Boy, it has been a rough patch for baseball fans as two more Hall of Famers have left us. Whitey Ford was the greatest of Yankees starting pitchers and the last of the legendary players of their era of dominance. … Continue reading Sports Corner Celebrates Whitey Ford and Joe Morgan
I am a bit young to have seen Bob Gibson pitch. But his 1968 season loomed over the baseball of my youth like Mt. Rainier over Seattle. A 1.12 ERA. A season so good that it was the final straw … Continue reading Sports Corner Remembers Bob Gibson
As the Tampa Bay Lightning celebrate their second Stanley Cup, our attention shifts to to the baseball playoffs, where the Tampa Bay Rays are the AL’s top seed. Even as Tom Brady settles in as the new QB of the … Continue reading Sports Corner Visits Tampa Bay
There is a non-zero chance that next Wednesday night, there will be a Stanley Cup Finals game 7, an NBA Western Conference game seven, and a full slate of MLB playoffs. Alas, the WNBA is scheduled to have the night … Continue reading Sports Corner Goes to All the Playoffs
Name a sport, and it’s probably going on right now. On Sunday you could have watched the tennis US Open, an NBA playoff, an NHL playoff, a full slate of MLB games, WNBA games, the first weekend of a new … Continue reading Sports Corner Catches Its Breath
I have lived within three miles of Shea Stadium/Citi Field most of my life, so it’s not a surprise I became a Mets fan. I didn’t choose the Mets because Tom Seaver was still on the team when I discovered … Continue reading Sports Corner Remembers Tom Seaver and Lou Brock
During the last week, I found myself remembering something Howard Cosell purportedly said about sports. Essentially, it’s only just a game AND it’s more than just a game. The protests by athletes across the sports world spoke to the power … Continue reading Sports Corner Ponders Itself
As you might have heard, rising Padres superstar Fernando Tatis Jr. swung at a very juicy 3-0 pitch on Monday night. With the bases loaded. While his team had a large lead. One grand slam later, the Rangers decided this … Continue reading Sports Corner Flaunts the Unwritten Rules
For a long time, my morning routine included listening to Mike and Mike in the Morning/Golic and Wingo, and seeing what was going on in the baseball world through NBC’s Hardball Talk blog. Last week, Mike Golic’s two decades as … Continue reading Sports Corner Commiserates with Golic and Calcaterra
For good or for ill, major league baseball returns for a 60 game season tomorrow. I am not as excited as I could be, in part because I don’t really expect the season not to be interrupted by an outbreak … Continue reading Sports Corner Throws Out the First Pitch
Slowly and unsteadily, the sports world is returning. Today, the Premier League comes back, joining many of Europe’s soccer leagues. Boxing and UFC have restarted, the Belmont Stakes will be taking place on Saturday, and the NBA continues to plan … Continue reading Sports Corner Peeks Out from the Bubble
I am a bit pressed for time today, so let’s just offer a salute to Kenny Atkinson, whose reward for building a team that attracted two of the best players in the NBA was to be fired before he really … Continue reading Sports Corner – March 11, 2020
This has not been a pleasant season for the Knicks or their fans. As usual. We’ve seen young players stuck on the bench, coaches and management fired and hired, all sort of efforts to reinvent the wheel without a basic … Continue reading Sports Corner – March 4, 2020
Let’s hear it for David Ayres, the operations manager and occasional Zamboni driver who became the emergency goalie for the Carolina Hurricanes and also became a star. At least for a few days. It’s the sort of story they make … Continue reading Sports Corner – February 26, 2020
It’s kind of a quiet sports week. No NBA games till Thursday. The NHL trade deadline is upon us, but that never really gets a lot of attention. And there aren’t spring training games yet. So every time Rob Manfred … Continue reading Sports Corner – February 19, 2020
JAnd so pitchers and catchers report. And all is right in the world of major league baseball. Except for a cheating scandal that seems bigger every day and threatens to overshadow the season. And for a dispute between the MLB’s … Continue reading Sports Corner – February 12, 2020
The NBA trade deadline is Friday. And while it seems like a few notable second and third tier players will be on the move, the biggest trade of the week might happen in another sport entirely. Several reliable sources are … Continue reading Sports Corner – February 5, 2020
This Sunday, Katie Sowers makes history as the first woman assistant coach and the first openly gay coach to participate in the Super Bowl. This certainly doesn’t fix the decades of sexism and homophobia in the NFL and in sports … Continue reading Sports Corner – January 29, 2020
Some teams have rivalries. The 49ers and Chiefs do not. But they do share quarterbacks. Five of them who left the Bay Area for the Midwest, most notable Joe Montana, who was traded to KC to make way for Steve … Continue reading Sports Corner – January 22, 2020
So let’s start with something you might have missed: the WNBA and the WNBA Players Association have reached a landmark contract agreement. Changes include higher base salaries, better travel accommodations, and maternity leave with full pay. There is a long … Continue reading Sports Corner – January 15, 2020
The NFL coaching merry go round spins. Mike McCarthy lands in Dallas, Ron Rivera in Washington, Matt Rhule in Carolina, and someone named Joe Judge at the Meadowlands. Jason Garrett is gone, the Rooney Rule is useless, and Cleveland still … Continue reading Sports Corner – January 8, 2020
