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, NFL training camps will be popping up any day now, and the Olympics begin in only a few weeks. We just finished watching a historic NBA Finals, a classic Wimbledon final, and a never-ending MLB [read more...]

Fighting for Roses

Some people just refuse to learn from their own mistakes. For example, Ben Gordon still thinks he can drain 20-foot fade-away jumpers with a hand in his face, even though he's shooting under 40 percent this season. Ozzie Guillen continued to bring Mike MacDougal out of his bullpen (54 appearances in 2007) despite the right-hander's 6.80 ERA. And Rex Grossman [read more...]