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Sports Illustrated
April 25, 2001
Frank Deford |
The name game WUSA may lead American women to claim soccer as their sport...   |
Sports Illustrated
January 10, 2001
Frank Deford |
The hot stove league Once upon a time there was an offseason. Super Bowl? NFL Playoffs? The NBA? Hard to imagine today, but for much of the 20th century, perhaps as late as into the 1960s, the sports calendar effectively ended with the New Year's Day bowl games... |
Sports Central
July 11, 2011
Bill Hazell |
Locked Out Twice? The NFL labor dispute is on the edge of being resolved, but the NBA lockout has just started and thus, they are nowhere near an agreement. |
Sports Central
May 17, 2007
Kevin Beane |
Sports Cultures in Focus: Australia Why is Australia so successful in sports? It has created the perfect sporting environment. |
Sports Illustrated
June 17, 2002
Phil Taylor |
No vacancy U.S. has no room for soccer on its full sports plate. |
Sports Illustrated
July 18, 2001 |
Divided we stand There's a league for everyone these days. Declining TV ratings for individual sports are caused by an increase in choices. |
AskMen.com
June 19, 2013
Ian Lang |
Golf Is Under-Appreciated Golf may not require great physical strength or endurance, but the training, repetition and raw coordination required to produce even a modicum of success are as demanding as any other sport. |
Salon.com
August 22, 2001
Allen Barra |
Stop bad-mouthing baseball Sentimental sports columnists moan about its demise, even though the facts don't support their arguments... |
AskMen.com
May 14, 2003
Arash Madani |
The Financial Expansion Of The MLB A year after "contraction" was the buzzword in Major League Baseball, the latest trend is not to diminish the game, but to expand it. |
Salon.com
June 27, 2002
Allen Barra |
If the U.S. won the World Cup An apocalyptic scenario involving Howard Cosell. |
Sports Central
April 17, 2008
Sean Crowe |
Why the NHL is Dead The question is, how do we bring it back to life? |
AskMen.com
Mark Simmons |
soccer betting What do we think about when high-budget sporting franchises come to mind? Baseball? Basketball? Hockey? Although all of these might be valid answers to the question, soccer should also be added to the list. |
Fast Company
September 2015
KC Ifeanyi |
Can the NFL trounce FIFA to define "football" once and for all? The stateside popularity of American pigskin has always been as fierce as soccer's unshakeable foothold in Europe and Latin America. |
Sports Central
June 3, 2005
Eric Williams |
Let's Make a Deal, Commissioner Stern Message to Mr. Stern: The NBA is on the verge of a lockout. Get a deal done now. There is too much to lose and not nearly enough to gain if there is no NBA next year. Just ask your favorite NHL player. |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
How Athletes Are Cultivated How do aspiring sports stars hone their talents so they're ready for the big time and the dollars that are up for grabs? How much money is involved in cultivating talent? |
Sports Central
January 20, 2007
Greg Wyshynski |
The Booze, Banter, and Betting Theory A sport's popularity, on a professional or college level, can be directly linked to its fans' ability to debate it, bet it, or use it as the entrance point for a few hours of total inebriation. |
Sports Central
September 2, 2005
Kevin Ferra |
It's Just American Football, or is it? The NFL is the top American sports leagues and is looking to expand into many international markets, including Europe, Canada, China and Mexico. |
Sports Central
October 31, 2004
Jon Gonzales |
Ten Radical Rule Changes For the NFL It's not like football needs rule changes like other sports need them. Still, a sport, in the fans' interests, should continuously evolve; therefore keeping it from flat-lining as tennis or even baseball has at times. |
Sports Illustrated
July 30, 2003
Frank Deford |
King Hut Pro football rules in America; here's why |
Sports Central
October 19, 2011
Vito Curcuru |
How the Players Can Win the NBA Lockout The NBA players need to leverage their talent to win the lockout. |
Sports Illustrated
May 21, 2002
Grant Wahl |
Soccer coverage SI's coverage of soccer is expanding -- just not as fast as, say, boating... |
AskMen.com
November 29, 2000
Mark Simmons |
Pro Sports Salaries How can we explain the meteoric rise of players' salaries? |
Sports Central
October 8, 2005
Brad Oremland |
An Age-Old Question Kids should not be playing sports. People under 18 shouldn't be playing football, baseball, or basketball, shouldn't be ice skating or golfing or learning to hit a ball with a racket. |
Sports Central
April 15, 2013
Adam Russell |
MLB Should Consolidate the Leagues Could there ever be the possibility of MLB proposing a unified organization with consistent rules and a more objective schedule? If enough fans jump on the bandwagon, it most certainly could be possible. |
Sports Illustrated
October 16, 2002
Frank Deford |
The right call All sports should use available technology to review plays |
BusinessWeek
November 24, 2010
Patrick Cain |
The NFL: A Pro Football League of Its Own The history of rivals to the National Football League is one of short-lived ambitions |
Sports Central
February 11, 2006
Greg Wyshynski |
Hockey's Higher Calling Hockey is bigger than the NHL, and if the NHL should ever go down, it's not taking hockey with it. |
Salon.com
August 1, 2001
Allen Barra |
Play ball? You bet The Wall Street Journal says kids aren't interested in the national pastime anymore. The folks who sell baseball gear beg to differ... |
Salon.com
May 24, 2002
Allen Barra |
Soccer may be the world's sport, but it will never be America's Every four years soccer officials assure us that if the U.S. men's team makes a run for the World Cup, their sport will finally break through in America. Dream on. |
Sports Central
June 14, 2006
Zach Jones |
The Great Disappearing League Signs the NHL is in decline. |
Sports Central
January 4, 2012
Louie Centanni |
Why the 66-Game NBA Season Should Stay Between playing more frequently, forcing stars to show effort nightly, and reintroducing the concept of team basketball, the 66-game NBA season seems to be a great experiment - one that should become the norm for years to come. |
Sports Illustrated
June 7, 2000
Frank Defords |
Hockey: The RC Cola of Sports RC Cola will, I am confident, distantly trail Coke and Pepsi when we enter the third milennium. And yet RC Cola is a very good soda pop. I'll bet if I gave you one of those blindfolded taste tests, a lot of you would even pick RC over Coke or Pepsi...
But also this: as far as I know, R.C. has learned to live happily being number three. |
Sports Illustrated
October 25, 2000
Frank Deford |
National Passed Time Baseball is still our game -- if we can stay awake. The bizarre thing about baseball is nobody disputes that the games are too long, and because of this the game is being terribly harmed... |
BusinessWeek
November 24, 2010
Paul Wachter |
The New Skins Game The Lingerie Football League is a rarity in sports -- a women's professional league that's actually growing |
Sports Central
June 29, 2010
Brad Oremland |
Why I Don't Love Soccer Why has the beautiful game of soccer, something easy both to play and to understand, failed to make headway against baseball and basketball and American football? |
Sports Central
February 14, 2011
Vito Curcuru |
Why the NBA Has the Best All-Star Game The NBA All-Star Game has started to separate itself as the best event of its kind among the four major sports. |
AskMen.com
January 19, 2013
Adam Hodge |
Rec Leagues I never go to gyms. I run outside sometimes, which is invariably better than running on a treadmill. But mostly I participate in amateur sports leagues to stay fit. I am addicted to recreational sport in the most positive way possible. |
Sports Central
October 26, 2010
Tom Kosinski |
Is the Tennis Season Too Long? The tennis season is way too long. Just like basketball, hockey, and baseball (the World Series hasn't even started yet and it's the end of October) tennis has become just another drawn out non-spectacle. |
Sports Illustrated
June 17, 2002
Tim Layden |
Give soccer a chance If there were justice in the sports universe, the players from an amazing spring would momentarily step aside today. All would understand that what is taking place in the World Cup is just a little bit better than what they are doing or have done. |
AskMen.com
June 3, 2015
Alex Manley |
Phil Pritchard Interview What do you learn when you spend 27 years traveling with the Stanley Cup? |
Sports Central
August 16, 2011
Paul Foeller |
From Spring Training to the Fall Classic It may not be the way the baseball purists want to see it, and it may put a dent in yearly revenue, but a shortened MLB regular season will eventually happen. |
Sports Central
January 25, 2006
Diane M. Grassi |
Winter Olympics Athletes Face Double Standard Big media and corporate sponsorship of sporting events in the US have become as big a story these days as the sports and athletes they themselves sponsor, with nary an opportunity missed by advertisers and networks alike to promote themselves. |
Sports Central
May 31, 2007
Kevin Beane |
In Praise of Losing Teams Love sports, but don't like the stress associated with being a hardcore fan? Then pick a poor team to support. |
Sports Central
March 13, 2004
Jonathan Moncrief |
Using an Idiot's Logic: The Case of Todd Bertuzzi Todd Bertuzzi acted like the ultimate thug during his on-ice attack of Steve Moore. Todd Bertuzzi is receiving the justice he deserves. Ms. Brennan should perhaps consider this in the future, before using a broad brushstroke in painting hockey as something we need to rid ourselves of. |
Sports Central
February 25, 2008
Jon Gonzales |
Happy 25th, USFL! (Or What Could've Been) Had the United States Football League continued down the path it was blazing, and had a few breaks gone its way, it likely would have survived to today. |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Will This Trend Be Bunk or a Bunker for Golf Investors? Golf's popularity is on the downswing, threatening investor profits. |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
Big Paydays In Obscure Sports Being a pro in a widely-followed sport is not the only route to a fat paycheck. Many people taking part in activities we may not even consider to be real sports are also raking in the big bucks. |
AskMen.com
February 5, 2003
Mark Simmons |
Why The NFL Is So Fantastic As the NFL powers into the 21st century, it is head and shoulders above all other professional sports circuits. It is firing on all cylinders; both in terms of financial metrics and public relations goodwill. |
Sports Central
June 22, 2010
Brad Oremland |
The Greatest Rivalries in Sports Last week, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics to win the NBA championship. Baseball also has its share of rivals teams. |
Sports Central
October 25, 2010
Joshua Duffy |
Baseball No Longer Rules October After more than century of dominance in the american sporting marketplace, baseball is no longer king. |
