I am sure that fans of other sports will tell you that the first day of the season is always magical, but for me there is always something about opening day of baseball that is magical. Maybe it’s the illusion … Continue reading Sports Corner Invites You to Opening Day

Ah, but what sort? The kind that can’t find work in Major League Baseball because no one wants to spend big on anyone not seen as a sure thing? The sort that is on the buyout market in the NBA? … Continue reading Sports Corner Signs as a Free Agent

Pitchers and catchers report for most if all MLB teams by today. Baseball season is coming soon. And yet the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner still doesn’t have a job. Many pundits have noted that you never, ever see … Continue reading Sports Corner Reports to Spring Training

As footballcadoes will tell you, January is both playoff time and the season for coaches to be fired and hired. At the pro level, only one head coach vacancy has been filled, leaving endless speculation about where the “greatest coach … Continue reading Sports Corner Is in the Coaching Carousel

Well, why not? This thread won as many games in November as Coach Prime.  Another year is coming to an end, and as usual, there won’t be any “year in review” stuff here. You were there, too. You remember the good stuff. You … Continue reading Sports Corner IS Sportsperson of the Year

It’s time for some football. For lots of football. Six nationally broadcast NFL games this weekend (assuming you have Amazon Prime), and a slew of college rivalry games. By the time Monday night arrives, you might be sick of football. … Continue reading Sports Corner Wants Its Turducken

Hi, everyone. With both lots of other sports-related threads here and a degree of busy-ness/stressfulness to life, I took a bit of time off, but we’re back! In time to end the baseball season (possibly as soon as tonight), to … Continue reading Sports Corner Returns

I had a post all ready and rarin’ to go yesterday, only I hit access issues. Thankfully, the mods are always here for us and Sports Corner is here for you. Lots to touch on, though the big event for … Continue reading Sports Corner Is A Day Late and a Dollar Short

So it was that the Pacific-12 Conference comes to pieces because no one was willing to pay enough money for a TV deal for its remaining football teams. And the rest of the top level college sports world – by … Continue reading Sports Corner Presents The Realignment Follies of 2023

Well, not all since I haven’t seen much hockey news of note. But we did or do have the Women’s World Cup, Wimbledon and the British Open, NFL training camp, MLB and WNBA action, prep for the FIBA (Basketball) Men’s … Continue reading Sports Corner Watches ALL the Sports

Usually the second Wednesday in July is the deadest day on the sports calendar. The All Star Game is over and MLB has off till Friday. Football training camp isn’t here yet, all the hockey and basketball trades and signings … Continue reading Sports Corner Has a Quiet Day

The NHL and NBA seasons done, the MLB season at its halfway point, the major European soccer leagues are between seasons, and NFL training camp coming, so everyone is looking to make the perfect roster. The NBA draft sent the … Continue reading Sports Corner Tinkers with the Roster

Boy, that was pretty exhausting, what with all the playoff stuff the past two months. But it’s all over but the parades, and now we get a little time to reflect on the NBA and NHL seasons just past, a … Continue reading Sports Corner Gets a Breather (and Gets Political)

With the delightful threads here for the NBA and NHL playoffs (as well as the NFL Draft thread), there’s been less need for Sports Corner to keep Sportacodoes busy. But with so many other things going on, I figured this … Continue reading Sports Corner Checks In

Baseball is back. The hockey and basketball playoffs are upon us. The NCAA basketball finals just behind us and the Frozen Four is just ahead. The Masters starts tomorrow. And the NFL Draft is looming. Something for everyone. Though I … Continue reading Sports Corner Loves April

In point of fact, Sports Corner is too young to remember Willis Reed. He retired after only ten seasons due to injury, before I really knew who the Knicks were. But being a Knicks fan, long suffering though we may … Continue reading Sports Corner Remembers Willis Reed

Which tag? The franchise tag, or the tag at second base? I leave it to the reader to decide. Here are some of the things on the sports radar: As ever, all sports subjects welcome. Continue reading Sports Corner Avoids the Tag!