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Sports Central June 1, 2005 Kevin Ferra |
A Look at Sports Globalization A look at American sports and a preview of upcoming articles about popular sports in other countries. |
Sports Central November 30, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
The European Tour's Global Impact The Dubai World Championship, played in November each year, will be the richest tournament in professional golf history. |
Sports Central October 23, 2004 Ryan Ballengee |
King of the Links: How to Make Golf Exciting Even as a golf fan and commentator, I find the last few months of the golfing season to be incredibly tedious |
Sports Central March 6, 2009 Ryan Ballengee |
American Golfing Dominance Over? In very short order, the faces of golf have gotten a lot younger and a lot less American. |
Sports Central April 21, 2005 Kevin Beane |
Advocating the Johnny Walker Classic Yet another beauty of soccer revealed: you can still hope for a good result even if you play poorly. |
Sports Central May 26, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
Why the PGA's FedEx Cup is Empty The more I find out about how the FedEx Cup is shaping up, the more discouraged I become about the potential value of this series. |
Sports Central May 5, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
Is the PGA Giving Up Too Soon? With 70% of the teams or individuals qualifying for the first round of playoffs, the PGA Tour FedEx Cup doesn't really begin until the second round. |
Sports Central March 3, 2005 Kevin Beane |
The Triumphant Return of Jaidee Why the European Tour runs as good a golf organization as the PGA, and for far less money. |
Sports Central August 29, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
FedEx Cup: We Can Rebuild It A list of ideas to improve the PGA Tour and FedEx Cup. |
Sports Central December 4, 2008 Kevin Beane |
Scouting the Poker Tours A look at multi-country poker tours. |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
Top 10 Athletes Unknown In North America There is a very large pool of young, successful, international sports stars, similar to the crop in North America. Just because they do not receive the same amount of airplay over here, doesn't mean we shouldn't give them the same attention. |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
Top 10 Sought-After Sports Trophies Teams and individuals make it their lifelong goal to obtain trophies, even if it's for that often brief opportunity to exclaim, "I'm the best in the world!" Here are the 10 most sought-after trophies in the realm of sports. |
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. |
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. |
Salon.com May 30, 2002 Andrew O'Hehir |
The greatest show on earth It's World Cup time again -- when more than a billion people will be enthralled not just by the joy of victory and agony of defeat, but also by the mystery and despair that is championship soccer... |
Sports Central July 15, 2006 Greg Wyshynski |
A Penalty Kick in the Pants Forget that famous head-butt. The real tragedy, the true outrage, of this near-classic match is the way it ended. |
Sports Central August 11, 2011 Kevin Beane |
The Greatest Weekend in Sports I love Labor Day weekend so much simply because that's where the greatest glut of sports, important sports, is being played. Let me count the ways. |
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. |
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 Central March 2, 2012 Kevin Beane |
Trying Times For American Tennis I've been following tennis since I was a kid, but mostly as a passive observer. Then I came to realize that tennis is a good sport for someone who likes sports gluttony. |
Sports Central February 21, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
Golf's Identity Crisis The game of golf is exhibiting signs that it is clearly struggling with the same problems of someone in a midlife crisis. |
Sports Central April 10, 2014 Kevin Beane |
World Cup Preview, Groups A and B With the World Cup scarcely over two months away, it's time to roll out the previews. In this first of a four-part series, I will be looking at groups A and B. |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
The Business of Cricket While not a powerhouse big-money sport, cricket does have tens of millions of dollars changing hand -- even China is getting into the act. |
Sports Central July 1, 2010 Kevin Beane |
On Soccer, Instant Replay, and Culture Five quick thoughts on the World Cup, and the need for instant reply. |
Salon.com June 27, 2002 Allen Barra |
If the U.S. won the World Cup An apocalyptic scenario involving Howard Cosell. |
Sports Central August 26, 2008 Ryan Ballengee |
The PGA's FedEx Cup Conundrum Through making the changes it did from one season to the next, the Tour has proven that the FedEx Cup lacks identity. |
Sports Illustrated April 25, 2001 Frank Deford |
The name game WUSA may lead American women to claim soccer as their sport... |
Sports Central October 8, 2012 Angus Saul |
Ryder Cup in Review Questions will undoubtedly be asked of Davis Love III following his side's terrible Ryder Cup defeat last Sunday. How could such a lead be wasted? How could some of the players play so badly? |
AskMen.com October 18, 2000 Mark Simmons |
World Wide Web Of Sports: Going Online If you wonder where the world of sports is headed next, then look no further. Sports commissioners and league presidents are actively searching for new ways to branch out and keep adding fresh blood to their pool of fans. They have found the answer: The Net. |
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. |
Sports Central December 14, 2005 Jeff Pohlmeyer |
World Cup Group of Death? The greatest sporting event in the world is taking place just a few months from now. No, not the Super Bowl, not the Olympics. The World Cup of soccer. |
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. |
Sports Central October 8, 2008 Kevin Beane |
The Super Sports Day Here are the big games across all sports. |
Sports Illustrated November 28, 2000 Alan Shipnuck |
Extrapolation Nation Instead of talking about overtaking the NFL, the Tour needs to get serious... |
Sports Central June 14, 2006 Zach Jones |
The Great Disappearing League Signs the NHL is in decline. |
Sports Central May 6, 2009 Ryan Ballengee |
Ranking the PGA Tour Schedule It has become clear that the PGA Tour is considering the development of a policy that will try to compel its membership -- primarily its best players -- to play in more events with a wider variety. |
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 December 2, 2004 Ryan Ballengee |
The Year That Was in Golf This past golf season was rather anticlimactic on all of the major Tours. |
Sports Central June 6, 2006 Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group F It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Brazil will win this group. The race for second, though, is anything but clear. |
Sports Illustrated September 23, 2000 Grant Wahl |
Coming of age U.S. men's soccer joins ranks of the world's best... |
Sports Illustrated January 11, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Shaping up I hope you watched the Accenture Match Play Championship from Australia. Steve Stricker's win should remind you what golf is all about -- scoring... |
Sports Central August 25, 2009 Ryan Ballengee |
Time For Solheim to Bring on Asia We may have to wait seven years for golf to get into the Olympics, but the Solheim Cup can certainly help showcase the global strength of the game sooner. |
Sports Illustrated May 21, 2002 Grant Wahl |
Soccer coverage SI's coverage of soccer is expanding -- just not as fast as, say, boating... |
Sports Central July 12, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
Who Were the Ad Wizards? The Western Open is officially dead. |
Sports Central November 8, 2012 Kevin Beane |
Ranking the Networks I am a sports fan, and I actually like all of these channels. I say this because I don't want the programming directors of the networks low on the list to jump out their 45th-floor windows. |
Sports Central October 1, 2007 Ross Lancaster |
An American's Sports Odyssey Into Soccer Soccer becomes the highlight of a sports weekend. |
Sports Central December 1, 2005 Ryan Ballengee |
Superstar Hypocrisy on the Tour It is hypocritical to cry out that the PGA Tour season is way too long, but then go ahead and play several more events well after the schedule ends. |
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. |
AskMen.com January 6, 2003 Matthew Ross |
2002 Sports Highlights: What A Year! It certainly was an eventful year in sports. There were controversies, triumphs and tragedies. But rather than focus on the tragedies, let's focus on the more entertaining aspects. Here is a look at some sports highlights of 2002. |
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. |