Chat with FC Dallas' Carlos Ruiz

Welcome to The Show! On Thursday, FC Dallas forward Carlos Ruiz will join us to talk some soccer. Ruiz is in his sixth season in the MLS...

Chat | September 19, 2007

Chat with Kenny Cooper

...goals and four assists. He was second on the team in goals, two behind team-leader Carlos Ruiz. Cooper graduated from high school in 2003 and signed a three-year contract with Manchester United...

Chat | March 13, 2007

Crew's Schelotto provides the magic touch yet again

Guillermo Barros Schelotto was the Crew's offensive provider all season long, and the MLS Cup final proved no different, writes Doug McIntyre.

Marshall, Schelotto lift Crew to MLS Cup glory

...Columbus."I think we were the better team with better chances to score," Red Bulls coach Juan Carlos Osorio said. "We limited them to one chance and they put it away. We came out strong...

Crew solidify status as MLS's best in 2008

By winning the MLS Cup to go along with the Supporters' Shield, Columbus solidified its status as MLS's best, writes Steve Davis.

U.S. looking to end Guatemala's World Cup dream

The U.S. will be keen to eliminate Guatemala from World Cup qualifying when the teams meet (Wednesday, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN Classic), writes Jeff Carlisle.

Were 2008 playoffs a dud? Ranking the MLB postseasons

Some were legendary while others put us to sleep: Page 2 ranks all the MLB postseasons from 1995 to 2008.

Series thoughts from those around the game

After Eric Hinske swung over that last slider from Brad Lidge, after Lidge and Carlos Ruiz embraced and Ryan Howard tackled them both happily, after Shane Victorino and others jumped onto the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 30, 2008

Philadelphia finally gets another title

Philadelphia had spent the past 25 years watching other cities celebrate titles … until the Phillies dismissed the Rays in five games to win the franchise's second World Series title, writes Jayson Stark.

Lidge closes out Rays to finish season 48-for-48 on saves

Brad Lidge nailed down Philadelphia's 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in Wednesday night's completion of a suspended Game 5, securing the Phillies' second World Series championship in the franchise's 126-year history.

Lidge and the Phillies close out Rays, earn World Series title

Brad Lidge and the Phillies finished off the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in a three-inning sprint Wednesday night to win a suspended Game 5 nearly 50 hours after it started.

Game staying in Philly, no matter what

...end with the first rain-shortened game in Series history. So talk about your clutch hits. When Carlos Pena lined that RBI single, the Rays might have been down to their final strike of the...

Rays' hopes riding on ice-cold bats of Pena, Longoria

Tampa Bay's Carlos Pena and Evan Longoria have gone cold at the worst time imaginable.

Rain now the story of this World Series

Rain caused Game 5 of the World Series to be suspended, which didn't sit well with the Phillies, writes Jayson Stark.

Tampa Bay Rays' B.J. Upton reacts in front of Philadelphia Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz after scoring on a single by Carlos Pena during the sixth inning of Game 5 of...