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Refs, jet lag and color red all contribute to home-field advantage

Peter Keating, ESPN The Magazine

What actually gives teams an edge on their own turf?

Story | Conversation | January 15, 2009

CHOKING ... BY THE NUMBERS

Chris Sprow

Unequivocally, the two best teams during the baseball regular season were the Cubs and Angels. Neither had a significant game to play for a month, until the day their seasons...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2008

...Pete Rose and Jim Gray. "And with the No. 3 pick in the 1984 NBA Draft, the Chicago Bulls select..." Valvano at the ESPY Awards. Favre's retirement speech. "Peace by Inches" Hoosiers "With the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 18, 2008

PRESIDENTIAL FANTASY LEAGUE: WEEK NINETEEN SCORES

Max Klinger

...top five includes the NFL's office, the Chicago Cubs—whose fans he last week good naturedly...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 05, 2008

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KHALID EL-AMIN Before Khalid El-Amin, the Connecticut Huskies were a mere basketball team, a regional novelty, trusting in mere mortals. Now they're ...

Story | Conversation | October 09, 2008

10 QUESTIONS WITH DWYANE WADE

Max Klinger

...his 2006 Finals MVP wasn't just a one-time thing. We caught up with him in Chicago, where he was challenging fans on Xbox 360's Guitar Hero: Aerosmith as part of the "Young...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 09, 2008

REPORTING FROM THE JOCK-OSPHERE

Ryan Corazza and Evan Bartsch

...you that much more effective." Mark DeRosa: Starstruck in Lala Land DeRosa spent a dinner on the Cubs recent road trip in Los Angeles next to some famous faces. "L.A.'s always fun," he...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 13, 2008

REPORTING FROM THE JOCK-OSPHERE

Ryan Corazza and Evan Bartsch

Jocks blog, we report (you decide!) All the best jock blogs in one spot. Curt Schilling: Live and Direct From Game Two Curt Schilling, still re-h...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 09, 2008

POLITICS AND SPORTS: MATES FOR MCCAIN

Rick Paulas and Chris Sprow

...the country he isn't liked is in Chicago, which will likely vote for the Democrat candidate...with their success, his recent affiliation with the Cubs has already pegged "loser" into voting minds, and...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 23, 2008

THE PRESIDENTIAL FANTASY LEAGUE: WEEK FIVE SCORES

Max Klinger

Where the avenues of sports and politics meet, there is a mailbox where we deposit a weekly letter; a mailbox called the Presidential Fantasy League....

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 13, 2008