Full disclosure: I am a lifelong sports fan/junkie/obsessive. The kind of guy who takes his teams’ losses personally, as if something bad had happened in the family. My daughter is a college athlete, so they actually are a part of…
Naomi Osaka held her nerve, shook the frustration of blowing match points, and beat Petra Kvitova in three sets to win the Australian Open. Both played hard-hitting baseline tennis that stretched their physical and mental stamina. It was exhausting —…
My sources in New Orleans tell me, with justified bitterness and not entirely tongue-in-cheek, that the sign on the door of the officials’ dressing room at the Superdome next year will be in braille. It was pass interference. It was…
Roger Federer holds his first serve against Milos Raonic, who held his own first game rather more handily. It is the second set of the Stuttgart Open final, the surface is grass. The top player of the century is back…
The Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) ruling this week that paves the way for states other than Nevada to legalize sports betting is a victory for states’ rights and should put another nail in the coffin for those attempting to ban all forms…
The University of Alabama will play a football game tonight and the winner will be declared the unambiguous number one team in all of college football. Alabama fans expect nothing less. It sometimes seems that in these times, the Crimson…
The University of Alabama will play a football game tonight and the winner will be declared the unambiguous number one team in all of college football. Alabama fans expect nothing less. It sometimes seems that in these times, the Crimson…
The improbabilities keep piling up for Nick Foles and the Philadelphia Eagles who are playing in Chicago on Sunday against the Bears. A month or so back it appeared that the Eagles, who are the reigning Super Bowl champions, would…
The improbabilities keep piling up for Nick Foles and the Philadelphia Eagles who are playing in Chicago on Sunday against the Bears. A month or so back it appeared that the Eagles, who are the reigning Super Bowl champions, would…
