The Sports Guy

When great ones go, it might hurt us more than it does them.

In This Issue

...on Messi himself, a great read on Clippers owner Donald Sterling, a nice think piece on what MLB would look like if the Manny Ramirez situation had broken differently, and much more. Now, if you...

Lunch Links

...T.O. returns to Dallas, for $195 a pop. Read the Supreme Court nominee's ruling on MLB in the in '05

The Morning According to Us: Papi the Savior

...finally hitting his first tater in 150 at-bats. The drought is over. Keep 'em flowing, Papi. Major League Baseball needs you. Gregarious and gracious, Ortiz has been one of the game's great ambassadors...

Lebowski's MLB Fantasy

John Smoltz lives here --- and now, so does Kathryn Darden

John Smoltz got hitched again this week. His new wife is named Kathryn Darden, and people are apparently fascinated enough with Smoltz (we love the gu...

Life of Reilly

Here's my solution for fixing baseball: put me in charge.

The Morning According to Us

...t all apply just yet. We've allowed these leagues -- we're looking at you, NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA and yes, even you the NCAA -- to play business at a third grade level long enough...

The Athlete Roll Continues: A-Rod and Kate Hudson?

A few weeks ago, we switched from going New York Times every morning on the subway to a mix of that and New York Post. (Latter is simpler and flashier...

Auction Block: Famed Charity

...Baseball's principal archivists are literally tripping over donated items; from sturdy cardboard containers shipped from defunct MLB stadiums to shoeboxes full of photographs mailed in from recently cleaned garages. They hire interns to sift...

Fun Video: Norm MacDonald on Bob Uecker

"He's got a hell of a set of pipes on him." Fun. Watch it.

The Morning According to Us

...player who last year looked for fellow former minor leaguers to file a class-action suit against MLB, The Steroid Era isn't really about the guys who take steroids. It's about the suspicion...

Fun: Baba Booey First Pitch Effort FAIL

Watch this. It's funny. You'll laugh. Isn't that what Mondays are about?

The Morning According to Us

The Los Angeles Dodgers established the modern MLB record for home wins to start a season with their 13th straight victory Wednesday night. Less than...

Getting to Know ... AJ Hinch

Got to work this morning, realized Bob Melvin was canned, and immediately thought of two things: (1) the NL West is a vastly different landscape now, ...