Sans sunglasses, Alex Gordon comes up with a spectacular diving catch

Shootout secrets

From the December 28, 2009 issue of ESPN The Magazine: The controversial tiebreaker method some call "the shootout" examined from all angles, via Lindsay Berra and E.J. Hradek.

Story | Conversation | December 18, 2009

Shooting up the draft board

As the NBA stays on the lookout for shooters at the college level, there are some important distinctions between the two games that NBA personnel must...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 16, 2009

Quick strike seems unlike Epstein

Quick strike for Lackey seems out of character for Epstein.

Post-winter meetings questions

...presence, whether it be Chris Carpenter or Roy Oswalt or Johan Santana. Well, new Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos clearly possesses executive presence. His peers came away from the meetings in Indianapolis chattering about how...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 12, 2009

Sponsor deals not smooth as silks

An argument that once centered on "the tradition of the turf" is now based on a more practical disagreement -- revenue sharing.

Greenock Morton v Queen of the South: Preview

...as the Ton will once again be without Alex Walker, Allan Jenkins and player-manager James Grady...of wins together.''Queen of the South manager Gordon Chisholm has several injury concerns ahead of the...

One of many

A boy waits for the rumbling sound of an old blue car to climb through the maple trees, and right after he hears it he can see through the barn window...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 11, 2009

Whole lot of talking, and very little action

Few moves happened at the winter meetings, leaving a lot of action to come in the weeks ahead.

Levein favourite to take on Scotland's poisoned chalice

Andy Moir on the search for the successor to George Burley's Scotland position.

Around the NFC West: Rams hurting

...from a concussion. Jeff Gordon of stltoday.com wonders why the Rams can't pull upsets the way some other teams do. Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee says Alex Smith wishes he could...

Championship: Cardiff humble lacklustre Baggies

Peter Whittingham sealed an impressive away win at The Hawthorns as Cardiff sent out a message that they will not let the Coca-Cola Championship's top two have things all their own way.