Friday Talking Points [40] -- Obama Shines, McCain Whines
Be careful what you wish for, John. That seems to be the message of the week for Senator John McCain. He took some campaign consultant's idea a few w...
Be careful what you wish for, John. That seems to be the message of the week for Senator John McCain. He took some campaign consultant's idea a few w...
Sandy Tolan | Posted 07.22.2008 | Entertainment
Brett Farve, after three years of playing the NFL's Hamlet -- each new off-season brought reruns of "to play or not to play" -- finally retired. But now he's stumbling to come back.
ESPN | Posted 07.16.2008 | Entertainment
The NFL has hired experts to study game footage to determine whether players are displaying street-gang hand signals as part of their on-field celebra...
AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business
RICHMOND, Va. — Imprisoned quarterback Michael Vick filed for bankruptcy protection while serving time for federal dogfighting charges, saying h...
Michael Lombardi | Posted 06.30.2008 | Entertainment
How Tiger Does It is an excellent portrait into the mind of Tiger Woods and how he is able to dominate his opponent week in and out, yet never seems content with his achievements.
AP | JOHN WAWROW | Posted 06.27.2008 | Home
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said it's "ridiculous" to reward untested rookies with lucrative contracts, and wants the issu...
Andrew Brandt | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business
In the NFL, free agency raised the bar at the top of the pay scale and created long-term ramifications for players watching the marketplace race past the contracts they signed in recent years.
Michael Lombardi | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business
"By the time you catch up to change, the competition is ahead of you," and this applies to the NFL, as professional football is a business with the same problems of all companies striving for excellence.
Dave Hollander | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media
Just a year apart, the retirements of Michael Strahan and Tiki Barber leave very different legacies. Strahan retired a football hero. Tiki left as, well, something else.
Dave Hollander | Posted 05.19.2008 | Entertainment
Full-blown congressional hearings looking into football teams spying on one another is not exactly the best use of taxpayer money. But hear me loud and clear: Spygate is not a victimless crime.
Huffington Post | Posted 04.17.2008 | Home
The NFL Schedule for 2008 has been released. The Sports Network does a nice job listing the highlights. Here are a few choice picks: There will be ...
Hollywood Reporter | Paul J. Gough | Posted 03.25.2008 | Media
The National Football League and NBC will likely move up the time of the league's September season opener so it won't conflict with presidential nomin...
Avery Corman | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics
Hillary Clinton and Bill Belichick, two operators who suck the air out of the room, and take the media with them. Made for each other.
Simon Maxwell Apter | Posted 02.29.2008 | Entertainment
If anything, this season was a season of superlatives.
Roger I. Abrams | Posted 02.27.2008 | Entertainment
The current abundance of dysfunctions in the sports industry is really nothing new. Most of the current anguish appears to be the result of an off-season lull in news.
Romi Lassally | Posted 02.04.2008 | Living
When Eli threw the pass that led to the Giants victory, it wasn't a quarterback throwing a ball. It was a son carrying out a legacy, a brother coming out of the shadow, a boy, like my boy, who loved a game.
AP | David Porter | Posted 02.04.2008 | Business
The New York Giants aren't the only winners in the team's upset victory over the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. Hats, T-shirts and other gea...
Greg Hanlon | Posted 02.04.2008 | Entertainment
Though it's probably not the best metaphor when talking about a team called the Giants, David beating Goliath is more fun than Goliath beating David.
Stephen H. Baum | Posted 02.03.2008 | Entertainment
The NFL Commissioner thinks destroying the Patriots' tapes "sent a message." I do, too, but it is a different message: If you are in charge, you can do whatever you want.
Reuters | Steve Ginsburg | Posted 02.03.2008 | Home
The New York Giants stand between the New England Patriots and their date with destiny when the two teams square off in the Super Bowl on Sunday. New...
Eben Esterhuizen | Posted 01.31.2008 | Business
We are so afraid of randomness that we are willing to pay exorbitant fees to ivy-league educated Wall Street suits to tell us "if xyz happens then you should buy abc."
AP | VINNEE TONG | Posted 01.28.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Die-hard Giants and Patriots fan are paying record prices to scalpers for tickets to this year's Super Bowl in Glendale, Ariz., and t...
AP | Posted 01.22.2008 | Home
Has Tom Brady given the boot to the boot? Hours after being photographed with a walking boot on his right foot as he followed girlfriend Gisele Bundc...
Greg Hanlon | Posted 01.21.2008 | Entertainment
The Coughlin-era Giants, who have long had an antagonistic relationship with the press, suddenly became media darlings when contrasted with the villainous, undefeated behemoth in New England.
The Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 01.14.2008 | Home
The New York Giants beat the favored Dallas Cowboys in the second round of the NFL playoffs yesterday. While it was certainly a tough loss, Terrell O...
The McCain campaign implied on Wednesday that Barack Obama's commitment...
***UPDATED BELOW*** During a CBS interview on Tuesday, John McCain made...
Before the largest crowd of his campaign, Democratic presidential contender Barack...
There is one more John McCain gaffe that...
As we have observed throughout the last several years,...
In a flagrant political act, the State Department has...
When Katie Couric told Haaretz that "The glory days of TV news...
**UPDATE 7/25** ThinkProgress now reports that the bar...
BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
If you're wondering about the recent articles claiming that a study found...
HOUSTON — A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off...
WASHINGTON — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at...
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics