Sportswriters

Opening Day: Mitt Romney Already Ruins the Season

Gavin Shulman | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Sportswriters, Sports, 2012 Election, Major League Baseball, Mitt Romney 2012, 2008 Presidential Race, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Romney, Barack Obama, Humor, Comedy News
Gavin Shulman

Now that politics has become America's actual favorite pastime, there have got to be a lot of nervous sports writers out there. Who wants to watch a full campaign-long blow-out? Even worse, who wants to announce it?

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Count on It: Barry Bonds Will Be Voted Into Baseball Hall of Fame

Steve Kettmann | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, Bud Selig, Sportswriters, Barry Bonds Trial, Baseball Hall of Fame, Steroid Era, Major League Baseball, Barry Bonds Steroids, Jose Canseco, Steroids in Baseball, Mlb, Baseball, Sports News
Steve Kettmann

I am like a lot of fans of baseball in being sick, sick, sick of hearing about steroids and unlike most fans in having played a role myself in helping put the topic of steroids and baseball front and center in the national psyche.

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Perception Becomes Reality With Hall of Fame Voters

Colin Barnicle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sportswriters, Steroids in Baseball, Baseball Hall of Fame, Baseball, Jeff Bagwell, Hall of Fame Voting, Major League Baseball, Sports News
Colin Barnicle

It doesn't bother me that Jeff Bagwell didn't make the Hall of Fame. What bothers me is why he didn't make it into the Hall of Fame.

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Jay Mariotti ARRESTED

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sportswriters, Jay Mariotti Domestic Violence, Jay Mariotti Arrest, Espn, Jay Mariotti, Jay Mariotti Arrested, Sports News

LOS ANGELES — ESPN personality and AOL sports columnist Jay Mariotti has been arrested on a felony charge in Los Angeles. Officer Norma Eisenman ...

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More Than a Sportswriter: Lester "Red" Rodney: 1911-2009

Dave Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jackie Robinson, Baseball, Lester Rodney, Sportswriters, Sports Media, Sports News
Dave Zirin

It didn't make SportsCenter, but one of history's most influential sportswriters died this week at the age of 98.

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Mark Teixeira & Baseball's Fantasy World

George Mitrovich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economy, Sportswriters, Mark Teixeira, Baseball, Economic Crisis, Jamie McCourt, Yankees, Agents, Mannie Ramirez, Red Sox, Dodgers, Professional Athletes, Scott Boras, Baseball Players, Entertainment News
George Mitrovich

We may achieve a new equity between players and fans, between the few who makes millions playing a game and the many who labor to survive America's economic nightmare.

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Sportswriters The New All-Stars

New York Times | Richard Perez-Pena | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sportswriters, RIck Reilly, Sports Illustrated, Espn, Yahoo! Sports, Media News

A few teams are rich and getting richer, hunting more avidly than ever for talent, raiding the less-endowed leagues, poaching free agents and bidding ...

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Sports Reporter Fired For Fabrications

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dave Fritz, Blair J. Parker, News Leader, Sportswriters, Plagiarism, Media News

A sports reporter who admitted fabricating stories has been fired for breaching The News Leader's journalistic ethics policies, executive editor Dave ...

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