AltWeeklies Wire
Making the Gradenew
Sports insiders rate (and berate) the SEC coaches.
Nashville Scene |
Randy Horick |
03-02-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Invitation to a Stompingnew
On the low-end neck-breaking circuit, only God and America are bigger than bull riding -- but just barely.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Sam Eifling |
02-28-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Doping Scandalnew
From a sports-business point of view, Dr. Prentice Steffen's outspoken anti-drug posture makes him a risk.
Tags: sports & fitness
Howling Financial Woesnew
The wagering scandal enmeshing Wayne Gretzky through his wife and an assistant coach is the least of the Coyotes' problems.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
02-21-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Chairman of the Boardsnew
With Icelantic, 23-year-old Ben Anderson is trying to revolutionize skiing.
Tags: sports & fitness
Why the Winter Olympics Sucknew
At least professional sports wear their crass commercialism on their sleeves -- the Olympics gussy themselves up in the mantle of international brotherhood and sportsmanship.
New York Press |
Steve Weinstein |
02-16-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Ill-Starrednew
Why hasn't Portland ever hosted the NBA All-Star Game?
Willamette Week |
Paul Gerald |
02-15-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Punting Is for Pansiesnew
The Arena Football League hawks football in February.
Tags: sports & fitness
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
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
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
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
Denver's Dying Grand Prix Indicative of Sport's Declinenew
National Indy-car racing continues to face the most serious crisis in its history: Dwindling crowds, indifferent TV coverage and uncertain sponsorships have reduced a once-prosperous sport to an also-ran in a marketplace overstuffed with choices.
Tags: sports & fitness
Yao Ming: Commie of the Yearnew
Yao won the Model Worker award, given out by the Chinese Communist Party. Seems the Party's definition of "model worker" has been expanded beyond the usual coal miners who meet the Five-Year Plan to include multimillionaires who endorse McDonald's and Visa cards.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
08-08-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Three Nights In Junenew
River City Rascal hitting coach Jack Clark gives off an aura reminiscent of Muhammad Ali post-prime, a variation on what might be termed "Tough Guy Zen." He and his coiled bat used to treat an oncoming fastball as though it were a blacktop possum.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
08-02-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
