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  • Out of here?

    Home runs are down this year, but that doesn't necessarily mean players are off the juice. Steroids still cast a grim shadow over baseball, and all of us -- players, owners, the union and fans -- are to blame.
    By Jay Jaffe August 18, 2005

  • Run, Andy, run!

    If head coach Andy Reid doesn't junk his pass-first philosophy -- especially with his top receivers now grounded -- the Philadelphia Eagles will never be more than Super Bowl bridesmaids.
    By Aaron Kinney August 12, 2005

  • Can Moss grow on grass?

    And can Collins deliver the bomb? If the Oakland Raiders are to recapture their fabled vertical game, they'll have to.
    By Chris Kahrl August 11, 2005

  • A loudmouth hits bottom

    The troubles of S.F. radio host Larry Krueger, branded as racist for blasting the Giants' "brain-dead Caribbean hitters," couldn't befall a more deserving guy.
    By Joan Walsh August 10, 2005

  • I hate the White Sox!

    I know this emotion is corroding my soul, but that isn't a good enough reason to give it up.
    By Anne Ursu August 9, 2005

  • Along came Jones

    For the last 10 years, Andruw Jones has been the best disappointment in baseball. Finally, he's delivering on his incredible promise.
    By Bomani Jones August 8, 2005

  • The greatest sports story ever told?

    In 1996, Lance Armstrong was given a 40% chance of surviving cancer. Yesterday, he pedaled his way to his sixth Tour de France victory.
    By Richard Williams July 26, 2004

  • Cinderella, Goliath and other Series myths

    With the Giants and Angels set to meet in the Fall Classic, it's time for Fox TV and other pundits to manufacture drama.
    By King Kaufman October 19, 2002

  • Giants in six

    Baseball experts are swooning for the scrappy Angels. But the Giants are scrappy too -- and they're a better team.
    By Joan Walsh October 19, 2002

  • Angels in six

    Teamwork, belief and foul balls will carry Anaheim over Barry and the Giants.
    By Allen Barra October 19, 2002

  • Stop the holy showboating

    Listen up, jocks: God doesn't care if you score a touchdown. So do your praying in private, not in the end zone.
    By Dan McGraw September 28, 2002

  • Baseball ruins everything it touches

    Only this messed-up ex-national pastime could manage to take its premier fan event, the first genuinely exciting All-Star Game in years, and abandon it without an outcome.
    By Keith Olbermann July 10, 2002

  • Ten things I learned about life and soccer from the 2002 World Cup

    There is a football God, and despite the wild twists and turns of this year's tournament, He's still Brazilian.
    By Andrew O'Hehir July 2, 2002

  • Welcome to the world

    In defeat, the U.S. soccer team won an epic victory: It brought America into the world of sports.
    By Gary Kamiya June 22, 2002

  • The decline and fall of choking

    The Sacramento Kings choked in Game 7, pure and simple. So why didn't print and TV journalists call them on it?
    By Eric Boehlert June 5, 2002

  • The coming of the über-athlete

    The genetic revolution will mean the end of sports as we know it -- and that may not be a bad thing.
    By Jon Entine March 21, 2002

  • Make Olympic skating judges accountable

    Awarding the Canadians the gold was a half-measure, but as long as figure skating is controlled by a bitchy sewing circle it won't be a real sport.
    By Kerry Lauerman February 16, 2002

  • Fixing figure skating would kill it

    Without the diva judges, the bad costumes and the chance for scandal, it's just a chili cookoff on ice.
    By King Kaufman February 16, 2002

  • Against all odds

    The Patriots proved that the best teams don't always win -- and that football can still be fun.
    By Allen Barra February 6, 2002

  • Baseball boyfriend?

    When Out magazine's editor claimed his lover plays in the majors, he set off a media frenzy. But it's only a matter of time before gays get their Jackie Robinson.
    By Steve Kettmann May 26, 2001

  • A strange love

    Or: How one Giants fan learned to stop worrying and love Barry Bonds, just in time to appreciate his 500th home run.
    By Joan Walsh April 18, 2001

  • Nine predictions and nine observations

    The Yankees won't do it again, the A's will go far. And stop calling them "ballparks"!
    By King Kaufman March 31, 2001

  • March Madness: Not so mad

    All those "upsets" are exciting, but they're only "upsets" because the selection committee hasn't realized that the mid-major teams that keep their players are really good.
    By Luc Hatlestad March 22, 2001

  • National underdog days

    The first 48 hours of the NCAA Tournament symbolize everything that's right about America. They ought to be national holidays.
    By Andrew Leonard March 15, 2001

  • For love of burning rubber

    Auto racing is about speed and hot chicks and cool sunglasses, yes. But it's also, in a very real sense, about life and death.
    By Allen St. John February 20, 2001
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