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
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
Everyday People Are Being Priced Out of Baseball Fandomnew
The Mets and Yankees will open their swanky new ballparks next season. It's just too bad nobody I know will be able to afford to see them from the inside.
New York Press |
Emma Span |
04-17-2008 |
Sports
Mets AAA Team Hopes for Another Winning Seasonnew
It's no surprise that last year, in their first season as a New York Mets affiliate, the New Orleans Zephyrs had their finest campaign since 2001. Expectations haven't changed this season.
Barry Bonds* Hires Yet Another Lawyernew
New lawyer John Burris has a well-known rivalry with Mike Rains, Barry's* longtime criminal attorney.
Juicing Barry Bondsnew
To asterisk or not to asterisk? That is the question.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
08-22-2007 |
Sports
Play It Again, Sammy Sosanew
Can the Texas Rangers' oldest rookie leave his diva days behind and deliver?
Dallas Observer |
Richie Whit |
04-02-2007 |
Sports
Get Some Ballsnew
Some Kansas City fogeys are too afraid to even talk about a downtown ballpark.
The Pitch |
C.J. Janovy |
11-01-2005 |
Commentary
Hot PSP Actionnew
With these three new titles just pressed for the PlayStation Portable, you can smack balls with a club, you can smack balls with a bat, or you can reave souls with axes. All of these games are guaranteed to keep you glued to that gorgeous LCD screen.
Dig Boston |
Seth McM. Donlin |
04-28-2005 |
Video Games
Broken Bondsnew
Barry Bonds and all of his apologists should be ashamed: He's embarrassed a once-great sport.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
12-16-2004 |
Commentary
