AltWeeklies Wire
Baseball: Where Have All the Black Guys Gone?new
Consider it fallout from the epidemic of black dads abandoning their families. Today, about 50 percent of black kids are raised in female single-parent homes, versus 16 percent of white kids. That trend wreaks unique havoc on baseball. As Indians ace C.C. Sabathia puts it: "It's a sport you play with your daddy."
Cleveland Scene |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
06-13-2008 |
Sports
Was it Business as Usual in Belmont?new
Plus, Big Brown's Top 10 excuses for not winning the Triple Crown.
Boston Phoenix |
Jeffrey Gantz |
06-12-2008 |
Sports
Can't Skateboarders and BMX Bikers Just Get Along?new
Guess what: skateboarding isn't a crime anymore -- it's gone mainstream. And now some skaters, many of them kids who never had to live in the underground world that I did, are using their legitimacy to push out the new outlaws -- people who ride BMX bikes.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Duncan Scott Davidson |
06-04-2008 |
Sports
Sports Bloggers Don't Deserve the Indignation of Mainstream Commentatorsnew
Blogs are not the enemy. As with any medium, there are good actors and bad. Sports fans are supplementing their consumption of mainstream columnists with their favorite blogs, not choosing one over the other.
Talking to Stephanie 'Golden Girl' Jaramillo, a Pioneer of Women's Boxingnew
Jaramillo and her husband are launching Geronimo Enterprises, a promotions company that will begin organizing mixed martial arts and amateur boxing bouts in Santa Fe as early as August 2008.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
05-30-2008 |
Sports
The Dark Side of Horse Racing is Finally Being Revealednew
This year, a horse called Big Brown won the Kentucky Derby. But Big Brown's win was overshadowed by the No. 2 horse breaking both ankles after the finish. Eight Belles was humanely euthanized at the track.
Tucson Weekly |
Catherine O'Sullivan |
05-29-2008 |
Sports
Roller Grrls
The biker-bitch stereotype doesn’t fit the new generation of roller derby girls. They can be sensitive, they can play smash-mouth, and maybe you’re just jealous
The Inlander |
Michael Bowen |
05-23-2008 |
Sports
Jon Lester, the No-Hit Wondernew
This past Monday night, Lester became the 18th player in Red Sox history to pitch a no-hitter. And the Weston High School chorus was there to sing his praises.
Boston Phoenix |
Rachael Mazzella |
05-22-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Former Pro Soccer Players Help the Farolito Team Dominate an Amateur Leaguenew
On a recent Saturday morning, a crew of aging former professional soccer players from Latin America huddled around Salvador Lopez, who drilled them on the strategy of how their team, El Farolito, would win the 10:40 game in Golden Gate Park.
Five Ways New Mexico is Connected to the Beijing Olympic Controversiesnew
Tibet, Falun Gong, Darfur, poisoned imports and the threat of pandemics all hang over the games. And while these serious problems will likely continue long past the Beijing Olympics, the event presents the perfect opportunity for the world to protest and, perhaps, for China to listen.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
05-15-2008 |
Sports
Inside MMA: From the UFC to Illegal Cage Fights on Indian Reservesnew
It's been called human cockfighting, so why is Ontario making ultimate fighting even more dangerous by forcing it underground?
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
05-12-2008 |
Sports
Fifty Years of Dodger Bluenew
All professional baseball is built on a multi-billion-dollar foundation of half-remembered childhood memories, but even given that reality, the Dodgers have crafted a silly, if not repulsive, carnival of gauzy manufactured nostalgia. The Dodgers' 50th anniversary in Los Angeles celebration is irretrievably lame.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Neal Pollack |
05-12-2008 |
Sports
When it Comes to Tipping, LeBron James Goes Scrooge McDucknew
The self-proclaimed King of Ohio recently tipped $10 on an $800 bill. This is what French nobles like to call your requisite Bourgeois Bitch-Slap.
Cleveland Scene |
Staff |
05-09-2008 |
Sports
How Jeremy Williams' Death Devastated Orange County's First Pro Mixed-Martial-Arts Teamnew
In late 2006, when Marco Ruas was forming the Condors, he approached Williams about joining the team. Williams had quit fighting four years before to be a coach.
