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This serves as the second post in my third season of a series called “Down on the Farm” that chronicles visits to various minor league parks throughout the 2013 campaign. (All prior editions can be accessed here.) It’s hard to fathom that the beautiful city of Corpus Christi, Texas didn’t have professional baseball until the past decade. But [...]
This serves as the first post in my third season of a series called “Down on the Farm” that chronicles visits to various minor league parks throughout the 2013 campaign. (The entire 2011 and 2012 editions can be accessed here.)
The Ubaldo Jimenez experience in Cleveland is rapidly coming to an end — or at least a long pause. Yours truly and many I know immediately declared the July 31, 2011 deadline deal a blunder the night it was made, as did many MLB experts. The stats have proven us prescient.
Another baseball season begins today, and AJ Kaufman explains why it promises to be special.
For the second consecutive season, Creighton University faces a top ACC team in the Round of 32. Will this time be different?
Duke may just receive another Number One seed they did not earn when the brackets are revealed tomorrow.
As we motor toward March Madness 2013, here are the leading candidates, listed alphabetically, for the top college basketball coach in 2012-2013.
Tubby Smith is a legendary coach, a good recruiter, and a decent person. But his time in Minnesota should come to an end.
It’s hard to believe Duke can be so uninspiring yet position themselves for another questionable top seed in March Madness.
A genial, sweet-swinging, unpretentious Midwestern icon, Stan “The Man” Musial will be missed by baseball fans everywhere.
Master of pitching, defense and the three-run homer, the greatest manager in Batimore Orioles history, Earl Weaver, died this morning.
As 2012 closes, the general who commanded the U.S.-led coalition that liberated Kuwait and the Persian Gulf from Saddam Hussein’s wrath, died Thursday night at age 78. Norman Schwarkopf was considered bigger than life, yet could also relate to young soldiers, serving him well during highly successful Operation Desert Storm operations early in 1991. During the war, Schwarzkopf implemented the idea of The [...]
The first day of December witnessed good college football and basketball, but will be most remembered for tragedy in the morning and evening. After learning that Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend then himself, we were informed legendary college basketball coach Rick Majerus had died of heart failure in Los Angeles.
Notre Dame will face a top SEC team in the BCS National Championship Game. Yawn. Rectifying college football’s meaningless postseason, and making it halfway as exciting as March is for hoops, is easy, however.
Let me begin by saying I favor a second wild card team. After 162 games, at least five clubs from each league should be allowed to continue playing baseball. But this “do or die” Wild Card idea being implemented for 2012 doesn’t make much sense.
