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Running with Bob Sheppard

Buster Olney

Bob Sheppard, the longtime public address announcer for the Yankees, is stepping away from the microphone for good. I hope he enjoys whatever he deci...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 28, 2009

Martinez, McGriff also among candidates

Associated Press

Roberto Alomar is among 15 first-time candidates of this year's Hall of Fame ballot, joining holdovers Mark McGwire, Andre Dawson and Bert Blyleven.

Story | Conversation | November 27, 2009

Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)

Buster Olney

...draft pick. The Red Sox are putting on a full-court press to acquire Roy Halladay, write Mark Feinsand and Bill Madden; Boston is focused on starting pitching, writes Peter Abraham. Here is the big...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009

Scandal, slurs, sex … Happy Holiday!

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

UEFA's Gianni Infantino has plenty on his mind these days, like trying to keep a European soccer match-fixing investigation from becoming the worst sports scandal ever. Here's the Courtside Seat view.

Story | Conversation | November 25, 2009

No timetable for McGwire intro

Associated Press

The Cardinals still haven't set a date to introduce Mark McGwire as their new hitting coach.

Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009

In memory: Marine's Thanksgiving note

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Marine Tony Wojo's Thanksgiving letter, written in 2006 when he couldn't come home for the holiday, resonates seven months after his death in Iraq.

Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Putting JJ's dominance in perspective

Ed Hinton, ESPN.com

It took us 30 years to fully appreciate the magnitude of Cale Yarborough's three-peat. Here's hoping it won't take that long for us to acknowledge Jimmie Johnson's place in NASCAR history.

Story | Conversation | November 22, 2009

In from the cold? Not Rocket

Johnette Howard, Special to ESPN.com

Will Roger Clemens ever learn? Apparently, not even the Mark McGwire lesson has penetrated the Rocket's consciousness.

Story | Conversation | November 17, 2009

Selig: Some teams lost money in '09

Associated Press

Some teams lost money in 2009, baseball commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday after the final owners meeting of the year.

Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009

Holliday vs. Bay: D is the difference

Jay Jaffe, Baseball Prospectus

Baseball Prospectus analyzes the defensive aptitude of Jason Bay and Matt Holliday. The outcome? Holliday is clearly more valuable, but a fit is easier to find for Bay.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 18, 2009

Shades of gray in Sammy's skin

Jemele Hill, Page 2

Sammy Sosa says he isn't a racist, but his skin color raises troubling questions about racial identity.

Story | Conversation | November 13, 2009

Cards working on McGwire appearance

ESPN.com news services

The St. Louis Cardinals are still figuring out how hitting coach Mark McGwire will eventually meet with the media and whether he will end his long silence on questions about his alleged connection to performance-enhancing drugs.

Story | Conversation | November 11, 2009

The Spawn of 'Moneyball'

Buster Olney

An American League executive, considered to be one of the best and brightest, chatted in the spring of 2008 about the résumés of the front-o...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009

The past is still McGwire's present

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

He can't run and he can't hide anymore now that he's a hitting coach. It's time for Mark McGwire to salute his present by speaking out about his past.

Story | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Cashman casts praise far and wide

Buster Olney

As the Yankees' players hopped happily in the middle of the infield late Wednesday, in the first moments after winning the World Series, plastic glass...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2009