Heisman 2010: Quizz, Ingram, Kellen
Bruce Feldman...typically starts, and it's hard; some of the seemingly top targets might still declare they're jumping into April's NFL draft. A few of those guys (such as Cal's Jahvid Best) I...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 16, 2009
Alabi among group with much to prove
Fran Fraschilla...in Florida with outstanding high school coach Kevin Sutton, so he was able to develop a sound base of fundamental skills. Missing his freshman year at Florida State with a stress fracture in his foot...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2009
How the Yankees can slow the Angels
Buster Olney...have to go through these guys." The Angels will probably see the Yankees' pitchers throw to first base intermittently -- or stagger their delivery times toward the plate, or maybe just hold the ball. Anything to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009
Tyrod's growth, Bama vs. UF and Big Suh
Bruce Feldman...or have the team below you beat a high ranked team to jump you. Likewise, you're jumping an undefeated defending national champion. My argument is that they each played an SEC team on the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009
Ranking Brees, star RBs, Andre Johnson
Eric Karabell...also owned Ben Roethlisberger. Here are a few other things I noticed in my Week 6 rankings. Jumping off the Brees bandwagon? I wanted to rank Brees toward the end of the top 10, to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 14, 2009
La Russa may be leaving St. Louis
Buster Olney...jumping to hire him. But only a handful of teams are positioned to take La Russa and Duncan as a package deal. Washington Nationals: The team needs someone who can inspire a discouraged fan base...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 11, 2009
Why Holliday could end up a rental
Buster OlneyAs the summer's trade season played out, rival executives came away from conversations with the Cardinals believing St. Louis wasn't in position to ta...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 11, 2009
Top 10 players to watch in the fall
Bruce FeldmanWhile working on a project for ESPN The Magazine's college football season preview issue, I've had the chance to speak with many top players from each...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 13, 2009
Father-son Fourth; Chapman evaluation
Buster Olney...pitch to pitch, likes the diving and the jumping and the running and the throwing on defense...I replied, "and he steals a lot of bases. And he's really, really good at catching...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 05, 2009
Romero's change and the Jays' chances
...even be better against right-handed hitters than lefties, right-handers have posted just a .302 on-base percentage against him, with a .690 OPS. The Jays had a great chance for a comeback win...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 29, 2009
Mehdi Abdesmad, an under-the-radar recruit
Bruce FeldmanA few weeks ago I began working on a story about the upcoming 2009 International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Junior World Championship in C...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 18, 2009
Ackley adds pop
Jason A. Churchill...Sunday, Ackley singled, homered twice and stole a base, improving to .408/.520/.733 with 10 home...who struggled for the second straight start since jumping onto the radar screen. Bittle allowed just three...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 06, 2009
LSU's Ranaudo, UNC's White deliver
Jason A. Churchill...for-3 with two walks to drop to .409/.526/.709 for the season, again playing first base. Andrew Oliver and Kyle Gibson, each of whom pitched Sunday, made their regularly scheduled Friday starts after...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 01, 2009
Coaches with strong records
Bruce Feldman...have huge success; 2.) In many cases they've inherited situations with programs that have the talent base but are eager for a change in direction. (Some players initially will respond better to a hard...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 25, 2009
AL East becoming a pitching division
Peter Gammons...Andy Sonnanstine, James Shields and Scott Kazmir is a given strength, with Garza and Kazmir capable of jumping from a combined 23 wins to over 30. The Rays are so confident about their rotation that...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 14, 2009
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