The good, and not-so-good, awards for 2008
Jason SobelWelcome to the first PGA Tour Awards Show! With more young superstars than the Grammys, more drama than the Emmys and more screaming teenyboppers than...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 09, 2008
Time to make some picks
Bruce Feldman...good as this UT group. The pick is Texas 48, Baylor 7. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Duke Blue Devils (Friday, Noon ET, ESPN2) The Blue Devils are pretty banged up and Tech is one...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009
For one night, Ordonez worth the cost
Buster OlneyIt's too bad there isn't a transcript of the conversation that took place sometime this summer between Detroit Tigers owner Mike Ilitch and his baseba...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 30, 2009
Duensing among unlikely September stars
Buster OlneyThe crises come daily in the pennant races, and all the stuff that really matters at the outset of spring training -- pedigree, salary, past statistic...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 22, 2009
Three Strikes: Piracy edition
Jayson Stark...last time the Pirates had a winning record -- Ken Griffey Jr., Gary Sheffield, Omar Vizquel, Matt Stairs...made it to home plate at least once. Duke • And thanks to all those people...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 08, 2009
Seven storylines for Saturday
Bruce FeldmanEditor's note: For Thursday to Monday on the first weekend of college football, Bruce Feldman was 16-5 overall off his picks blog entry. We'll keep a ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 08, 2009
Smoltz 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
College football's hoops invasion
Bruce Feldman...vibe to this 2009 football season. Monday was a very big day for the basketball crowd. Former Duke point guard Greg Paulus was named Syracuse's starting quarterback even though he last played football in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 18, 2009
The top 10 villains in college football
Bruce Feldman...Irish -- especially when Notre Dame is good -- you'll elicit some of the same reactions as a Duke basketball player. And although Notre Dame hasn't been particularly good the past two seasons, Clausen still...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 17, 2009
These teams should have the goods to contend
Doug Gottlieb...in." But Vasquez seems different. The Terrapins showed guts coming back from a 41-point loss to Duke, and while Cal is a top-20 team on everyone's radar, the Maryland team that smacked...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 11, 2009
Torii Hunter is of a rare breed
Buster OlneyTorii Hunter's three-homer game Saturday is a rarity. He is the 11th player in Angels history to hit three home runs in a game and the first since Gar...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 14, 2009
The price for Oswalt is also personal
Roy Oswalt comes from a long line of stubborn people. His grandfather was a logger into his 70s, and when the rest of his family finally insisted the ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 03, 2009
A new diagnosis becomes medically hip
Four or five years ago, I worked on a story about pitching's impact on kids in youth leagues. One doctor detailed his theories as to why there has bee...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 24, 2009
Are schools skirting coach rules?
Bruce Feldman...NFL career and is only now getting started as a coach. USC had a similar situation with Ken Norton Jr. The point: age limits on GAs wouldn't work, although maybe years of coaching experience...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 15, 2009
Fault lines on the Cubs growing deeper
Throughout the years, reporters assigned to cover Cubs manager Lou Piniella often have given updates on his emotional state. Inevitably, they've sound...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 26, 2009
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