There are many reasons why living in a big sports city like this one is better than living in a one-horse town. One of them is mornings like this morning. For instance, if this were just a Stars town, we would be depressed with the absurd effort the Stars rolled out in St Louis. Instead, we will lea...

It is Tuesday, and we have plenty to digest: Thanks to Newberg, I was pointed to this column from Gil about Milton Bradley …gold: Why did he leave the Texas Rangers? "I never really understand," Bradley said after a thoughtful pause. "You can talk about money-this and money-that and whatever. But ...

At 12 am Friday night, the NFL free agency period officially began. By Sunday night, the NFL world had been completely turned on its fucking head. I kept a running tally of the biggest moves with details and analysis. Hope you didn't have anything to do for the next hour. News: Albert Haynesworth si...

This Crabtree story is the most interesting thing I saw this weekend from the Combine: Crabtree will run through fracture to post a time … All-America wide receiver Michael Crabtree of Texas Tech addressed the stress fracture in his left foot at the NFL scouting combine Sunday, saying he would giv...

Various links of moderate importance on a Monday morning after a Daytona 380 and an NBA All-Star weekend. I really missed my NFL this weekend. But, I am falling back in love with everything about All-Star weekend but the game. By the way, if Nascar is interested in my consumer dollars, then you must...

Michael Irvin wants you to come down to the Citadel Outlet Mall tomorrow for open tryouts of his new reality show. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Much like America, the team commonly referred to as America's Team has fallen on some hard times. The Dallas Cowboys ended a drama-filled 2008 season on the wr...

Here it is, the 8th annual edition of the Historical Rankings of the 32 NFL Franchises in the Super Bowl Era. The object of this game is to find a way to quantify the accomplishments of each team in a way that is a bit more advanced than saying “The Jets have one Super Bowl win, the Vikings have n...

Let’s face it: The Cowboys appear to be a joke right now. That is a reputation that they have themselves to thank, and right now, they are either going to have to enjoy being compared with Al Davis’ Raiders, or change their ways.Which side of that bet do you want to be on? Depending on who you a...

Super Bowl Sunday The Arizona Cardinals versus Pittsburgh Steelers How the Steelers win -- There's a tendency in big games to try to surprise your opponent. This is what the Baltimore Ravens try to do when they played Pittsburgh in the conference finals. They tried to pass their way to victory. That...

Super Bowl Sunday The Arizona Cardinals versus Pittsburgh Steelers How the Steelers win — There’s a tendency in big games to try to surprise your opponent. This is what the Baltimore Ravens tried to do when they played Pittsburgh in the conference finals. They tried to pass their way t...