Fields and Questions
Alan GrantSuper Bowl Sunday will offer a quietly interesting dynamic when Larry Fitzgerald Sr., journalist for the Minnesota Spokesman Reporter reports on a gam...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 21, 2009Lil' Wayne's Blog: "Let Me Just Give You An Example Of How Crazy Kobe Bryant Is."
Lil' Wayne...about the Bulls/Celtics series for a minute? That had to be one of the most amazing playoff series in the history of basketball. I wanted the Bulls to win so bad. Derrick Rose showed...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 04, 20092009 in Sports So Far: Surprised, Enchanted, Humbled, Troubled
Ted Bauer, via NYMagThis is a cool concept, so we're stealing it. Think about '09 so far. What has surprised you most, enchanted you most, humbled you most and troubled ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 01, 2009Media Blitz: A few minutes with Coach Eli Manning
Sam AlipourFrom what we can remember, our high school days were glorious. The buddies, the ladies, the awful, fresh-off-the-family-printer fake ID that, oddly, f...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 24, 2009Behind the Bets
Chad Millman...worth nickels. Anyway, while in town, I wanted to get some lessons from the bookmakers about NBA playoff betting. Over lunch, my conversation with Scooch went like this: Me: "Scooch, how is playoff betting different...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 16, 2009Mag Writers Roundtable: Size Matters
Jeff Bradley, Ric Bucher, David Fleming and E.J. HradekBruins 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, 2009Don't Think. Just Play.
Andy Kamenetzky and Brian KamenetzkyDuring the playoffs' most critical moments, the brain can be a player's best friend--or his worst enemy
Story | Conversation | March 24, 2009The Back and Forth: Best Sports Day Of The Year?
Ted Bauer and Eric AngevineWhat is "The Back and Forth?" Seems a pretty simple discussion: what's the best sports day of the year? Is it today, 1.1 of the Madness, or is it som...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 19, 2009Fatheads: What athletes need one of these things?
Various Sports Observers, via Ted Bauer...shot Donald Brashear (Caps): Fatheads desperately need a goon Scott Niedermayer (Ducks): Fatheads desperately need the ur-playoff beard THE NFL TED BAUER, ASSOCIATE PRODUCER, ESPN THE MAGAZINE: If you go to the "view 24...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 11, 2009The Week That Was ... Prognos-terrific
Ishita Singh...into high gear with the combine. The second half of the NBA means we're projecting the playoffs (and are that much closer to a Kobe-LeBron Finals). And the start of March means we...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 27, 2009ESPNTheMag.Com at the NFL Combine, Day II: "Hey, Junior!"
Chris Sprow...to still be out. 2006: Vince Young (No. 3 overall) Young did help the Titans make the playoffs as a starter, but last season during their No.1-seed-in-the-AFC campaign, he sat...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 20, 2009The NEXT: NFL Head Coaches
David Fleming...watch his rising star cool, significantly, when his quarterback Jake Delhomme threw five picks in the Divisional playoffs. TIE: BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER / KYLE SHANAHAN: Both young. Both talented offensive coordinators. Both sons of former NFL coaches...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 20, 2009NFL Draft: Trading Down Makes You Go Up? In Most Cases, Yep.
Chris Sprow...landed in the laps of the Arizona Cardinals with the 16th pick, and was instrumental in their playoff push. Who was the best rookie running back? Easily Chris Johnson, who rushed for 1,228 yards...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 19, 2009
May The Curse Be With You
Rick Paulas...argue that one of the greatest running backs of all time is cursed, but look at his playoff career. In half of LT2's career postseason games he's received seven or less carries due...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 13, 2009ESPN Insider: The AFC South in 2009 is all about the QBs
Doug Farrar of Football Outsiders...familiar refrain, as is "The AFC East has amazing coaching!" or "The NFC South is loaded with playoff contenders." Truth. But lookie here: last season's best regular-season record came from the AFC South...
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