The first bat innovation happened in the 1840’s.
It’s only taken 185 years to figure out the baseball bat.
ESPN walked away from its contract with Major League Baseball this week, exercising an opt-out clause.
The NBA just jumped the shark, actually a car.
That was ugly.
Everything seemed so right.
Sunday before the Super Bowl, Hubie Brown will broadcast his final NBA game on ABC at 2 pm ET on ABC, he will be paired with Mike Breen for the 76ers at the Bucks in Milwaukee where Brown got his start in the NBA. Brown at 91 years of age, will retire from a broadcasting […]
People are ready for Super Bowl LIX, a.k.a Super Bowl 59. Most are expecting another recording setting TV and streaming audience for Sunday’s game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs. Between horrible weather and political drama, tragedies, people are ready for a diversion and to be entertained, there’s no doubt about it. The […]
The great Super Bowl Jazz Trumpeter once said, “I have three loves, my horn, my team [the Saints], and my hometown.” He was referring to his hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana home of this Sunday’s Super Bowl. A bit of Super Bowl trivia-who was the first Super Bowl halftime act? That New Orleans Jazz great, […]
Late Wednesday ESPN reported that the Miami Heat have traded Jimmy Butler to the Golden State Warriors, for Kyle Anderson, Andrew Wiggins and a protected 2026 first-round pick. Embed from Getty Images Butler became a disgruntled superstar last year when the Heat declined to sign him to a max longterm extension. Butler then was […]
For sometime in the baseball card collecting world there have been pre-war 1880-1939 era cards and then everything else. For me, it’s now 1980’s through whenever anyone started watching out-of-market games on an MLB.TV subscription. The baseball fan in the 80’s and 90’s simply never saw certain players play on Saturday afternoons, the only time […]
The NBA All-Star should be abolished. There’s no going back. The best All-Star game was in 1992. Sure you had Magic making his comeback, but you also had Jordan and Bird and Patrick Ewing, and basically the entire Dream Team who would go on to win the Olympic Gold medal in Barcelona later that year. […]
It’s been a bit inspiring watching the Baseball Hall of Fame news and conversation this year. Ichiro played nine seasons in Japan, then tacked on an additional 19-year career in Major League Baseball. C.C. Sabathia helped close out the Yankee’s 90’s-2000’s dynasty, publicly overcame a personal battle and also starred for the Indians and Brewers […]
There’s no doubt the Jimmy Butler-Heat relationship is over, it’s just a matter of how and when. The Miami Heat will suspend Butler an additional two games for missing a team flight to Milwaukee Wednesday, according to multiple published reports. This follows a seven-game suspension that concluded last week for what the Miami Heat called […]
Update 1/20/25 5:55 PM ET: Bob Harig of Sports Illustrated reports Monday that according to a source, the Genesis Invitational will be relocated to San Diego and will be played at Torrey Pines Golf Course, the site of this week’s Farmer’s Insurance Open. The Genesis Invitation takes place on Feb. 10th-16th. The PGA Tour announced […]
For those who thought the PGA Tour negotiating and bringing LIV Golf into the fold might slow the progress of the upstart competitor, that strategy doesn’t appear to be working. LIV golf seems to be gaining traction. Thursday it was announced that FOX Sports will carry the entire LIV calendar for the 2025 season across […]
Jimmy Butler returned to action Friday night after serving a team-imposed seven-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team. He scored 18-points and the Heat kind of played lifeless losing to the Nuggets by 20. There’s been some talk about the contract, but really this is Jimmy Butler vs the Miami Heat decision makers, Pat Riley […]
Was Mike McCarthy secretly an awesome coach stuck in a bad situation? Or was Mike McCarthy a really mediocre coach who was in a great situation in Green Bay and was a not-so-good fit in Arlington? The world may soon find out if McCarthy lands in Chicago, where he interviewed Wednesday with the Bears. Embed […]