About The Sports Blog
What are the components of sports? For starters, at an early age, sports involvement is designed to teach you things like sportsmanship, competitive spirit, and teamwork. Next, there is usually a set of game rules to follow when taking part in sports. And finally, there's a team or individual competition that yields a winner.
Sounds simple, but when it comes to the world of sports, debates over which team is the best, whether or not the coach blew the game, or which athlete deserves the highest accolades, can rage on and on. The Sports Blog is here to provide a play-by-play and help keep score of the latest sports-related news and views.
From game rules and regulations and recent sports scandals to controversies concerning performance-enhancing drugs to over-the-top contracts, sports stories are always big news. Whether you love baseball, football, hockey, basketball, golf, or other sports, add this to your required reading list, sports fans!

Bronx Banter: Moose Tacos?
Mike Mussina's been mind-bottlingly awful in his last two starts. Justin Verlander was pretty awful himself last week against Cleveland (4 IP,...

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Bronx Banter: Meeting Montefusco
One of my favorite local pastimes is keeping tabs on those non-Hall of Famers who visit Cooperstown over induction weekend. Given the induction...

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Dodger Thoughts: Wells vs. Stults
One starter faced 23 Mets batters; the other faced 24. One starter's performance was deemed inspirational; the other's desultory.

Arizona Fall League Rosters Announced
In non-slump related news, the rosters for the Arizona Fall League were posted today, and several of the Braves top prospects (what's left of...

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Bad Altitude: You Trade Willy Taveras at Your Peril
The Houston Astros fired manager Phil Garner and GM Tim Purpura this afternoon. This is what happens when you trade a budding superstar like...

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Are You Intentionally Trying to Throw the Season?

Cub Town: Camping Out
If you found the weekend quiet around here, know that I was enjoying quiet of my own -- camping with the family at Starved Rock.

Dodger Thoughts: Maddux Matters
Leading off my post at SI.com's Fungoes today, I speculate what a difference it made in the playoff race for the Dodgers when Greg Maddux went...

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