No, I'm Not Bitter...Really: A Phillies Fan Laments

Jerry Waxman, 11.09.2009

When you are eight years old and your team is in the World Series you are in heaven.

The World Series and Barry Sanders

Chris Campbell, 11.06.2009

Music and technology professional

The Yankees clearly have many, many great years ahead of them, and likely will for generations to come. But the game just doesn't feel the same anymore.

Saints Prove Perfection Isn't Always Key

Khai Gordon, 11.05.2009

Sports Writer & Creator of XI Magazine

A word of advice to other teams out there: the Saints understand that perfect games aren't necessary to win -- take note of it and expose it in the future.

Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman, 11.04.2009

Emmy Award-winning Sportscaster

It's a mess in Washington and we're not talking politics, it's the Redskins. The organization is blaming the media -- if it would stop printing the NFL standings, fans would have no idea the team stinks.

Why Keep Geithner?

Dylan Ratigan, 11.02.2009

MSNBC Morning Meeting M-F @ 9AM ET and WABC Radio The Dylan Ratigan Show, Sun @ 7PM ET

The current custodian of America's wealth, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, is not doing a good job. The time for corrective action is now.

A Mets Fan's Lament

Eric Trager, 10.30.2009

Writer, Ph.D. Student

Mets fans are diametrically opposed to baseball's Goliath. We cannot root for the Yankees any more than Christians can cheer on Satan.

Caster Semenya: When Gender Is Not Sex

Elizabeth Debold, 10.29.2009

Senior Editor, EnlightenNext magazine

It seems pretty likely that Semenya is no longer going to be allowed to compete as a female in the sport that she loves and has trained so hard for.

Andre Agassi's Legacy Will Not Be Tarnished by Meth Use Admission

2morrowknight, 10.28.2009

Author, blogger, internet strategist

All of us have demons we have fought off, and have experienced low points in our lives we would love to forget. I don't believe the admission of drug use should define Agassi.

On Franchise Loyalty, and Storytelling

Jonah Keri, 10.27.2009

Sports writer/Stock market writer

A friendly hello to new readers at HuffingtonPost.com. Thanks for riding along. Visit JonahKeri.com for more good stuff on sports, politics and pop cu...

The Big Dawg Seeks Big Bucks From Electronic Arts for Unauthorized Use of His Identity

Gregory Gabriel, 10.23.2009

Attorney specializing in music, entertainment, and intellectual property

Cleveland Browns fan, John Big Dawg Thompson, recently sued Electronic Arts video game makers because their Madden NFL 09 contains an image of a fan dressed in a costume resembling his own.

LeBron James Dunks on George W. Bush's Ass

Matthew Filipowicz, 10.23.2009

Comedian, Cartoonist, Satirist

Le Bron James wants to dunk on G.W. Bush's ass, break the rim, and shatter the glass. The former President, never one to avoid biting off more than he can chew, issued a trash talking response.

Pain in the Foot Makes Playing Football Difficult

Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano, 10.25.2009

Sports medicine experts

As many as 2 million Americans are affected by plantar fasciitis each year, making it a problem that affects both competitive and recreational athletes alike.

Lance Armstrong, Michael Phelps -- and What They Say About Our Idiotic Drug Policies

David Sirota, 10.23.2009

Political journalist, best-selling author and syndicated newspaper columnist

Why do we as a country encourage the consumption of drugs that are far more harmful than some of the drugs, like marijuana, we outright criminalize?

Why I Hate the New York Yankees

Lee Schneider, 10.23.2009

Founder of DocuCinema, a media production company in Santa Monica

I'm going to lie down on a psychoanalyst's couch, preferably one made of soft baseball glove leather, and sort out my Yankee feelings. Hand me that baseball autographed by Sandy Koufax, will you?

Interview with Bill Simmons, Author of The Book of Basketball

Jason Pinter, 10.22.2009

Bestselling Thriller Writer

It is not hyperbole to say that Bill Simmons is probably the most popular sportswriter in the country. And he got there via a path that, in the 1990s, was unconventional to say the least.

Home Field Disadvantage

Ted Goeglein, 10.22.2009

Writer living in Chicago

The Cubs' old pile of bricks stinks of inebriated resignation. It's time for Wrigley Field to be gutted of the past and rebuilt for the future.

Obama Could Use Another Pair of Athletic Shorts

Danny Groner, 10.20.2009

Video Editor/Online Assistant Editor at TheWeek.com

Last week's photo of President Obama stuffing Reggie Love during a pick-up basketball game was the latest in a series of photos taken of the president playing in pants instead of shorts.

Circle Rules Football -- The Road Ahead

Eugene Michael Santiago, 10.19.2009

Member of the Trickster Theater Company at Exit Art

As a boy, Greg Manley grew up in Oakland California. As a young man Greg invented a sport in New York. That sport? Circle Rules Football. Almost three...

How the NFL Gets Race Right (and Rush Gets it Wrong)

Matt Osborne, 10.20.2009

Blogs at osborneink.com.

George Will once described the game as a "mistake" combining the two worst aspects of the 20th Century: organized violence and committee meetings. He might as well have added "equal opportunity."

A Triathlete Amputee's Thoughts On Her Body: Missing An Arm, But Not Courage, Part 1

Susan Harrow, 10.16.2009

Media Coach, Author of "Sell Yourself Without Selling Your Soul"

Leadership expert, triathlete and mother of quadruplets, twins and three other children, DeeDee Myers is never without lipstick in her purse. She's always prepared, always presentable, no matter what.

Prelims Finished, the Big Battle Is Joined

Mike Lux, 10.14.2009

Author, The Progressive Revolution: How the Best in America Came to Be

I am excited because this is a whole lot further than we got to when I was in the White House health care war room in 1994. At every stage, I think progressives have the ability to make progress.