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Arena Bowl Preview: Philadelphia v San Jose

Philadelphia Soul (15-3) vs. San Jose Sabercats (13-5) Sunday, July 27, 3:00 pm New Orleans Arena (ABC HD) A long Arena Football League season is about to come to an end. The AFL's 22nd season has seen more scoring than ever; it's seen the resurrection of a lost city in Grand Rapids; another city, Cleveland, has quickly become one of the best markets [read more...]

The Brain Leak

The Brain Leak (Week of 7/14/08 - 7/20/08) Pelosi's mean streak, a French prostitute in Hollywood, The Shark out of water at the Open and JT's ESPY [read more...]

Flattops, Afros, Euros and Oligarchs: How the NBA’s End Begins

A confession about my newspaper-reading habits. Even in tough times--actually, especially in tough times--I immediately open to the sports section, trying to avoid the headlines [read more...]

ESPN-ing Blackness

(This is written in reaction to a general feeling of what I consider to be a "defeatist malaise" among people who would want to see [read more...]

Haskell Field Takes Shape as Big Brown Looks Fit

The 141st Haskell Invitational field is beginning to take shape for the $1 million Grade 1 at 1 1/8 miles. Big Brown, working well for his [read more...]

NSR REVIEWS: The Last Real Season

courtesy of Letters on Pages I love baseball and I am from Cincinnati…therefore when I saw there was a new book out about the 1975 season, [read more...]

Feeding the Football Fix

My calendar tells me it's mid-July, the dog days of summer. In the sports world, that means baseball's trade deadline is right around the corner, [read more...]

Local Headlines...

Dye Hard

A former basketball player, football player, a leisurely golfer and now major league baseball player, Chicago White Sox outfielder Jermaine Dye is an athlete in every sense of the word. Dye grew up in Vacaville, Calif. and said that baseball was just his sport. He said it helped growing up in California because the weather made it possible for baseball [read more...]

NFC South Offensive Lines: Looking For A Few Good Linemen

This could be the weakest division of linemen in the conference. With all four teams ranking in the second half of the conference, three in [read more...]

Panic Attack

I can't speak for how other baseball teams work, because I have only been a part of one fanbase in my life. But when it [read more...]

Summer of Lovie

Discontent is a winter-time problem. At least it was in Shakespeare's time when he penned (or quilled, rather) "Richard III." Though, it should be noted [read more...]

NFC North Offensive Lines: Vikings Stake Claim To Top Spot

The Minnesota Vikings may have made a big splash in the offseason by acquiring defensive lineman Jared Allen from Kansas City, but the team's biggest [read more...]

Long Day for the Sox

After a long day that included a statue unveiling, a major milestone, a trip to the DL for one Sox starter, and two starting pitchers [read more...]

Sky Eclipse the Sun

The gloomy clouds are beginning to cover the Connecticut Sun, as they continued a five-game losing streak by losing 73-65 to the Chicago Sky Friday. Five [read more...]

From Our Blogs

The Beginning of the End

Two days ago the Wizard could barely hide his excitement. Things were going so well in Oz, the Cards had won five straight and were [read more...]

LOOGY's Are Getting Me Excited

As I touched on yesterday, the Cardinals are all over the rumor mill - especially when it comes to left-handed relievers. That's no surprise, considering [read more...]

'Fragrant Meat' Sent To The Doghouse During Olympics

For the 2008 Beijing Olympics, athletes will have to be extremely careful of what they eat. I heard on the news yesterday that a lot [read more...]

2008 SuperLiga group stage recap

MLS squads were keen on making a good impression after faltering earlier in the year in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Once the group stage was [read more...]

A Happy Wizard

Before I let my giddiness get the best of me, here is a disclaimer. I know that the Cardinals current five-game winning streak has come [read more...]

The NASCAR blues

I am a sports fanatic. I have always loved watching and playing the traditional sports (basketball, baseball, football...) but it is the untraditional sports that [read more...]