Kurt Warner, Hall of Famer?
A good conversation in the letters section of this column's Super Bowl piece Monday. The main recurring topic was Kurt Warner's Hall of Fame qualifications, though there were others.Let's dig in, shall...
View ArticleLast clean player, please bring the flag
One of these days, there's going to be a national throw-your-hands-up moment about steroids, when the prevailing point of view is going to become "Ah, hell, they were all doing it. Let's call off the...
View ArticleFavre retires — this is not a drill
They say we're young and we don't know ... OK, campers, rise and shine. It's the second annual Brett Favre Retirement Day and you don't want to miss a minute of it.The great quarterback has told the...
View ArticleA-Rod’s “medicine”
We're never going to get a truth commission and general amnesty on steroids, but Alex Rodriguez gave us a little peek at what such a thing might have looked like Tuesday at his nationally televised...
View ArticleShow us the damn dead people!
Welcome, movie fans, to the world of television sports fandom.I've been reading the letters section of Heather Havrilesky's Oscars recap and it seems the commenters are up in arms about the hyperactive...
View ArticleBest! Game! Ever! Played!
We seem to have a little trend going in the field of sports history. For all I know it reflects a broader movement in letters, but I don't get out much so I don't know. But it's clearly in vogue to...
View ArticleThe All-Withdrawal team
It's the thick of fantasy draft season and I've put a team together that could win any league. In fact, I think it could win the World Baseball Classic, which begins Thursday in Tokyo.If only I could...
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Tracy Ringolsby on the death of his newspaper
Rocky Mountain News Listen to the interview with Tracy Ringolsby Subscribe to Conversations: iTunes RSS Tracy Ringolsby is a Hall of Fame baseball writer, honored in Cooperstown in 2005 with the J.G....
View ArticleNCAA Tournament, Day 1 — live!
4:10 p.m. PDT Not much to recommend that Washington-Mississippi State game that just ended except a 10-point, 15-rebound, one-spectacular fall performance by Jon Brockman. The Huskies won by 13, which...
View ArticleNCAA Tournament, Day 2 — live!
3:05 p.m. PDT Ah, well, it didn't work out for East Tennessee State. The Panthers had just enough No. 1 mojo to take control of the game down the stretch and win 72-62. It was the closest 1-vs.-16 game...
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The genius of Yogi Berra
Reuters/Ray Stubblebine Listen to the interview with Allen Barra Subscribe to Conversations: iTunes RSS Allen Barra says a case can be made that 83-year-old Yogi Berra was the greatest catcher in...
View ArticleWhy this column has been so quiet
Several readers, at least one and a half of you, have noticed the lack of writing in this space lately and asked after me.Thanks. I'm fine.I have decided to end this column. I'd hoped to write about...
View ArticleNeifi Perez: Bad baseball Hall of Famer
Meetings of the Neifi Pérez Marching and Chowder Society are not crowded affairs, but the membership is genuine in its feelings for the banished shortstop. Well, I’m reasonably genuine. Put it this...
View ArticleGreat comebacks in history
Tiger Woods is returning to golf at the Masters Tournament this week, his first competition since November. It's big news, but it's hardly the first comeback we've ever seen. In fact, Woods' own return...
View ArticleThe unmystical joy of playing catch
I've been playing catch with my 7-year-old son a lot lately. He's playing baseball for the first time, Pony League, machine-pitch, and while he's done some hitting in the past, he never really learned...
View ArticleRemembering Ernie Harwell
The best three days I ever spent on the clock were the three days I spent in Detroit with Ernie Harwell, the longtime voice of the Detroit Tigers, in 2002, his last year in the broadcast booth.Harwell...
View ArticleWorst! Calls! Ever!
Umpire Jim Joyce's blown call Wednesday night, which cost Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game, is already the stuff of legend. Was it the worst blown call in history?It was the...
View ArticleHard times? TV can be your lottery ticket
A tweet from NBC reporter Ann Curry: Ok, here's a smile: update on our doc on recession/poverty. I love America http://bit.ly/btt50h Here's the text you get when you "share" the video report Curry's...
View ArticleWhy I’m against baseball’s instant replay
For the third straight baseball postseason, umpires have been making critical, high-profile mistakes in game after game, and there's a growing drumbeat among media and fans that Major League Baseball...
View ArticleThe Year in Sanity: Jim Joyce
Armando Galarraga was a journeyman Detroit Tigers right-hander who shocked the baseball world on June 2 by throwing a perfect game against the Cleveland Indians. Except, of course, the game wasn't...
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