REPORTING FROM THE JOCK-O-SPHERE: TOMMY LOVES MANNY

Jocks blog. We report. (You decide.) Tommy Lasorda: Much Love For Manny Looks like somebody doesn't believe all that Manny being Manny no hustle t...

Forecasting the sports business future

Yao Ming is hot. So are action sports. These and the other hottest trends in sports business for 2003.

The top matchups of the World Series

These are my top matchups of the World Series, beyond the battle of old friends CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee: The Yankees' hitters against Cliff Lee's f...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009

A-Rod's adjustments may be paying off

...out of the picture, and it was all about the baseball, as it really has been since Sports Illustrated reported in February that Rodriguez had tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003. It might...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2009

Instant replay must be expanded … immediately

There were mistakes made by professionals this week. The gritty Ryan Raburn played a pop-fly single into a triple in the Metrodome. Chris Carpenter le...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2009

MVPs and LVPs, Cy Youngs and Yuks …

It's time to bid farewell to another season that was filled with highs, lows and so much in between. With that said, here come the awards.

Baseball could soon lose a giant

Bobby Cox first mentioned walking away from baseball in the spring of 2008, and when word of this reached Gene Michael, a former teammate and longtime...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 23, 2009

Smoltz manufactures a comeback

John Smoltz is a friend and golfing partner of Tiger Woods, which is hardly surprising, because the two men are similar in many ways. Both are superla...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 24, 2009

Why White Sox might want Rios

Some team has claimed Alex Rios on waivers and will know by early Tuesday afternoon whether he will become theirs, and there is lots of evidence that ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 08, 2009

The biggest holes for trades to fill

With just one full day and a chunk of hours before the trade deadline, these are the biggest holes remaining for teams that have been looking for help...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 30, 2009

Eight reasons for Halladay to be a Phillie

Eight great reasons the Blue Jays and Phillies should work out a Roy Halladay trade: Maximizing value: Halladay will have very high trade value for t...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 23, 2009

Best, worst and weirdest of the first half

From Cy Youngs and Cy Yuks to MVPs and LVPs to some of the stranger moments on the diamond, we look back at the first half of the 2009 season.

...in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Ronald C. Modra /Sports Imagery/Getty Images) DENVER - APRIL 29: First baseman...at bat against the Colorado Rockies during MLB action at Coors Field on April 29, 2009 in...

Players express interleague angst

Interleague play is here to stay, but a majority of today's players dislike it and believe the annual NL-AL schedule needs some serious modifications.

Sources: Records had key evidence

Sources say that Manny Ramirez's own medical records clinched his 50-game suspension.