Cleveland, Washington should consider Valentine

Bobby Valentine's first full season as manager of the Mets was 1997, a year in which I took a job with The New York Times, and I covered him for just ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 04, 2009

For Fehr it was union first, always at a cost

Former baseball players' association head Donald Fehr had a knack for never saying what baseball fans wanted to hear. He was the embodiment of fine pr...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 23, 2009

...struggling, Jack McKeon will keep using Miguel Cabrera at third base. Mike Berardino identifies the source of Jason Vargas' early greatness: his hair. • You don't think of Tony La Russa as a guy...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 26, 2005

Enjoying the tough QB, lineup decisions

...help! This one fellow, surely with a smile on his face, wrote, "I might part with Marc Bulger … if you part with Chris Johnson!" How awesome. Let me get back to you on that...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009

Week 10 mailbag: Thursdays, Orton and Peterson

...league is there one that would be a worthwhile pickup? Available guys are Derek Anderson, Marc Bulger, Jason Campbell, Jake Delhomme, Josh Freeman, Chad Henne, Brady Quinn, JaMarcus Russell, Alex Smith and Vince Young...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Brady, QB revue, 2008 top-20

Derek Anderson was such a fan fave in fantasy football this season, the darling free agent pickup that nobody expected anything out of, that he was pr...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 09, 2008

Week 17 wrap: Doubting Thomas, or doubting stars?

The last time Pierre Thomas had a really big game, I saw bits and pieces of it. It was August. I read all about this undrafted rookie for the Saints, ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 30, 2007

Betrayed by Brady, Romo, Anderson

Eleven points. What does this number signify? Well, for fantasy footballers, these are the playoffs, when the games matter the most, and 11 points is...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 16, 2007

Stars fail fantasy owners in Week 14

In the fantasy football playoffs, it's a lot more painful when one of your studs, or at least someone you're assuming will do well, doesn't get the jo...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 09, 2007

Week 13: Pair of Petersons thrive

So much changes every week in a fantasy season. Two weeks ago, could you have imagined that not one, but two running backs with the name Adrian Peters...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2007

Week 12: Chiefs, Broncos find new RBs

One never knows what a rookie running back, or an inexperienced veteran, for that matter, will do when given his first chance. Fantasy owners deal wit...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2007

Week 12 start, sit, flex, repeat

Every season, a number of "can't-miss" fantasy quarterbacks do miss. Trent Green used to be safe, Jake Delhomme has had his moments, Daunte Culpepper ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 21, 2007

Week 11: Owens, Romo keep up with Pats

Anything that you can do, I can do better. It's a game between Randy Moss and Terrell Owens, and fantasy owners are better for it. While Tom Brady en...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2007

Week 10: Believing in Pit, Cle QBs

The best 1 p.m. ET game Sunday featured a pair of quarterbacks with differing degrees of trust to fantasy owners. On one side, there's Ben Roethlisber...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2007

Week 9 start, sit, flex, repeat

...Santana Moss DeAngelo Williams Chester Taylor Chris Henry Kevin Walter D.J. Hackett David Patten Warrick Dunn Jason Wright Shaun McDonald Andre Davis Donte' Stallworth Ron Dayne Arnaz Battle Dennis Northcutt Antwaan Randle El Michael...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 01, 2007