Right now we're the Notre Dame of super-powers, coasting on long-past glory and sweet-heart TV deals.
Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living
I advocate for our kids to become more balanced. Stressful organized sports take away from family time, and the experience no longer remains a simple and pleasurable experience.
Dave Zirin | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment
In the twisted moral world of sports, playing well is the only way to win back the love. Absent that option, Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount is stuck in YouTube purgatory.
AP | TOM CANAVAN | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — David Tyree has gone from Super Bowl hero to a receiver out of a job. He was released by the New York Giants in a move ...
Bill Sweetland | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago
However silly, misguided, and stupid our opinions and actions regarding our schools may be, at least we ain't as bad as them Texans.
Will Durst | Posted 10.20.2009 | Comedy
There are no fireworks to watch or ugly birds to cook or chocolate covered bunnies to steal marshmallows from. Just one Monday off for all those ordinary guys and gals trying to make ends meet.
Eugene Michael Santiago | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York
In an age where few professional athletes play the game the way we teach our children to play, we get upset that a good guy got the biggest bucks?
Bob Burnett | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
The Democratic quarterback is Obama, whom many say waits too long to throw the ball and is susceptible to being sacked. The Republicans? It's not clear who runs their offense or even if they have one.
AP | DENNIS WASZAK Jr. | Posted 09.26.2009 | New York
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The future is now for the new face of the New York Jets, Mark Sanchez. Sanchez was selected as the team's starting quarter...
Paul Mecurio | Posted 09.22.2009 | Comedy
Vick has paid his debt to society. Yes, he practiced killing and torture and violated the code of conduct he was sworn to uphold. That doesn't make him a monster. That makes him Dick Cheney.
Paul Mecurio | Posted 09.21.2009 | Comedy
In this latest episode of, I reveal once and for all what REALLY goes on in a ref's replay booth, it's quite unexpected.
Tom McCaffrey | Posted 09.17.2009 | Comedy
Kobe Bryant is following Vick's lead and is currently in talks to play the lead in the reimagining of "The Boy Who Could Fly" called "The Boy Who Could Fly and Also Never Raped anyone in a Hotel Room in Colorado."
Paul Mecurio | Posted 09.14.2009 | Comedy
AP | DAN GELSTON | Posted 09.14.2009 | Home
PHILADELPHIA — A remorseful Michael Vick wants a second chance and vowed to crusade for animal rights with the Philadelphia Eagles – and k...
Jessica Rovello | Posted 09.13.2009 | Entertainment
Gone are the days when you just got to lose your husband, boyfriend, son and dad on Sundays and the odd Thursday night.
Merrill Markoe | Posted 09.12.2009 | World
Any sport that can do no better than charges of "ungentlemanly behavior" can never claim to be a sport of the people.
Tom Matlack | Posted 09.01.2009 | Living
"What it comes down to is being a man for others," writes Seamus. "This means a man who is not self-centered. He puts others' needs before his and makes sure he helps everyone around him and not just himself."
Peggy Drexler | Posted 08.29.2009 | Entertainment
I believe in second chances. I believe that redemption is the soul of hope. I believe debts paid warrant fresh starts. Except when it comes to Michael Vick.
Posted 08.20.2009 | Home
By LARRY O'DELL, Associated Press Writer HAMPTON, Va. - Suspended NFL star Michael Vick ended his federal dogfighting sentence Monday, freeing him to...
Stephen Herrington | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living
On this anniversary of our Lunar achievement and the graduation of my class of 1969, I wonder if there is any more immutable thing than the ephemeral moment of a winning touchdown.
Becky Lee | Posted 07.31.2009 | Entertainment
As a society, we need heroes -- the belief in individual greatness, a team to be loyal to, a David versus Goliath memory, but our heroes should be role models as well.
David Henry Sterry | Posted 07.29.2009 | Entertainment
America didn't win their first international soccer tournament. But sometimes winning isn't the only thing. Sometimes getting to the finals is the next step toward winning the finals.
Bill Sweetland | Posted 07.26.2009 | Chicago
Let's get rid of that national monument to flaunted hypocrisy: intercollegiate athletics. Let's start over, with voluntary intramural sports only.
The Modesto Bee | The Associated Press | Posted 07.25.2009 | Home
alk about tests: After reaching the Confederations Cup semifinals in unlikely fashion, the reward for the U.S. soccer team is a matchup today with top...
Peter Mehlman | Posted 07.24.2009 | New York
In 1967, football jerseys were a teen fad in New York City High Schools. The world was decades away from maniacal sports marketing so the jerseys were bloodless: no team logo, no team colors, no superstar stranger's name along the upper back.
Will Menaker | Posted 11.09.2009 | Comedy