Shades of the 2004 ALCS?
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comThe Yankees are still in command, but this World Series suddenly has a different feel as it swings to New York for Game 6 on Wednesday night.
Story | Conversation | November 03, 2009A wrong message in McGwire's return
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comTony La Russa, Bud Selig and others celebrating Mark McGwire's return to baseball still don't get it. This isn't the lesson baseball needs to be teaching.
Story | Conversation | October 28, 2009Moves making ALCS more interesting
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comThe ALCS continues, and so too will the examination of the jobs being done by managers Mike Scioscia and Joe Girardi.
Story | Conversation | October 23, 2009Red Sox will never be the same
Howard Bryant, ESPNBoston.comFrom 2003 to 2007, the Red Sox were legendary. But that team as we knew it is a memory now.
Story | Conversation | October 11, 2009Brady, Pats squeak by Bills
Howard Bryant, ESPNBoston.comIt wasn't always pretty, but Tom Brady helped lift the Patriots past the Bills.
Story | Conversation | September 14, 2009Lost Pirates recharting their course
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comGuaranteed a losing season for the 17th straight year, the Pittsburgh Pirates are asking a perennially weather-beaten fan base to believe in the future.
Story | Conversation | September 07, 2009Needed: 'Good guys' to fight steroids
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comA court ruled against it and the Barry Bonds case looks flimsy. If even the government can't get it right in the fight against steroids, who will ride in to save the day for baseball?
Story | Conversation | August 28, 2009Favre's back? Big deal; let him play
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comLet's get some perspective, people. We've heard this story so often before in sports that Brett Favre's comeback is more the norm than the aberration.
Story | Conversation | August 19, 2009Different messages from Hamilton, Ortiz
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comJosh Hamilton and David Ortiz each had opportunities to clear their conscience Saturday, but only one -- Hamilton -- sounded like a human being.
Story | Conversation | August 08, 2009No honor in Red Sox anniversary
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comThe Red Sox like to celebrate 'Pumpsie' Green, their first black player. On the 50th anniversary of Green's first appearance, Howard Bryant questions the propriety of those celebrations.
Story | Conversation | July 21, 2009You don't belong in this town
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comMajor League Baseball should institute a plan to punish its "Untouchables" -- even if it means using the Hall of Fame as leverage.
Story | Conversation | June 18, 2009Sosa news calls for special outrage
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comSammy Sosa's positive test should be greeted with the kind of outrage reserved for the worst breaches of trust because it means we've been taken for an outrageous ride.
Story | Conversation | June 16, 2009At 39, the great Rivera fighting mortality
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comMariano Rivera is certainly showing signs of decline, but it's not making him a completely vulnerable target.
Story | Conversation | June 11, 2009Fair or not, Washington a lame duck
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comRangers manager Ron Washington is in the final year of his contract and, despite having his team in first place, he's been given no assurances that he'll get an extension.
Story | Conversation | June 04, 2009A-Rod's missing link: substance
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comThe new biography about Alex Rodriguez will cost him any shot at being considered a person of substance, but that doesn't make him any different from a number of the game's other fallen heroes.
Story | Conversation | May 04, 2009TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "hall of fame" make the list?