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Recent Sports FeaturesThursday, January 15 2009
The Ultimate DisappointmentThe Ultimate Fighting Championship owes its rise to prominence to America’s most recent guilty pleasure: reality TV. Tuesday, October 21 2008
LeBron James and the Beat BookIf beat reporters keep churning out books on 'Bron, why aren't we learning anything? These books represent the current state of the beat book -- and indicate it may be in serious trouble. Wednesday, October 8 2008
Manny DreadManny Ramirez and the Red Sox, unkempt and screwy as all hell, went up against the always clean-cut New York Yankees and bested them in a hair-versus-square contretemps. Friday, October 19 2007
Bill Simmons and the New Sports JournalismHow has sports writing evolved in a world where sports fans are inundated with more information than they can possibly process? ESPN columnist Bill Simmons may be the best case study. Friday, September 28 2007
Can 50,000 Football Fans Be Wrong?A 'new democracy' is one way to describe MyFootballClub — no other team has ever been run via Internet voting alone — yet fan-powered schemes have secured control for supporters at countless sporting clubs. Friday, August 10 2007
True Blue, a Diary: The Lonely Life of a Stateside Everton FanFor true sport fans, no matter where you are, who you're with, what time it is, or what game you're watching, it's just you and your team. Thursday, May 17 2007Friday, April 20 2007
Carrying Jackie’s Torch: The Players Who Integrated Baseball—and AmericaNo matter how great their RBI or batting average, neither Jackie Robinson nor the other black players could escape the racism, insult or injustice of the times. Wednesday, April 18 2007
In Praise of the Internet and Spring (Training)Spring training is that wonderful time of year when the regular hierarchies of baseball and business are bleached out of the game, and it can all be seen on the Internet. Friday, April 13 2007
A Great Day for HockeyThe Penguins' future in Pittsburgh wasn't the only thing on the line when a deal to build the team a new arena was announced. Thursday, March 15 2007
A New Day for the NBA?Tim Hardaway has made it especially easy to view John Amaechi as heroic, the Rosa Parks of Black British Ballers. Wednesday, March 7 2007
Inside a Chicago Fan’s Super Bowl ScuffleChicago sports fans suffer from a chronic self-induced nostalgic obsession, passed down from generation-to-generation, which destroys any chance for realistic expectations. Friday, February 16 2007
The Fast and the CuriousMedia Darling Danica Patrick may never take the checkered flag. But does that matter? Monday, January 29 2007
Lucha Libre UnmaskedLucha libre and American wrestling are propelled by the same overarching theme: the vicarious morality play, the most important theme in professional wrestling of any sort. So what has kept lucha libre, professional wrestling in the Mexican tradition, out of the American mainstream? Friday, January 19 2007
More Honest, More Accountable, More Alive: A Conversation with Deadspin.com Editor, Will LeitchWill Leitch: I don't believe anyone goes to the site to hear what Will Leitch thinks about sports, if you'll forgive my brief venture into the third person. Wednesday, January 17 2007
Becks Chooses LifeAs a football fan, you can’t help feel that, somewhere along the line, it didn’t happen on the field in quite the way that it should have. Tuesday, January 16 2007
David Beckham for Nothing? The Economics of the DealPhillip Anschutz stands to make a few million dollars profit on Mr. Beckham with virtually no downside risk. Monday, January 8 2007
Football Factory, Greek StyleA look inside a typical European derby, where hooliganism acts as a form of support. Tuesday, November 14 2006Monday, November 6 2006
College Football: The Most Important Sport in America. Period.Bigger than the NFL, more intense than the NBA, more meaningful than pro baseball, NCAA football is the best game in the country. |
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