Eli Manning Is Not an Elite Quarterback (Yet)
And unless he wins this year's Super Bowl, he probably won't ever be. 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.
And unless he wins this year's Super Bowl, he probably won't ever be. More »
No, we're not talking about Shoeless Joe Jackson and Pete Rose. More »
The championship game brings together the two best teams in the nation, but fans missed out by not having a playoffs. More »
The Japanese author's long, unsatisfying book was a big disappointment after years of hype More »
The slugger will make $30 million for going to LA—but he'll lose a lot more More »
It's impossible to choose the year's best college football player—so the voters should pick two More »
The undefeated Green Bay team can still go on to win the Super Bowl, even if it falls to Detroit tomorrow—as it learned a half-century ago More »
No one should question that the world champion beat his Mexican rival in their third match-up More »
University administrators are making a grave mistake in allowing Paterno to wait until the end of the season to retire More »
As the number-two-ranked Crimson Tide prepares to play number-one-ranked LSU this weekend, a look at what's made the program so successful More »
A boxing legend teamed up with a movie star to make the new film about dueling robots More »
An interview with the author of the Jack Taylor series, whose latest book comes out this week More »
Michael Lewis's book-turned-movie made a legend out of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane. But does his record match the hype? More »
The aging, injured star may never play another pro football game. Why he's this era's most impressive player—no matter what Tom Brady fans say. More »
The NFL seems to be a better league than the MLB for a small-time team, but the opposite may be true More »
Gambling accusations are just the latest, empty reason for the media to beat up on the star More »
1961 was one of baseball's most exciting seasons—but it also gave rise to a string of persistent myths More »
The Cardinals centerfielder, subject of a new HBO documentary, brought in the era of free agency More »
The Cardinals first baseman is the best slugger since Lou Gehrig. Why isn't he a household name yet? More »
Both the Yankees' Joba Chamberlain and the Nationals' Stephen Strasburg are victims of the "Inverted W" More »
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