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Federer Better Not Fumble French Open

Adam Markowitz - May 31, 2009

Lars Burgsmuller, Xavier Malisse, Richard Gasquet, Sebastien Grosjean, David Ferrer, Roger Federer, Mariano Puerta, Robin Soderling, Kevin Kim, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Lleyton Hewitt, Novak Djokovic, Ivan Ljubicic, Roger Federer, Juan Martin del Potro, Flavio Cipolla, Albert Montanes, Lleyton Hewitt, Carlos Moya, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Thomaz Bellucci, Nicolas Devilder, Jarkko Nieminen, Fernando Verdasco, Nicolas Almagro, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Marcos Daniel, Teimuraz Gabashvili, and finally, Lleyton Hewitt...That's a pretty impressive list of 31 names in men's tennis. Those are th ...

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Lucky Charms or Bad Hapits

Matthew Martz - May 25, 2009

A shot of rum, a boa constrictor and an African voodoo doll named Jobu may be a bit of an exaggeration, but to the Indians Pedro Cerrano it was a religion. “That was just a movie,” you say ...
Feeling the Heat: Here Come the Rays

Adam Markowitz - May 24, 2009

Has the entire baseball world forgotten about the Tampa Bay Rays? Last season, the darlings of Major League Baseball shocked the world and came up just one step short of becoming World Champions. This ...
Hockey Beard Part 2

Wylie VanWenger - May 22, 2009

The Hockey Beard is a phenomenon I’d only just heard about. It came up when some friends and I were ganging up on my roommate to try and convince him to shave his wretched beard that his g ...
Hockey Beard Part One

Wylie VanWenger - May 21, 2009

My roommate is hell bent on growing a four-foot long ZZ Top style beard for no good reason at all except that he can. He has made several beard attempts in recent years, but they all have ended ...
Don't Tug On Superman's Cape

Adam Markowitz - May 19, 2009

The NBA learned a huge lesson from a huge man last week. Dwight Howard has an angry side, and no one wants to see it. Following a huge collapse at TD Banknorth Garden in Boston in Game 5 of the Easter ...
Denver Nuggets are no Fools Gold

Matthew Martz - May 19, 2009

This year’s Western Conference final is sure to be a Wild West showdown. You have the ultimate match up of NBA scorers with Melo vs. Kobe, along with a good low-post match-up in Kenyon Martin an ...
Moving Beyond the MLB Steroid Stories

Matthew Martz - May 13, 2009

Okay, so I said I would not write another piece on baseball until I did an article about some of the amazing stories coming out of both the NBA and NHL playoffs over the last few weeks. But how could ...
Manny Being Manny

Adam Markowitz - May 10, 2009

So as I was flipping through the dictionary the other day, I found the damndest thing...malcontent: one who is chronically discontented or dissatisfied; synonyms: grumbler, complainer, faultfinder; se ...
Favre's Final Farewell

Matthew Martz - May 7, 2009

As much as I am fan, I'm as sick of Favre’s never-ending retirement as the next non-Wrangler-jeans-wearing guy. He doesn’t realize the number of people asking for one more song keeps dwind ...

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Woods takes lead at AT&T National (AP)

Tiger Woods finished signing for the lowest 36-hole score ever at Congressional Country Club and was met by a couple of AT&T National officials wanting to know his plans for the afternoon. "I'm done," Woods said, indicating that he would not be going to the practice range. The question is whether the 75 other players remaining at Congressional feel the same way.
Federer, Roddick reach Wimbledon final (AP)

Roger Federer will face a familiar foe in his chase for Grand Slam history: Andy Roddick -- a player he has beaten in 18 of 20 matches -- stands in the way of a record 15th major title. The milestones just keep coming for Federer, who has reached his seventh straight Wimbledon final and 20th in a major championship match overall.
Reports: Turkoglu will join Raptors (AP)
Free agent Hedo Turkoglu will join the Toronto Raptors after spurning the Portland Trail Blazers, according to multiple reports. The 6-foot-10 forward helped Orlando to the NBA finals last season. On Friday, a person close to the Blazers confirmed that Turkoglu ended contract talks with them. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the negotiations.
Lawyer: Clemens not among positive tests (AP)
Roger Clemens' lawyer says the pitcher was not among the more than 100 players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003. Rusty Hardin tells The New York Times that Clemens obtained the results from the drug-testing company and provided them to Congress before his 2008 testimony by waiving his right to keep them private.