AltWeeklies Wire
Cross Purposesnew
Skiercross isn't for the faint of heart. Nah, it's for kids!
Boise Weekly |
Mary Slaughter |
03-26-2008 |
Sports
Tags: skiing, sports & fitness
Mixed Martial Messagenew
South Carolina bill would legalize "ultimate fighting" bouts.
Charleston City Paper |
Josh Eboch |
03-26-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Hoop Heavennew
What happens when an insular religious school suddenly becomes a high school basketball powerhouse?
Philadelphia City Paper |
E. James Beale |
03-25-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
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
Shan Foster: Mr. Big Shotnew
The Vanderbilt basketball star is having the kind of year even Disney couldn't script.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
03-21-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Seventh-Sinning Stretchnew
Baseball is a game of verdant fields, balletic athleticism, cheating, meanness, corruption and greed. Seven books chronicle the dark side of the diamond.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
03-20-2008 |
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
Guarding the Future of the Detroit Pistonsnew
Rodney Stuckey and Arron Afflalo are the new players who fit the mold of Pistons past -- and they're key to the Pistons' future.
Metro Times |
Larry Gabriel |
03-18-2008 |
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
Hope for the Colorado Rockies Springs Eternalnew
A special report from spring training in Tucson.
Tags: sports & fitness
Can Nolan Ryan Save the Texas Rangers? Again?new
Here's the Rangers' 2008 strategy: Veil the rebuilding. Preach patience. Distract the demons. And when in doubt, trot out ol' reliable, Nolan Ryan. Not bad.
Dallas Observer |
Richie Whitt |
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
