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The strangeness of indoor baseball

By Matthew DeFranks on May 28, 2012

Some things do not seem very weird until you actually try them — like hot dogs, San Diego State in the Big East and Zach Galifianakis movies not named The Hangover. Now, I can truthfully add indoor baseball to the list. Yesterday, during the blistering and sticky summer in South Florida, I attended my first [...]

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Nascar Noir

By Nick LaPlante on May 28, 2012

Budweiser and despair in the Queen City, where the streets are hard and the dames are harder.

Posted in Sports | Tagged gonzo, nascar, sports | Leave a response

It's time to rethink our sports talk

It's time to rethink our sports talk

By Eric Prister on May 22, 2012

Anymore, sports analysis is just a lot of talking for the sake of filling up time.

Posted in Sports | Tagged analysis, ESPN, Heat, kobe bryant, Lakers, lebron james, sports | Leave a response

Not Again

Not Again

By Matthew DeFranks on April 30, 2012

Are the Dolphins one step closer to the glory days under Dan Marino?

Posted in Sports | Tagged Dolphins, draft, NFL, sports | Leave a response

I believe in jinxes. So be quiet already.

I believe in jinxes. So be quiet already.

By Laura Myers on April 19, 2012

Laura Myers believes in sports jinxes. Until you can prove her wrong (which you can’t), she’ll just keep at it.

Posted in Excerpts, Featured, Sports | Tagged baseball, browns, Cleveland, indians, jinx, jinxes, notre dame, sports | Leave a response

Hopelessly Devoted to You

Hopelessly Devoted to You

By Matthew DeFranks on April 16, 2012

One man’s love affair with the NHL playoffs

Posted in Excerpts, Featured, Sports, Uncategorized | Tagged hockey, NHL, Playoffs, sports | Leave a response

Not so Olympic

Not so Olympic

By Matthew DeFranks on March 28, 2012

The United States won’t be sending a men’s soccer team to London this summer. Americans have issued a collective shrug and gone on living their lives.

Posted in Excerpts, Sports | Tagged america, london, Olympics, soccer, sports, united states | Leave a response

Women’s basketball’s chalk problem

Women’s basketball’s chalk problem

By Laura Myers on March 28, 2012

Today’s elite women’s teams win with numbing regularity. Will the gap between the best and the rest ever shrink?

Posted in Excerpts, Sports | Tagged basketball, bracket, brittney griner, march madness, ncaa, ncaa tournament, notre dame, skylar diggins, sports, stanford, uconn, women's basketball | Leave a response

Making us believe again

Making us believe again

By Eric Prister on March 26, 2012

Is Tiger finally back? His performance at the Arnold Palmer Invitational makes it appear so.

Posted in Excerpts, Sports | Tagged golf, masters, sports, Tiger | Leave a response

Win or Stay Home

Win or Stay Home

By Colin Rich on March 26, 2012

Media and fans alike drove a wedge between Howard’s career and his legacy.

Posted in Excerpts, Sports | Tagged basketball, Howard, NBA, sports | Leave a response

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