AltWeeklies Wire
Slip-Sliding Away to Olympic Goldnew
High-tech developments are helping Olympic competitors go higher and faster than ever.
NOW Magazine |
Joseph Wilson |
02-10-2006 |
Sports
Strong Safetynew
Has the NFL gone too far trying to monitor players' off-field antics?
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
01-31-2006 |
Sports
Tags: football, law enforcement
Metaphorical Downpournew
In town to cover the NFL playoffs, America's sportswriters compare and contrast Seattle rain with just about everything.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
01-24-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Roller Grrrlsnew
The women of roller derby are tough, fast and back on track.
Houston Press |
Keith Plocek |
01-17-2006 |
Sports
Hips of Steelnew
How do kids too cool for exercise keep the winter pounds off?
The Village Voice |
Nick Sylvester |
01-10-2006 |
Sports
Offensive Linenew
Numbers guy and Stanford MBA Paraag Marathe has become a scapegoat for the 49ers' failure, but he's really the future of the NFL.
Dream Teamnew
One football player's dream began with 48 hours on the highway from Easton, Pennsylvania, for a long-shot chance to go pro at the tryouts for Colorado Crush.
Tags: Colorado Crush, John Elway
Jocks in Cuffsnew
Sluggish performances by Mike Tyson and the Portland Trailblazers seemingly skewed the number of athlete arrests downward in 2005, but the sports-crime industry remained vital thanks to Lawrence Phillips and a little stylistic marketing kitsch.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Taibbi |
12-23-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Wounded Warriorsnew
A Richmond, Calif. midget football team tries to overcome violence and loss to win its sixth straight state title.
East Bay Express |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
12-22-2005 |
Sports
Legal Complications on Steroidsnew
If Lance Armstrong were found to have been on drugs, and his San Francisco handlers knew it, sponsors could demand their money back, and perhaps change sports in the United States forever.
Payday Huntingnew
Selling drugs didn't cut it, so Ray Austin went looking for a title fight.
Cleveland Scene |
Joe P. Tone |
12-06-2005 |
Sports
After the Collapsenew
March's Arizona-Illinois game was four minutes of pure fan hell that united basketball-crazy Tucson.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
11-23-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Kansas City Rowing Club Has World-Class Talentnew
The rowing club's head coach, Jenn Jewett, thinks of the Kansas River as her river, since she's on it more than anyone else in town.
All the Ring's a Stagenew
AJ Gallant looks like a mean son-of-a-bitch. It's partly his barrel chest, his hefty arms, dotted with tribal tattoos, and the long ponytail pulled taut, leaving the shaved sides of his head exposed, but it's his eyes that do the trick.
Orlando Weekly |
James Carlson |
11-04-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
A Man Known as Shorty Rides to Reform Gay Rodeonew
Gay rodeo combines traditional machismo events with camp contests in steer decorating and goat dressing.
