Does Football Have a New Best-Ever Running Back?
It may, if Adrian Peterson overcomes some big hurdles in the last two games of his so-far-incredible season. More »
Allen Barra writes about sports for the Wall Street Journal and TheAtlantic.com. His next book is Mickey and Willie--The Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age.
It may, if Adrian Peterson overcomes some big hurdles in the last two games of his so-far-incredible season. More »
Why Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel should win college football's highest award Saturday More »
An unabashed Alabama fan tries to explain what makes Southeastern Conference teams just... better. More »
Legacies are on the line for the Giants' and Packers' almost-legendary (and aging) QBs. More »
Miguel Cabrera has history on his side. But Mike Trout represents a new standard for excellence in MLB. More »
120 years ago today, "Pudge" Heffelfinger helped start the sport as we know it now. More »
There's a key statistic that can help assess a quarterback's play, but it's been ignored for years. More »
Yes, he had a terrible post-season. But he wasn't the source of the Yankees' playoff woes. More »
The Fighting Irish only live up to the Fighting Irish legacy every decade or so. Why? More »
The game has grown and diversified more dramatically than any other sport in the last half-century. More »
The last thing pro football owners want is to lose another labor dispute. More »
As the Giants' unlikely Super Bowl win proved, it's almost impossible to guess how pro football will shake out. More »
The fans, players, and coaches all hate exhibition games—but the owners keep the ritual alive. More »
It's easy to assume the cyclist is guilty—but there's still no proof. More »
In his new biography, sportswriter Joe Posnanski gives several excuses for Paterno, but none of them works. More »
R.A. Dickey is having an amazing season pitching for a team that's got no hope of making the playoffs. More »
The Olympic record-breaking swimmer has gone from unbeatable to fallible to dominant again. But what happens now that he's about to retire? More »
Yes, the sanctions will hurt. But they won't do anything the program hadn't already done to itself. More »
The Knicks' decision to abandon their unlikely superstar is seemingly about money—but it's probably more about spite. More »
Why the midsummer lull is good for sports fans More »
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