COMMENTARY | It is said that in baseball that springtime is the season of hope. Every team, every fan base goes into the coming season with thoughts of great things for their teams come autumn. More »The Most Disappointing Teams in New York Yankees History
COMMENTARY | There's not much to cheer about in Philadelphia these days regardless of which of the four major professional teams fans follow. In fact, once the Flyers are officially eliminated from the playoffs, the City of Brotherly Love is guaranteed to go at least 17 months without a playoff appearance. More »Five Reasons Philadelphia 76ers Fans Should Be Optimistic
COMMENTARY | The St. Louis Cardinals have found some success, and some concerns, during the first few weeks of the 2013 season. Looking ahead at the rest of April, it is clear to see that they will find some possibly season-defining challenges. More »St. Louis Cardinals April Schedule: Nationals, Phillies, Pirates to Test Team
COMMENTARY | The regular season is winding down, and the Detroit Red Wings' playoff hopes could come down to the final game, unlike in years past. More »Detroit Red Wings’ Top 5 Questions Down the Stretch
COMMENTARY | Today is Wednesday, the second Wednesday. It is April 10. And it is no ordinary Wednesday. It is Masters Wednesday -- the day before the greatest golf tournament to ever be played. More »Masters Wednesday: A Wednesday Like No Other
COMMENTARY | Until May 7. That is how long fans have to wait before the Chicago Cubs take on their hated rival, the St. Louis Cardinals, in what will be the first of 19 games the two teams play against each other in 2013. They have been playing each other, in some form, since 1885. More »Five Reasons Why the Chicago Cubs Hate the St. Louis Cardinals
COMMENTARY | The New York Yankees. The Boston Red Sox. They go together sort of like peanut butter and tree bark, Abbott and Einstein or scrambled eggs and tire irons. More »Why New York Yankees Fans Hate the Boston Red Sox
What gives? More »If, And, But: The Chicago Bears Will Be in the Playoffs in 2013
COMMENTARY | Wally Pipp infamously lost his starting job after sitting out one game in 1925 with a headache. The New York Yankees started a young guy named Henry Louis Gehrig in his place, and 2,130 games later, Pipp's last name would forever be transformed into a verb. Is Atlanta Braves' catcher Brian McCann the latest big leaguer in danger of getting "Pipp'd?" More »Atlanta Braves: Does Evan Gattis Make Brian McCann Expendable?
COMMENTARY | For the New York Mets, the 2013 regular season is seen as a transition year. The team isn't expected to compete for a playoff spot, but manager Terry Collins has been steadfast in his opinion to the media that this team is good enough to win right now, and the Mets are not satisfied with rebuilding. More »New York Mets April Schedule: Nationals, Dodgers and Phillies to Test Team
COMMENTARY | Usually, your team is only as good as the competition it can defeat. That's what makes games against the best of the best significant no matter when they take place in the season. More »Milwaukee Brewers April Schedule: Cardinals, Giants, Dodgers Offer Biggest Challenges
COMMENTARY | Maybe it's something with New York teams ending in the letters "ets" that induces hasty and unjustified arrogance (even though the struggling New York Mets have been wise enough to avoid baseless, premature claims about taking New York City over from the far more accomplished New York Yankees). More »Atlantic Champion New York Knicks Cement Stake as NYC’s Team (For Now)
COMMENTARY | The San Francisco 49ers recently gave a two-year, $6 million contract to defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey. Many media critics questioned this signing. Why would the 49ers, who run a 3-4 base defense, sign Dorsey, who does not fit in a 3-4? More »How Glenn Dorsey Fits into the San Francisco 49ers' Defense
If there is a point in the San Francisco 49ers' recent history from which it turned around a 6-10 team in 2010 to a 11-4 team and back-to-back NFC champions in 2012, it was the 2010 NFL Draft. More »49ers Eyeing Contract Extension for Mike Iupati?
COMMENTARY | The rivalry between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants is one of the best in baseball. These two teams started doing battle over 120 years ago when they were both based in New York, and their cross-country migration to California did nothing to dispel the bitterness between each other. More »Why Los Angeles Dodgers Fans Hate the San Francisco Giants
COMMENTARY | The Dallas Cowboys have until July 15th to work out a long-term deal with Anthony Spencer. If they don't, he will cost them $10.6 million under his second franchise tag in as many years. More »Dallas Cowboys: Trading Anthony Spencer Still a Possibility
COMMENTARY | Pinched by the salary cap, the New York Giants have been forced into making a few roster changes this offseason. They've said goodbye to a number of popular and experienced players, including Osi Umenyiora, Ahmad Bradshaw and Chase Blackburn, and brought in some new (and old) players. But have these recent transactions improved the team? Here's a ranking of Big Blue's free agent acquisitions to date, from most to least significant, and a look at what they bring to the team. More »Ranking the New York Giants' Free Agent Acquisitions
COMMENTARY | On Saturday, April 13, 2013, at the Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 17 Finale in Las Vegas, Nevada, former Word Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) featherweight champion Urijah Faber will face off against perennial contender Scott Jorgensen. In addition, former Strikeforce bantamweight champion Miesha Tate will battle Cat Zingano in a bout that will determine the Ultimate Fighting Champion (UFC) women's bantamweight number one contender. ... More »The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale Pre-Fight Breakdown: Urijah Faber Vs Scott Jorgensen & Miesha Tate Vs Cat Zingano
COMMENTARY | With just a few games left in the regular season, the focus of the Chicago Bulls will soon shift to the NBA playoffs. And while there is many a cause for concern as to what will happen in the postseason, there are just as many reasons to be optimistic. Here are five: More »Five Reasons Fans Should Be Optimistic About the Chicago Bulls
COMMENTARY | Rumors about the New England Patriots having Tyrann Mathieu on their draft board gained momentum when ESPN Boston reported that Mathieu, the troubled cornerback out of LSU, was among the players New England brought in for a pre-draft visit last week. Mathieu was a Heisman Trophy finalist as a sophomore in 2011, but was kicked off the team last season after testing positive for marijuana. More »New England Patriots Rumors: Team Has Shown Interest in Tyrann Mathieu
COMMENTARY The Pittsburgh Pirates' atrocious offensive production had been the storyline through the first two series of the season and the primary reason for the team starting with a 1-5 record. More »Starling Marte Provides a Pop at the Top of the Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
COMMENTARY| On Monday the Boston Red Sox improved to 5-2 on the year after beating the Baltimore Orioles 3-1. The start of the season has been a total 180 compared to the last two years for Boston. It took until April 19 in 2011 to reach five wins. It was even worse in 2012, when the Red Sox didn't win a fifth until April 23. More »Lester and Buchholz on Form Early
COMMENTARY | No one could have envisioned that a Kobe Bryant-led team that features the likes of five All-Stars in the starting lineup would struggle to make the playoffs, but that's where the Los Angeles Lakers have found themselves with just four games left in the season. More »Lakers' Playoff Chances Hinge on Navigating Rough Schedule
COMMENTARY | The winner of the 17th season of "The Ultimate Fighter" will be determined on April 13, when Urijah Hall and Kelvin Gastelum square up at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale fight card will be headlined by a five-rounder featuring Urijah Faber and Scott Jorgensen. More »The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale Predictions
COMMENTARY | For those Milwaukee Brewers fans who also root on a fellow in-state professional team by the name of the Green Bay Packers, they are plenty familiar with injuries piling up. In 2011, the Packers used their great depth to help overcome over a dozen significant injuries to bring home the Lombardi Trophy. The Brewers can only hope they are bound for a similar fate, because the injury bug has bit early and often. More »Milwaukee Brewers Injury Update: Setbacks for Corey Hart, Taylor Green