, guys. The Green Bay Packers open training...
Swinging into PerfectionIn the first 15 minutes of the Dan Patrick Show Tuesday morning SI.com baseball writer Jon Heyman compared Josh Hamilton to Mickey Mantle, Tom Verducci...
Under the Big TopThe circus has arrived in Green Bay. Brett Favre is coming out of retirement – if you want to call it that. Maybe we’re best served by thinking of...
VIDEO: Major League Baseball pitcher Paul Byrd has released a new book called "Free Byrd: The Power of a Liberated Life. Here he talks about his faith and the book ...
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