The MLB All-Star Game Continues Its Slide Toward Irrelevance
Need proof? This is the second year in a row Albert Pujols isn't on the roster. 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.
Need proof? This is the second year in a row Albert Pujols isn't on the roster. More »
The country that produced Rafael Nadal and several Tour de France winners may be on its way to capturing the European soccer championship. More »
Understanding what went wrong at the most controversial boxing match of the year More »
Federal prosecutors want to convict someone—anyone—for using performance-enhancing drugs. More »
Announcers once used simple, straightforward language. Now they rely on terms like "walk-off home run." What happened? More »
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author has written just seven books over the course of her career, but her slow care is part of what makes her great. More »
The reliever is the team's best hope now that their legendary closer is injured. More »
All the algorithms in the world can't predict who will succeed and fail in pro football. More »
A lithograph of George Bellows's masterpiece is up for auction this week. More »
The FX series, based on Elmore Leonard's novels, takes inspiration from Hemingway, Westerns, and crime-novel classics. More »
The organizations want to make players wait an extra year before they can go pro. More »
Remembering the writer, who died this weekend at age 75 More »
The league is maintaining the pretense that one player taking another player out of a game isn't what defensive football is about. More »
The Super Bowl-winning quarterback is too old, and the Broncos are too weak. More »
The college tournament was once run by a different organization—before a scandal cleared the way for new association to take control. More »
He electrified the sport at a time when few people were paying attention. More »
An aging, injured quarterback won't fix the team's woes. More »
The Yankee great will turn 38 this summer—and no major league team has ever won a pennant with a 38-year-old shortstop. More »
The snub highlights the many flaws in the HOF selection process. More »
Why did the legendary coach keep going, even after his best days were behind him? More »
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