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!

Open Thread: Cubs vs. Braves, Thursday 6/12, 1:20 CT
Next Game Atlanta Braves @ Chicago Cubs Thursday, Jun 12, 2008, 1:20 PM CDT Wrigley Field ...

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Ill Will
(Boston Globe Staff Photo / John Bohn) In the Big Inning, Captain Craptastic Blew Out the Birds "I hope he feels like crap every night, if ...

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Bronx Banter: It’s Gotta Be the Shoes
Oh no, I'm getting Happy Feet!

Bronx Banter: Yankee Panky # 54; Mo Better Treatment
Monday afternoons loss and the subsequent reaction from the press served as a reminder that Mariano Rivera has been so good for so long that...

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Who will be our All-Star?
All-Star voting ends at 11:59 PM ET on July 2, 2008, so there are less than three weeks left before the All-Star starters are chosen. ...

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Cardboard Gods: Chris Speier in . . . The Franchise All-Time All-Stars
Before embarking on another foray into the recurring feature started a couple weeks ago with a post on Jerry Koosman, I wanted to emphasize...

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Bronx Banter: Student of the Game
Michael Bamberger has a good piece on Chipper Jones, professional craftsman, in the latest issue of SI. The story reminded me of just how difficult...

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Bronx Banter: The Waiting (is my favorite part)
"We're consistently inconsistent. That's the best way to put it." Derek Jeter