AltWeeklies Wire
Why I Fightnew
Mixed martial arts has hit the mainstream; I get my ass kicked investigating the sport's burgeoning popularity.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steve Volk |
06-19-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Cheaters Never Win?new
Don't whisper a word to the children, but hell yeah, of course they do.
Dallas Observer |
Richie Whitt |
06-12-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Ballpark Bleachers Are No Longer a Heckler's Paradisenew
At Seattle's Safeco Field, fans had better watch what they say and do, lest they risk getting a swift hook.
Seattle Weekly |
Huan Hsu |
06-11-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Steeds With Wheelsnew
Chicago Bike Polo hosts a Champeenship.
Chicago Reader |
Scott Eden |
06-11-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Should MLB Celebrate Barry Bonds' Home Run Record?new
Does the slugger leave baseball with a tainted legacy, or is it all much ado about nothing?
New York Press |
C.J. Sullivan and Dave Hollander |
06-07-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The Bad News Bulldogsnew
A quest for (Special) Olympic gold, starring one burned-out journalist turned coach and a volleyball team that couldn't spike straight.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Thomas Francis |
05-29-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Going for Broke in NASCARnew
Team owner Jeff Milburn might never win a race, but there's more to life than a checkered flag.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
05-29-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The Scott Boras Factornew
Is the super agent destroying the game of baseball? And what does he want now?
L.A. Weekly |
Jeffrey Anderson |
05-25-2007 |
Sports
Is Roger Federer Bluffing?new
The huge gasp you've heard in men's tennis the last two months has been the collective astonishment over the fact Roger Federer has played four consecutive tournaments without winning any of them -- but why?
New York Press |
C.J. Sullivan and Dave Hollander |
05-24-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Scathing Barry Bondsnew
He may soon be baseball's home run king, but Pittsburgh has no love for the former Pirate.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
05-21-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The Ballad of the Muscle Sharknew
From floor finisher to World Champion: Sean Sherk grapples his way to the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
05-16-2007 |
Sports
MLB Should Step to the Plate & Accept its Mistakesnew
Bud Selig's lack of leadership, absence of power and ignorance allowed this scandal to grow from a few questionable years in baseball to what is now known as the "Steroid Era."
C-Ville Weekly |
Wes McElroy |
05-16-2007 |
Sports
Tags: Major League Baseball, Barry Bonds
Are the NBA's Foul Calls Racially Biased?new
According to Justin Wolfers and his colleague Joseph Price, they are -- the two just released a study finding that NBA referees called more fouls on black players, and black refs called more fouls on white players.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Doron Taussig |
05-15-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Home of the Bravesnew
Fifty years ago this fall, a Boston team beat the Yankees in the World Series; 57 years ago, a Boston team became one of the first in the major leagues to integrate -- that team, obviously, was not the Red Sox.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
05-10-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Cup Stacking, the New Youth Craze?new
Inside the latest trend in quasi-sports.
Montreal Mirror |
Erik Leijon |
05-03-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
