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

A new year is upon us. and we can look forward to the usual array of events and then some.  The Summer Olympics return to Tokyo at the end of July, preceded by qualifiers across the US and the world.  … Continue reading Sports Corner – January 2, 2020

My, how things have changed in the last decade.  Oh, the NFL is still king and Tom Brady and Drew Brees are still playing like champs.  And Rafa Nadal is still ranked #1. But we’ve seen the emergence of e-sports; … Continue reading Sports Corner – December 26, 2019

A tip of the helmet to Drew Brees, on his record-setting night.  He is both the all time touchdown king (at least for the moment, since Tom Brady is just behind him) and the man with the single best QB … Continue reading Sports Corner – December 18, 2019