Jake Simpson

Jake Simpson is a New York-based writer.

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How to End Baseball's Epic Officiating Screwups: Use Instant-Replay Umpires

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 »

The Most Fascinating School in the NCAA Final 4 Is Both David <em>and</em> Goliath

The Most Fascinating School in the NCAA Final 4 Is Both David and Goliath

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 »

The Yankees Will Probably Have a Bad Season, But Maybe That's Good for Fans

The Yankees Will Probably Have a Bad Season, But Maybe That's Good for Fans

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 »

Why It Matters That Brittney Griner Is a Female Basketball Player Who Can Dunk

Why It Matters That Brittney Griner Is a Female Basketball Player Who Can Dunk

She could be the transformative figure that her sport needs. More »

ESPN Should Remove Snowmobile Flipping From the X-Games

ESPN Should Remove Snowmobile Flipping From the X-Games

As Caleb Moore's X-Games death showed, this sport just isn't safe. More »

The Sad, Probably Inevitable End of the 5-Set Tennis Match

The Sad, Probably Inevitable End of the 5-Set Tennis Match

A switch to best-of-three-set matches for men at Grand Slam events would deprive fans of an awesome spectacle More »

Why Tom Brady Is Already the Best Quarterback Ever

Why Tom Brady Is Already the Best Quarterback Ever

Regardless of what happens this weekend, his legacy is secure. More »

The Other Victims of RG3's Injury

The Other Victims of RG3's Injury

Robert Griffin III's endorsement of the NFL's sports-as-war mentality sets a dangerous example for the teenage players. More »

The NBA Spurs Controversy Is a Controversy Over the Purpose of Sports

The NBA Spurs Controversy Is a Controversy Over the Purpose of Sports

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 »

In Houston, Jeremy Lin and James Harden Plot Revenge on the NBA

In Houston, Jeremy Lin and James Harden Plot Revenge on the NBA

Two seeming hotshots took inglorious paths to the Rockets' backcourt, and now they're basketball's duo with the most to prove. More »

Andy Roddick: Great Player, Bad Timing

Andy Roddick: Great Player, Bad Timing

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 »

Why the Nationals Are Right to Shut Down Stephen Strasburg

Why the Nationals Are Right to Shut Down Stephen Strasburg

Washington's decision to bench their best pitcher right before the playoffs is unprecedented, unpopular—and very, very smart. More »

'No Advantage to Being an Amputee': A Defense of Oscar Pistorius's Prostheses

'No Advantage to Being an Amputee': A Defense of Oscar Pistorius's Prostheses

Some think the Olympic runner has an unfair edge over his competitors, but the man who designed his limbs says otherwise. More »

The Worst Thing an Olympic Athlete Can Do Is Try to Lose

The Worst Thing an Olympic Athlete Can Do Is Try to Lose

And that's why everyone involved in the badminton match-throwing scandal should be banned from the Games for life. More »

No More Defending Joe Paterno

No More Defending Joe Paterno

The Freeh report paints a damning portrait of the former Penn State football coach's role in covering up the sex abuse scandal. More »

Tiger Woods Is Back

Tiger Woods Is Back

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 »

Why Every Team in Baseball Should Use Designated Hitters

Why Every Team in Baseball Should Use Designated Hitters

MLB is the only major sports league where different teams have different rules. Time for a change. More »

'Guys Told Me to Get Lost': Billie Jean King on Playing Tennis Before Title IX

'Guys Told Me to Get Lost': Billie Jean King on Playing Tennis Before Title IX

An interview with former champion about the past and future of the sport she once dominated More »

How Title IX Sneakily Revolutionized Women's Sports

How Title IX Sneakily Revolutionized Women's Sports

Supporters of the groundbreaking legislation did all they could to conceal its potential impact. More »

Novak Djokovic, King of the Tennis Comeback

Novak Djokovic, King of the Tennis Comeback

No one in the game today does "match point down" better than the man they call Nole. More »

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