AltWeeklies Wire
The Brett Favre Archetype Remains a Restricted Clubnew
For many in and out of the press corps, Favre is the classic white American archetype: the flawed hero. This archetype is crack cocaine cut with catnip for a sports media blissed out on their own addiction to macho nostalgia.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Dave Zirin |
03-24-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Thousand Dollar Babynew
By day Jamie O'Hare studies for a master's in social work. Her night job is anything but.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
03-21-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The 'Father of Black Basketball' Has Yet to Find Famenew
Edwin Bancroft "Ed" Henderson II has spent the last few years campaigning for his late grandfather's induction in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Washington City Paper |
Dave McKenna |
03-20-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The Muscle Mennew
Inside the "Rejuvenation Centers" at the heart of the nation's largest illegal steroid and HGH operation.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Michael J. Mooney |
03-18-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The Sons Also Risenew
Philly's most passionate sports fans are nuts about a team that doesn’t yet exist.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steven Wells |
03-17-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Changing Boxing Glove Weight May Cost Nevada Millionsnew
The head of Top Rank, Inc. says the new rule requiring junior welterweight and welterweight boxers to wear 10-ounce gloves instead of 8-ounce gloves is costing the state big fights -- and thus, big money.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Joshua Longobardy |
03-14-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Wizards Games are a Full-On Entertainment Assaultnew
Want to see some basketball? Turn on ESPN. Want to see some flying burritos, flexible man-boys, jazzy dance numbers, trained dogs, and basketball? Go to a Wizards game.
Washington City Paper |
Amanda Hess |
03-13-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
San Diego's Losing a Vibrant Piece of its Boxing Culturenew
Since the California Athletic Commission began its crackdown, what had for decades been a monthly occurrence of informal gatherings of boxers and mixed-martial-arts fighters, known as "smoker fights," have dwindled to just a couple a year.
San Diego CityBeat |
Cait Ireland and Eric Wolff |
03-12-2008 |
Sports
Specter Says Fandom Alone Fuels His NFL Investigationnew
It's never a good sign when people start to whisper that your company is pushing a dignified 78-year-old U.S. senator to butt heads with a popular sports institution. Welcome to the increasing scrutiny accompanying Comcast's relationship with Arlen Specter in his investigation of the NFL, known as Spygate.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
03-10-2008 |
Sports
Tags: NFL, sports & fitness
Chris Trickle's Checkered Saganew
A decade ago, the racecar driver was gunned down on Blue Diamond Road. The shooter was never caught, the family still suffers, and the driver who stepped into his car is a NASCAR superstar.
Las Vegas Weekly |
John Katsilometes |
02-28-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The New D.C. Stadium's Winners & Losersnew
Nationals Park, set to open in a month, promised to have a big impact on the neighborhood. It already has.
Washington City Paper |
Jason Cherkis |
02-28-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Everybody Hates Mike Brownnew
Despite the best winning percentage of any coach in Cleveland Cavaliers' history, Brown lives a life where Googling himself would unveil endless rants about how he should be fired.
Cleveland Scene |
Joe P. Tone |
02-25-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Long Shotnew
Two decades after Steve Kerr helped lead the University of Arizona Wildcats to their first Final Four, he hopes to manage the Phoenix Suns to their first NBA championship.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
02-21-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Greening the Greensnew
Environmentally friendlier golf courses are gaining recognition.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
02-07-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
24/Sevensnew
Two-dozen questions you never knew you wanted to know about the USA Rugby Sevens.
San Diego CityBeat |
Nathan Dinsdale |
02-06-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
