18 Results for tiger woods

Smoltz manufactures a comeback

Buster Olney

...Smoltz is a friend and golfing partner of Tiger Woods, which is hardly surprising, because the two men...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 24, 2009

Nine reasons this NYY-BOS series is pivotal

Buster Olney

...10½ games. Think of the Yankees as Tiger Woods, and the Red Sox as the troublesome 14th...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 06, 2009

Just getting warmed up

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

Evan Longoria looks like a natural now, but he didn't even get drafted out of high school. See what can happen, kids, when you work your tail off?

Story | Conversation | May 07, 2009

With Cruz, others, Royals eager to improve

Buster Olney

Kansas City Royals GM Dayton Moore explained over the phone Saturday how the pursuit of reliever Juan Cruz accelerated after Orlando Hudson decided to...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 01, 2009

Looking back

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

It takes time to appreciate how Barry Bonds towered over the game.

Story | Conversation | December 02, 2004

Duensing among unlikely September stars

Buster Olney

...Cardinals' Julio Lugo, who is hitting .294 since joining St. Louis; Nate Robertson, who stepped into the Tigers' rotation Sunday, after nursing a groin injury, and picked up a big win against the Twins; Jason...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 22, 2009

For a night, Penny is prime currency

Buster Olney

Mike Krukow, half of the Giants' broadcast team, said it best about Brad Penny in the seventh or eighth inning of the pitcher's debut with San Francis...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 03, 2009

Rays simply couldn't afford to keep Kazmir

Buster Olney

Had Scott Kazmir remained with the Tampa Bay Rays for 2010, he likely would have been one member of an elite group of about 50 players in Major League...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 29, 2009

How Wagner shifted the market

Buster Olney

...him with an expensive alternative), the Yankees (Mariano Rivera), Toronto (Scott Downs), Minnesota (Joe Nathan), Cleveland (Kerry Wood), Kansas City (Joakim Soria), Seattle (David Aardsma, who has been solid), the Angels (Brian Fuentes), Texas (Frank...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 26, 2009

Teahen a part of widespread optimism in K.C.

Buster Olney

Mark Teahen's transition to second base began on a Little League field in Peoria, Ariz., in December. He went there with his brother and girlfriend to...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 01, 2009

Angels loaded with top prospects

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

Some of the Angels' young talent has surfaced already at the major-league level. And there's much more to come.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | May 11, 2006

C.C. revved up in August

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

Buster Olney takes a look at Friday's top matchups.

Story | Conversation | August 26, 2005

Top pitching matchup: Haren vs. Meche

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

Buster Olney takes a look at Thursday's top matchups and the good, the bad and the ugly from Wednesday.

Story | Conversation | June 30, 2005

Wood returns to face Sheets

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

Kerry Wood returns from the disabled list Wednesday and will face the Brewers' Ben Sheets.

Story | Conversation | June 28, 2005

Managerial sideshow

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

A look at Sunday's top matchups and the good, the bad and the ugly from Friday.

Story | Conversation | May 01, 2005