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!

The Juice Blog: Batgirl Returns
And to think you would never see Batgirl at a blog again. Keeping the hallways free of crime.

The Griddle: I’m telling you for the last time
I may have to implement a Weismanesque Thank You for Not ... list.


More Tike for you? Patterson files as a free agent
From the official site: Corey Patterson filed for free agency Wednesday, joining a celebrated class of center fielders that also includes Atlanta's Andruw Jo...

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Papelbon on Letterman
Letterman: "Our first guest dominated opposing hitters throughout the post-season and closed out the World Series for the Boston Re...

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Gagne files for free agency
Closer Eric Gagne, a profound disappointment after being acquired at the trading deadline by the Sox, was the only Sox player who filed for fr...

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Catfish Stew: Halloween Greetings from Catfish Stew
With the Red Sox completing their sweep of the Rockies in remorseless fashion, we are left bereft of baseball far sooner than any of us outside...

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Ben Cousins Goes Missing in L.A.
He may have vowed to play again after getting dropped by the West Coast Eagles and shunned by other clubs, and he might have the backing of the AFL Pl...

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Dodger Thoughts: Less Is More
Nate Silver of Baseball Prospectus advances the argument that the Dodgers should hang onto the status quo rather than make a strong push to improve...

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