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Salon.com
November 6, 2002
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Why I love college football's overtime system It's weird, it's wacky -- and it beats the hell out of the NFL's version, in which a coin toss can be the key play.   |
Salon.com
March 28, 2002
Allen Barra |
What Barry Bonds did wrong He's the best player in baseball, but hitting 73 home runs at age 37 isn't just unnatural, it might be ruining the game... |
Sports Central
May 31, 2008
Ben Feller |
Why Baseball Needs Replay Now The main reason for replay is to get the calls correct. Another is for baseball to start to shy away from its old school image. |
AskMen.com
Pete Flies |
Top 10: Classic Baseball Plays Here are 10 classic baseball plays that will remind us why baseball in October is great. |
Sports Central
October 23, 2011
Neil Bright |
A Long Time Gone Even 39 years after the Russians beat the American basketball team in the gold medal game at the 1972 Munich Olympics, the event inspires "we wuz robbed" anger from those old enough to remember the longest three seconds in sport's history. |
Sports Central
August 27, 2015
Kevin Beane |
Dispatch From the FIBA Beijing Masters Yes, three-on-three half-court basketball is a thing, with World Championships and everything. |
Smithsonian
October 2006 |
Cricket for Dummies It's a lot like baseball. Except that it's profoundly different. |
Sports Central
October 31, 2012
Stephen Kerr |
Defending America's Pastime Now that San Francisco has swept Detroit, and this year's World Series is over, I'll watch some good pro and college football and basketball. But I'm already counting down the days until spring training starts another season. Hurry back, baseball! |
Salon.com
June 30, 2000
Allen Barra |
Any given Monday night Dennis Miller won't pull the NFL out of its TV doldrums. Here are seven ideas that will. |
Salon.com
June 20, 2000
Gary Kaufman |
I hate this game NBA basketball would be great if they'd just change a few things. Such as, just for starters: Everything. |
AskMen.com
May 15, 2002
Steve Richer |
How To: Play Soccer While it's true that most twenty-year-olds probably have more gray hair than the added score of the average soccer match, the game is nevertheless a blast to play. The size of players doesn't matter and you don't need a smorgasbord of equipment... |
Sports Central
February 19, 2009
Sean Crowe |
Suggestions For the NFL Rules Committee Every offseason, the NFL Rules Committee gets together to discuss potential rule changes. Here are a few suggestions they might consider. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2003
Jim Kaat |
The Mechanics Of Baseball Baseball has evolved in favor of the hitter. Here are nine factors that have changed the game. |
Sports Central
October 31, 2004
Jon Gonzales |
Ten Radical Rule Changes For the NFL It's not like football needs rule changes like other sports need them. Still, a sport, in the fans' interests, should continuously evolve; therefore keeping it from flat-lining as tennis or even baseball has at times. |
Sports Illustrated
May 22, 2001
Alexander Wolff |
Four! A new basketball league hopes to reinvent the game... |
Sports Central
February 27, 2014
Kevin Beane |
Bring Instant Replay to Balls and Strikes MIT has produced a study looking at how umpires call balls and strikes depending on the count. |
Sports Central
February 27, 2007
Adam Russell |
Can the NCAA Control Time? The NCAA's grand experiment for speeding up the game was successful one hand, a failure on the other. |
Sports Central
July 5, 2010
Andrew Jones |
Luis Suarez's World Cup Handball The quarterfinal World Cup match between Ghana and Uruguay was one of the most exciting, yet frustrating soccer matches ever. |
Sports Illustrated
November 7, 2001
Paul Zimmerman |
To thine own self be true Jets nearly give one away with an ill-advised call... |
Sports Central
September 27, 2003
Jeff Moore |
What Were They Thinking? One mistake at the wrong time can turn a win into a loss. In this young NFL season, there have been plenty of mistakes that have started heads shaking in stadiums across the league. |
Sports Central
June 8, 2006
Kevin Beane |
Slant Patten Blackjack: Video Game Edition Twenty-one miscellaneous factoids about sports-themed video games. |
Sports Central
January 18, 2016
Brad Oremland |
NFL 2015-16 Divisional Weekend The Rams and, by all accounts, the Chargers as well, are returning to Los Angeles. It's strange that such a large market lacked an NFL team for so long. |
Salon.com
January 3, 2003
Allen Barra |
Hot Tuna Control freak Bill Parcells will burn out in his third year at Dallas. Plus: Pennington's the MVP, not Gannon. |
Sports Central
March 26, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
The Real Sweet 16 Here is the Real Sweet 16: 16 reasons to watch the NBA stretch run over the round of 16. |
Sports Central
August 18, 2005
Kevin Beane |
Livewriting the Slant Pattern The Slant Pattern makes its make its maiden voyage with the sports-writing technique known as "liveblogging," with notes garnered by watching last week's Buccaneers/Titans preseason game. |
Sports Central
February 2, 2011
Bill Hazell |
The Prequel to Super Bowl XLV The final score will not be as crazy as last time, but Super Bowl XLV should still be good to the last snap. |
Sports Illustrated
March 28, 2001
Frank Deford |
Twilight Zone Umpires decide to follow the rules regarding strike zone... |
Sports Central
January 28, 2015
Ross Lancaster |
How to Fix College Basketball There are some people who will tell you that complaints about the state of college basketball are nothing new. And to an extent, that's true. However, the sport has reached what has to be a tipping point. |
Sports Illustrated
December 6, 2001
Frank Deford |
The whole ball of yacks Suggestions on settling the case for Bonds' No. 73... |
Sports Illustrated
February 6, 2001
Tim Crothers |
Inside College Basketball: Free and Not So Easy Because foul free throw shooting can be costly, prescriptions for improvement are needed... |
Sports Central
December 16, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings Survey of the latest from the football world |
Sports Central
March 26, 2005
Greg Wyshynski |
Sports Media's Steroid Hypocrisy Today's sports pundits have more in common with Major League Baseball's braintrust than they'd like to admit -- they all placed their heads in the sand just deep enough to play blind to the sport's steroid subculture while still being able to hear the cash register ring. |
Sports Central
March 29, 2005
Gary Geffen |
Proposed Changes Only Weaken NFL Two recently debated rule changes, designed to further marginalize what kind of contact a defensive player can have, take even more control of the game out of the on-the-field official's hands. |
Sports Central
July 3, 2008
Kevin Beane |
Top 5 Greatest Sports Video Games of All-Time A list of five top sports video games as listed by a casual gamer. |
Salon.com
July 25, 2001
Allen Barra |
Throw the bums out! It's time to eject baseball's owners for arguing balls and strikes... |
Sports Central
July 3, 2015
Jean Neuberger |
35 For 30: A Smart Move Dropping the shot clock from 35 seconds to 30 was a critical move for men's college basketball. The game was in need and this time, the powers that be made a swift but solid change to the game. |
Sports Central
November 17, 2006
Bill Hazell |
Commish Stern Has Got Some Balls The NBA's new game ball leaves a lot to be desired -- and criticized. |
Salon.com
September 8, 2000
Allen Barra |
Passing fancy The Bill Walsh-inspired offensive revolution has had an unexpected drawback: Every NFL team looks the same now. |
Sports Central
September 8, 2004
Gary Geffen |
NFL to Defenses: Hands Off! When it comes to pass interference, the rules haven't really changed; they are just going to be enforced. Unfortunately, the league may be headed down the same boring predictable path that the NBA has taken. |
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. |
Sports Central
September 15, 2015
Brad Oremland |
2015 NFL Week 1 Power Rankings The author offers rants and ratings for the first week of NFL competition. |
Sports Central
April 5, 2007
Scott Shepherd |
Baseball's Back, and Not a Second Too Late Here's a look at some of the things that make baseball great. |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: Memorable Field-Goal Attempts In the realm of field goals, there isn't much of a gray area. The kicks that are remembered are the ones that either lead to Adam Vinatieri-like success or Tony Romo-like colossal failure. Here are the top 10 most memorable field goal attempts. |
Sports Illustrated
October 24, 2001
Paul Zimmerman |
Marching madness I can't stand the West Coast offense. I don't like the name, since it's wrong, but I've harangued enough about that one. What I really don't like is what it's done to football... |
Sports Central
November 25, 2009
Kyle Jahner |
Thanksgiving Prep: Setting the Table Here's a rundown: what happened, and what we learned from the third-to-last week of college football. |
Sports Central
January 15, 2013
Brad Oremland |
NFL 2012 Divisonal Weekend This year's finalists for the Hall of Fame are really disappointing, though there are still more than seven I believe deserve induction. My personal choices to get in: Larry Allen, Cris Carter, Curley Culp, Kevin Greene, Jonathan Ogden, Will Shields, and Michael Strahan. |
Sports Central
February 1, 2005
Jeffrey Boswell |
Super Bowl Office Pool Propositions Are you looking for a way to get those friends and co-workers who know nothing about football involved in the Super Bowl? Here's a game day quiz that will keep everybody interested-- even the non-fans. |
Sports Central
October 5, 2011
Corrie Trouw |
The NFL in the NBA Jam Era The comebacks from this weekend should remind us that playing the clock prematurely is a dangerous thing. In a league where offenses always seem to be on fire, it no longer takes computer assistance to win from way back. |
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
Brandon Lang |
Football: Weekly Picks The Super Bowl has finally arrived after two weeks of endless media hype and, once again, a victor needs to be predicted. |
