Rivera, Nathan lead '10 relief rankings
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell reviews each team's bullpen situation this year and previews the closer situations for 2010.
Story | Conversation | September 30, 2009Sunday, September 27
Today's Preview Lots and lots of NFL. Once...Colts visit the Cardinals in the Sunday Night Football game. Although the sportsbooks see Arizona with a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 27, 2009Sox-Yanks, Aroldis Chapman, Cy Young Wars
Buster OlneyIt is still September and nine days of regular-season baseball remain, but the playoffs provided the context for everything that occurred at Yankee St...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 26, 2009
Friday, September 25
Streaking into Fall There's a nice assortment of competitions on today's board including soccer, golf, CFL, MLB, WNBA, and college football. Our Tiger proposition is for the last 9 holes today. On...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 25, 2009Wainwright commanding plate, and attention
Buster Olney...and Lopez just nodded approvingly, respectfully, as if to say Yep, he's got a great curveball today, and I'm just going to have to go to work from here with that in mind...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 10, 2009
Tuesday, September 1
...your patience. Today's Preview "Wake up, wake up, wake up, it's the first of the month." Welcome to another month of Streak action, one that brings back America's game, football! Although that...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 31, 2009Why Greinke should win the Cy Young
Buster OlneyBy the standards of a David Wells or Livan Hernandez or John Smoltz or Orlando Hernandez or Curt Schilling or Randy Johnson, Zack Greinke has yet to p...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 31, 2009
Wagner still has fantasy value
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell is taking a closer look at Billy Wagner's fantasy value in Boston, which could still be relatively high in the near future.
Story | Conversation | August 26, 2009Smoltz manufactures a comeback
Buster OlneyJohn 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
Page 2 Power Rankings: Bolt edition
Patrick Hruby, Page 2Patrick Hruby delivers the supremacy metric on the world of sports and beyond.
Story | Conversation | August 24, 2009Smoltz and Sox face difficult decisions
Buster OlneyAll Boston manager Terry Francona could do was to try to contain the damage the Yankees had done to John Smoltz in the fourth inning Thursday night. A...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 07, 2009
Ranking the NL's easiest roads to the postseason
Buster OlneyHere's the ranking of strength of schedule in the second half in the NL. It's great news if you're a fan of the Brewers or the Dodgers or the Marlins,...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 18, 2009
High school pitchers lead early draft rounds
Chris Lawlor, ESPNRISE.comHigh school players drafted in the early rounds of Major League Baseball's Rule 4 draft look to seize the opportunities created by a tighter economy. Sixteen of the 32 players selected in the first round were prep players, writes Chris Lawlor.
Story | Conversation | June 10, 2009For love of the jersey, plain is preferred
Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.comAmerica's sports jerseys should be protected from invasive corporate branding.
Story | Conversation | June 03, 2009Carolina and Opening Day on our minds
CommunityEdsFans' elation at the NCAA tournament championship game and Opening Day was muted this week by the death of Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart.
Story | Conversation | April 11, 2009