All-time greats from each state
Mark Tennis and Brian Stumpf, ESPNRISE.comJust because they don't strap on pads doesn't mean coaches can't make a difference. ESPN RISE looks at each state's top coach.
Story | Conversation | August 18, 2009The best NFL players for each Big 12 team
Tim Griffin, Big 12...Mel Gray 12 NEBRASKA Will Shields 44 Roger Craig 30 Neil Smith 28 Irving Fryar 17 John Dutton 13 OKLAHOMA Lee Roy Selmon 46 Keith Jackson 28 Billy Sims 14 Roy Williams 14 Adrian...
Blog | April 22, 2009Texas Stadium by the numbers
Matt Mosley, NFC East...place at Texas Stadium over the years. Earlier today, I bumped into former Cowboys defensive lineman John Dutton at Mustang Barbers in Dallas. He's one of an estimated 100 former players who will...
Blog | December 20, 2008South Dakota's Mt. Rushmore of Sports
ESPNCheck out which four sports figures made it onto South Dakota's Mount Rushmore.
Story | Conversation | January 15, 2009Orioles' pieces starting to fall in place
Buster OlneyIt was in the middle of the afternoon, the day before Thanksgiving, and yet Orioles president Andy MacPhail was at his desk, answering his phone. That...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 26, 2009
Thoughts on NLI and some big winners.
High School Lacrosse...bottom. Kevin Interlicchio is another player who has a chance to be a repeat All-American at Johns Hopkins and will spark the Blue Jays on offense. The pipeline to Dublin-Jermoe, Ohio, continues with...
Blog Entry | November 13, 2009The (harsh) lessons of the GM meetings
Buster OlneyExecutives and agents packed their bags and boarded planes in Chicago, thinking about what they had seen and heard over the previous 48 hours, such as...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009
Type A positive (and negative)
Buster Olney...to the Type A albatross. Wagner is 38 years old and only 17 appearances removed from Tommy John surgery, and more than a dozen other closer candidates probably are available for teams to consider. Wagner...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009
Cashman casts praise far and wide
Buster OlneyAs the Yankees' players hopped happily in the middle of the infield late Wednesday, in the first moments after winning the World Series, plastic glass...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2009
Winter market forecast: A flood of non-tenders
Buster Olney...is already going to be a large and lackluster free-agent class. The elite free agents like John Lackey, Matt Holliday and Jason Bay are going to be paid well (although perhaps not anywhere near...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 31, 2009
A game filled with crossroads
Buster Olney...for them, Stan Hochman writes. Seasoned umpires will be working the World Series.) Top of the sixth: John Lackey, the Angels' starter, is cruising, dominating the Yankees with his breaking pitches, using them more than...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 23, 2009
Introducing the Chicken Bone Section
Ryan McGee...the Charlotte Observer's excellent columnist Tom Sorenson. •And another on the same topic from Monte Dutton. This Ain't Your Grandpappy's NASCAR Earlier this year Mark Martin, a self-professed "50-something...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 20, 2009
Top 10 matchups of the LCS
Buster OlneyHere's what I see as the top 10 matchups of the league championship series: The Dodgers' left-handed relievers versus the Phillies' left-handed hitte...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2009
A "Major League" move by the Padres
Buster Olney...review the events of the past 15 months in San Diego: With the divorce of Padres owner John Moores getting very ugly, the team's front office was ordered to do a "Friday The 13th...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 03, 2009
Type A positive
Buster Olney...for them; the list includes Orlando Cabrera, Mark DeRosa, Mike Gonzalez, Vladimir Guerrero, Rich Harden, Matt Holliday, John Lackey, Bengie Molina, Placido Polanco, Marco Scutaro, Miguel Tejada, Randy Wolf, and many more: Bobby Abreu, Angels...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2009
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