David Stern’s Nightmare: What’s Happened to the NBA Playoffs?

Although the season is not yet one fourth over, it seems clear that if the Yankees do not make the playoffs this year most will attribute this to two things-poor starting pitching and the injury to Mariano Rivera.  The starting pitching has indeed been a problem as other than CC Sabathia and…

Andy Pettitte returns to the New York Yankees pitching rotation after another short-lived goodbye.

The bright lights of New York are once again calling Andy Pettitte home when he takes the mound against Kevin Millwood on Sunday at Yankee Stadium.  As a 23-year-old lifelong Yankees fan, Andy…

“. . . it was unfortunate that James had to get hit with an unintentional elbow.”

–Ron Artest

First, what Metta World Peace did to James Harden in today’s Thunder-Lakers game is wrong.

He had just made an emphatic dunk, with two electric blue jerseys draped all over him. Then he…

Since 1957, when the Gold Gloves were first awarded, there have been 12 seasons when a player has led his league in OBP and slugging percentage while winning a Gold Glove.  Three players, Barry Bonds (1992-1993), Mike Schmidt (1981-1982) and Carl Yastrzemski (1965, 1967) have done this twice. …

In general, people are getting too hung up on Cundiff’s missed kick, and not hung up enough on Cam Cameron’s decision to call a draw on 3^rd and short, even though Vince Wilfork was camping on a chunk of real estate right in the middle of the Raven’s backfield the entire day. Also,…

NFL Conference Championship Picks and Predictions:  The New York Giants will defeat the San Francisco 49ers, the Baltimore Ravens will stun the New England Patriots – 2012 is all about revenge.

Many people would love to see a rematch of the 18-1 Patriots Giants Super Bowl.  Others want to…

Ravens @ Patriots: I raised this point in the TFT Power Rankings, but I’ll get into more detail here. Every team the Patriots beat ended with a regular season win record under 8-8. They lost to the Steelers, who finished 12-4, and the Giants, who finished 9-7. Their 3^rd loss was earlier in the…