How to End Baseball's Epic Officiating Screwups: Use Instant-Replay Umpires
The Oakland Athletics' overruled home run this week shows again that subjective on-field rulings are an unreliable, often unfair way to officiate MLB games. More »
Jake Simpson is a New York-based writer.
The Oakland Athletics' overruled home run this week shows again that subjective on-field rulings are an unreliable, often unfair way to officiate MLB games. More »
The University of Louisville is in a unique situation heading into the college-basketball semifinals: Its women's team is a giant-killer, and its men's team is a giant. More »
For the first time in decades, the team is expected to finish below .500. Analysts' dismal forecasts could be disastrous for the franchise—or a blessing in disguise. More »
She could be the transformative figure that her sport needs. More »
As Caleb Moore's X-Games death showed, this sport just isn't safe. More »
A switch to best-of-three-set matches for men at Grand Slam events would deprive fans of an awesome spectacle More »
Regardless of what happens this weekend, his legacy is secure. More »
Robert Griffin III's endorsement of the NFL's sports-as-war mentality sets a dangerous example for the teenage players. More »
By fining a team for sitting out star players, the league would be siding with the idea that athletes exist to entertain, not win. More »
Two seeming hotshots took inglorious paths to the Rockets' backcourt, and now they're basketball's duo with the most to prove. More »
The former U.S. Open champion, who retired Wednesday night, would have had an entirely different career if he'd come along five years earlier. More »
Washington's decision to bench their best pitcher right before the playoffs is unprecedented, unpopular—and very, very smart. More »
Some think the Olympic runner has an unfair edge over his competitors, but the man who designed his limbs says otherwise. More »
And that's why everyone involved in the badminton match-throwing scandal should be banned from the Games for life. More »
The Freeh report paints a damning portrait of the former Penn State football coach's role in covering up the sex abuse scandal. More »
Yes, he hasn't won a major since his 2009 fall from grace. But his win at the AT&T National this weekend shows he's the best player in the world today. More »
MLB is the only major sports league where different teams have different rules. Time for a change. More »
An interview with former champion about the past and future of the sport she once dominated More »
Supporters of the groundbreaking legislation did all they could to conceal its potential impact. More »
No one in the game today does "match point down" better than the man they call Nole. More »
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