Advil or TheraFlu? Or should I pack both?

It wasn't long ago that I stopped getting hungover and started getting the flu.

I can't remember the first time it happened after a night of drinking, but it was probably sometime after my 30th birthday, right around the same time...

The "s" word, meaning slump not steroids, is something that almost every ballplayer at every level has experienced in some form.

But this one feels different.

He can't catch up to routine fastballs.

He knows it, everyone knows it. He told Sports Illustrated that he can't even leave...

Just how popular is Manny Ramirez? Is he more popular than, say, Alex Rodriguez?

Putting their recent drug revelations aside for the moment, a look at their jersey sales could help answer those questions.

But since Major League Baseball would not release its rankings to me, citing league policy,...

For Mother's Day, I gave my mom a signed copy of Mike Krzyzewski's new book The Gold Standard. Even though she's a Tar Heel, my mom likes and cheers for Coach K and Duke -- and the University of North Carolina.

That's unusual, I know, but my mom is an...

On Feb. 7, Sports Illustrated's Selena Roberts reported that A-Rod tested positive for steroids in 2003. By any account, it was one of the biggest sports scoops in recent history.

A confession from A-Rod followed, along with a book deal for Roberts.

Next...

THEY BUILD HER UP

Selena...

Forget about Kobe Bryant's 61 points in Madison Square Garden or LeBron's 52 point outburst just two days later that may or may not have been part of a triple double. The NBA's most amazing stat of the year involves Grant Hill.

Now, I'm not very good at math....

The best part of tonight's national championship game probably won't be the game.

It will happen after the game, after the nets are cut down, when CBS plays its "One Shining Moment" montage. Set against the backdrop of the song, it's always a huge hit for the network and...

Common sense suggests that A-Rod is a bad person.

This isn't breaking news, but it's likely that Sports Illustrated's Selena Roberts will spin it that way when her much anticipated A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez hits bookstores in late April.

Look, we already know that A-Rod cheated...