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Every athlete seeks that sweet spot between development and decline. But how many know exactly when that is? In ESPN The Magazine's Age Issue, stats gurus pick peak performance ages for key positions in NFL, MLB, NHL and NBA.

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Rany Jazayerli has a column on Grantland subtitled "Once upon a time, teams got great value by trading for minor league studs. Not anymore." Rany's point is that front offices are smarter than a generation ago, making it difficult to pilfer players l...

The Tampa Bay Rays must be moved. The Rays' barely tenable existence in St. Petersburg, Fla., is getting worse and it's becoming, to borrow a word from star pitcher David Price in describing a critical but sparsely attended game late last season, "em...

It was snowing Wednesday night in Minneapolis. It was snowing, and we're supposed to lament that Target Field was only half-filled with hardy Minnesotans? We're supposed to lament that Mariners fans are setting record-low attendance numbers for Sa...

The 2010 NFL season was one of the best I can remember when it came to parity. Each week we saw upset after upset, and team after team go from being the unquestioned favorite to win the Super Bowl to in danger of missing the playoffs entirely. It was...

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. -- Devin Aromashodu might finally be done bouncing around the league. Having spent time on rosters in Washington, Miami and Indianapolis prior to catching on in Chicago, Aromashodu seems to be entering the sweet spot of his career;...

Good stuff from Rational Pastime about competitive balance. The big finish: So there you have it--based on win distributions, the MLB is clearly the most balanced American sports league, and the NFL the least balanced, contrary to popular opinion....

More about the Dodgers and various other ambitions from Frank McCourt, who's been talking a lot lately: Court filings in the divorce case revealed that McCourt also remains active in planning for an NFL stadium in the Dodger Stadium parking lot. ...

As Forbes.com's Tom Van Riper writes, it's not been a good season for teams with low payrolls. And you can imagine what the owners of teams with low payrolls might think about that ... Should the Tigers hang on, this season will mark the fir...

Dirty Harry on the baseball draft: I have a ton of complaints about baseball's draft (the lack of slotting system, rules against trading picks, etc.) but at least this year it's generating more interest than normal, so I suppose sportsbook f...