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This new schedule leaves plenty to ponder

Ray Ratto, Special to ESPN.com

The new National Hockey League schedule has no All-Star Game. But that seems like the only good news.

Story | Conversation | July 29, 2005

Lying about fences? Only in D.C.

Ray Ratto, Special to ESPN.com

MLB got a team back in D.C., and promptly put the Nationals in a ballpark that lied to it every day, writes Ray Ratto.

Story | Conversation | July 25, 2005

Why stop with baseball and softball?

Ray Ratto, Special to ESPN.com

Now that baseball and softball has been whacked for the 2012 Olympics, let's turn the scythe on some other activities that need to go.

Story | Conversation | July 11, 2005

Who needs the Olympics? Not New York

Ray Ratto, Special to ESPN.com

The awarding of the 2012 Games to London has already turned into New York's rejection of the Olympics, not the other way around.

Story | Conversation | July 06, 2005

All geared up over nothing

Ray Ratto, Special to ESPN.com

There was nothing grand about the U.S. Grand Prix, which left race fans flat when only six cars competed.

Story | Conversation | June 20, 2005

Filling in Prefontaine's answers

Ray Ratto, Special to ESPN.com

Steve Prefontaine remains a significant, and haunting, figure in U.S. track channels, just because he is. If you have to ask why, you're way behind the curve.

Story | Conversation | May 30, 2005

Armstrong's legacy still under revision

Ray Ratto, Special to ESPN.com

Without question, Lance Armstrong retires as the greatest cyclist ever, but unfairly or not, the questions still linger about how he did it.

Story | Conversation | April 18, 2005

Ode to the old-schoolers

Ray Ratto, Special to ESPN.com

From Mikan to Magic to Marbury, music of varying genres has long been a staple of NBA players who've danced to the beat of their own generation.

Story | Conversation | February 22, 2005

McGwire needs to end his silence

Ray Ratto, Special to ESPN.com

With Jose Canseco implicating him in the steroids scandal, Mark McGwire must now tell his side of the story.

Story | Conversation | February 08, 2005

Can Knight Phil the void?

Ray Ratto, Special to ESPN.com

Phil Knight is retiring to become "the world's No 1 sports fan," but it's hard to imagine him heckling the refs in all the Romance languages.

Story | Conversation | November 19, 2004

What have you done lately?

Ray Ratto, Special to ESPN.com

Coach Bob Ladouceur surely will have to take the fall after De La Salle's football team lost its first game in 12 years.

Story | Conversation | September 07, 2004

In a not-so-perfect world ...

Ray Ratto, Special to ESPN.com

The good folks at Wheaties overlooked some worthy contenders to represent the Breakfast of Champions.

Story | Conversation | August 30, 2004

Serena might want to rethink her outfit

Ray Ratto, Special to ESPN.com

Perhaps afraid she'll go unnoticed, Serena Williams will be playing in go-go boots at the U.S. Open.

Story | Conversation | August 25, 2004

Serena might want to rethink her outfit

Ray Ratto, Special to ESPN.com

Perhaps afraid she'll go unnoticed, Serena Williams will be playing in go-go boots at the U.S. Open.

Story | August 25, 2004

Fashion faux pas

Ray Ratto, Special to ESPN.com

Perhaps afraid she'll go unnoticed, Serena Williams will be playing in go-go boots at the U.S. Open.

Story | Conversation | August 24, 2004