When Mets owner Fred Wilpon channeled former Yankees owner George Steinbrenner in the May 30th issue of the New Yorker Magazine, he did what his team hasn't been able to do in three years: get me interested in the team again.
As a 40-year-old woman who lives in...
Len Berman | Posted June 24, 2011 | New York
TGIF everyone, here's my Top 5 for June 24, 2011 from Len Berman at www.ThatsSports.com.
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Kristin McCracken | Posted June 24, 2011 | Sports
In Catching Hell, Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney explores the psychology of die-hard sports fans and scapegoating through the lens of two infamous moments in baseball history. Now available On Demand via Tribeca Film.
At Game 6 of the 2003 National League Champion Series...
Kolby Solinsky | Posted June 23, 2011 | Canada
In winning last weekend's U.S. Open, Rory McIlroy proved what golf enthusiasts, club pros and the occasionally overweight gentleman in a pair of chinos and a Tommy Bahama fedora have been pledging for decades... golf, for lack of a better word, is cool.
(Now, listen to the beginning of the...
Len Berman | Posted June 23, 2011 | New York
Happy Thursday everyone, here's my Top 5 for June 23, 2011 from Len Berman at www.ThatsSports.com.
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Dave Ungrady | Posted June 23, 2011 | Sports
As the NBA draft takes place this week, we are reminded of a traumatic event tied into the 1986 draft. Brad Daugherty was the top pick taken by the Cleveland Cavaliers that year and he forged a solid NBA career. He was a five time NBA All-Star in the nine...
Arnal Dayaratna | Posted June 23, 2011 | Sports
Santos defeated Penarol 2-1 in Sao Paulo to win the Copa Libertadores championship for the first time since 1963 in a match that indelibly marked the arrival of Neymar and Ganso as major players in world football. Santos pressed the attack in the first half, with Elano, in particular, threatening...
Kara Lawson | Posted June 23, 2011 | Sports
Wake up, eat, lift weights, practice, eat, sleep, eat again, sleep again.
Add in community events, autograph sessions, film watching and you have a pretty standard week in a WNBA season. Of course, many of these daily itineraries include trips to the airport, long security lines, and, on the worst...
Billie Jean King | Posted June 23, 2011 | Sports
From courtside at Wimbledon, I'm celebrating two important anniversaries this week: the 50th anniversary of my first championship win at Wimbledon, and the 40th anniversary year of Title IX, legislation that ensures equal access to both men and women in federally-funded educational programs and activities, including sports programs.
Both...
Carl Berman | Posted June 22, 2011 | Sports
With the NBA Draft only a day away we thought we'd look at a few players who have been helping themselves as a result of participating in team workouts.
Chris Singleton had a great workout with Denver. Singleton is projected as a mid-first round pick but has been doing well...
Len Berman | Posted June 22, 2011 | New York
Happy Wednesday everyone, here's my Top 5 for June 22, 2011 from Len Berman at www.ThatsSports.com.
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Andrew Brandt | Posted June 22, 2011 | Sports
As the optimistic drumbeat continues towards eventual resolution of the long-running labor dispute between the NFL Owners and Players, we are starting to hear reports of proposed deal points about what may be part of a settlement of Brady v. NFL and an eventual Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
I am...
Brian Frederick | Posted June 21, 2011 | Sports
Tuesday, NFL owners met in Chicago to discuss the latest details of the labor negotiations with the players (and to try to work out their own internal differences). Unless NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell can unite them and reach a deal with players ASAP, it's looking as though, at the...
Peter Mandel | Posted June 21, 2011 | Travel
Baseball in the imagination, and in its real-life seasonal swings, is connected to being young. Boys of summer, we say. Rookies of spring.
But I am here to tell you that when it comes to uppercuts that get only air and eating dust on a headfirst slide, the kids...
Gabriel A. Feldman | Posted June 21, 2011 | Sports
With the NBA finals behind us, it's time to start looking towards next season. And as we get closer to the June 30 expiration of the NBA collective bargaining agreement, it becomes increasingly likely that next season might be at risk. Sound familiar? Yes, the NBA may be following in...
Arnal Dayaratna | Posted June 21, 2011 | Sports
Brazilian club Santos and Uruguay's Penarol square off on Wednesday June 22nd in Sao Paulo in the final of the Copa Libertadores, one of the most important club competitions in South American football. Penarol have won the prestigious tournament in 1960, 1961, 1966, 1982 and 1987. Santos, meanwhile, won the...
Alvin McEwen | Posted June 21, 2011 | New York
Asked if he'd give up the Super Bowl to stop gay marriage, Tyree said:
"Honestly, I probably would."
"Nothing means more to me than that my God would be honored," he said.
"Being the fact that I firmly believe that God created and ordained marriage...
Len Berman | Posted June 21, 2011 | New York
Happy Tuesday everyone, here's my Top 5 for June 21, 2011 from Len Berman at www.ThatsSports.com.
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Rabbi Joshua Hess | Posted June 22, 2011 | Religion
Matt Kemp made his 2006 debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers with lots of hype. The young center fielder was billed as a future star who was destined to become a premier baseball player. Through 2009, Kemp proved the experts right. Each year his stats steadily improved. But then came...
Katie Spotz | Posted June 21, 2011 | Impact
Sleep deprivation, dehydration, exhaustion and fatigue were the main concerns I had when deciding to take on the "Ride4Water" Cycle Across America Journey. I thought I would be more nervous about riding too many miles than not enough.
But one or two days in, and the most...
Kelli Gail | Posted June 24, 2011 | Sports