The Indianapolis Colts, with rookie quarterback Andrew Luck running for two touchdowns, beat Jacksonville 27-10. The Colts are 6-3. Last year at this time they were 0-9.
I'm of the opinion that a fan should pick one team and ride that train from birth until death. One team per league is fine, but there should be one team that trumps all, without question.
NBA teams overlooked Jeremy Lin for the same reason so-called experts first ignore stocks, business pioneers and anything else that defies expectation...
ST. LOUIS -- Ron Washington was on the coaching staff in Oakland when general manager Billy Beane was pioneering the Moneyball concept of building a m...
By Janie McCauley, Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)--Athletics general manager Billy Beane says he expects to hear “very soon” from Commis...
By Janie McCauley, Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)--Billy Beane considers “Moneyball” a success for the simple fact Brad Pitt plays Oakla...
Michael Lewis' book, Moneyball, was a sports thriller disguised as a nonfiction volume about statistics wonks. And Bennett Miller's film of Thomas' bo...
Bennett Miller was not much of a baseball fan; outside of a brief flash of interest at the Yankees' revival in the mid-90s, the 44-year old New York n...
With a line bursting with stargazers snaking all the way around a massive public square, the Toronto International Film Fest premiere of "Moneyball" w...
There are legions of films that are stopped mid-stream production each year in Hollywood, some offered the chance retool and some sentenced to have th...
One might call Billy Beane the Brad Pitt of the baseball world. Think about it: he's a tall, solid, handsome man who has aged incredibly well; his ...
I do hope that SABR will be able to reach out to more average intelligent baseball fans, though, because these members-to-be truly don't know what they're missing.
The mantra is get on base. The first look screams homerun. Billy Beane was a first round burnout, a baseball player who never fully realized his p...
Big league managers know more about 21st century leadership than many CEOs. We're living in a new era. Why are they using old metrics?
After reading Moneyball, I saw parallels between what the A's were doing in baseball and what we had done in the casinos -- this was my big chance to work in sports.
