75 Results for mark mcgwire

Auction Block: A Waxy Buildup

Eric Angevine

Let's be honest with one another, shall we? We badly misuse the word "unique" in the memorabilia business. We use a word that literally means one-of-...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 27, 2009

Mag Writers Roundtable: Size Matters

Jeff Bradley, Ric Bucher, David Fleming and E.J. Hradek

Bruins captain Zdeno Chara has Boston seriously thinking Stanley Cup for the first time in 37 years (a thought we explore by the numbers in the latest...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 27, 2009

The Sports Guy

Bill Simmons

So maybe Big Mac cheated. That's part of the game, too. Let him into the Hall

Story | Conversation | March 24, 2009

The Morning According to Us

Brian Hill

...skiing. A Brazilian soccer player takes diving to a new low. Hey! Tomorrow is Pi Day! Mark McGwire: More than a mere sighting. The guys talks a little

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 13, 2009

A Market Mirror Image

Peter Bernstein

...fallen to the same level as in 1998. Ah, 1998, the Year of Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire, the home run derby that supposedly saved baseball. And now, more than ten years later, people...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 26, 2009

Up Front

Stephen A. Smith, ESPN The Magazine

Lie. Fib. Con. Bull. Cheat. Deceit. Myth. A-Rod.

Story | Conversation | February 25, 2009

The Morning According to Us

Brian Hill

...to being bamboozled. We were captivated by the historic home run race in '98. We believed Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were clean and capable of Herculean feats, ultimately leaving us forever scarred by...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 13, 2009

Steroid Nation: Adjusting A-Rod

Shaun Assael

...least Hall voters won't see him as A-Fraud. This, of course, is the problem Mark McGwire is having. Because he's stayed miles from a camera lens regarding his alleged use of...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 10, 2009

The Biz: A-Rod's Fiscal Future

Peter Keating

...still is. Corporations have largely shunned him and they wil continue to do so. Unlike, say, Mark McGwire, Rodriguez doesn't have vast reservoirs of fan support or endorsement money to put at risk...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 10, 2009

Sports and Politics

Max Klinger

...a team that will sign him (and his court case is looking more and more dismal); Mark McGwire found he could count the number of HOF votes he got this year with an abacus...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 05, 2009

Life of Reilly

Rick Reilly, ESPN The Magazine

Halftime on the field watching Bruce? Should be a no-brainer, right?

Story | February 04, 2009

Baseball Hall of Fame 2009: One Line For Each Guy

Ted Bauer

...how the Yanks fleeced him for the manager job, but his numbers aren't "sick" enough. Mark McGwire Ugh, hate it that "ethics" has to play into a game you learned from your dad...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 09, 2009

The Wrong BCS Fix

Radley Balko

This week, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff announced that he'll be investigating the Bowl Championship Series for possible antitrust violations. Presumably, Shurtleff...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 07, 2009

Kiss Him Goodbye

Gene Wojciechowski

Year after year, Chicago showed Sammy Sosa the love. Then it showed him the door

Story | Conversation | December 17, 2008

Shape Shifter

Saun Assael

In the netherworld of bodybuilders and supplementmakers, one name is on everyone's lips when it comes to designer steroids. But no one will say it out loud. The search for the man behind the juice

Story | Conversation | December 08, 2008