AltWeeklies Wire
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
San Diego's Losing a Vibrant Piece of its Boxing Culturenew
Since the California Athletic Commission began its crackdown, what had for decades been a monthly occurrence of informal gatherings of boxers and mixed-martial-arts fighters, known as "smoker fights," have dwindled to just a couple a year.
San Diego CityBeat |
Cait Ireland and Eric Wolff |
03-12-2008 |
Sports
Specter Says Fandom Alone Fuels His NFL Investigationnew
It's never a good sign when people start to whisper that your company is pushing a dignified 78-year-old U.S. senator to butt heads with a popular sports institution. Welcome to the increasing scrutiny accompanying Comcast's relationship with Arlen Specter in his investigation of the NFL, known as Spygate.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
03-10-2008 |
Sports
Tags: NFL, sports & fitness
Jason Kidd Returns to Dallasnew
The point guard's return to the Mavs has Dallas buzzing, but can he lead the team to a championship?
Dallas Observer |
Richie Whitt |
03-04-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Almost Perfectnew
The two best college basketball teams in the country made for one memorable weekend in the Bluff City.
The Memphis Flyer |
Frank Murtaugh |
02-29-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Chris Trickle's Checkered Saganew
A decade ago, the racecar driver was gunned down on Blue Diamond Road. The shooter was never caught, the family still suffers, and the driver who stepped into his car is a NASCAR superstar.
Las Vegas Weekly |
John Katsilometes |
02-28-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Gut Issuesnew
Angioplasty? Colonics? What does the future hold for an unrepentant overindulger?
New York Press |
Joshua M. Bernstein |
02-28-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The New D.C. Stadium's Winners & Losersnew
Nationals Park, set to open in a month, promised to have a big impact on the neighborhood. It already has.
Washington City Paper |
Jason Cherkis |
02-28-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Al Jefferson: Minnesota's Franchise 2.0new
The Timberwolves believe in life after Kevin Garnett.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
02-27-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Everybody Hates Mike Brownnew
Despite the best winning percentage of any coach in Cleveland Cavaliers' history, Brown lives a life where Googling himself would unveil endless rants about how he should be fired.
Cleveland Scene |
Joe P. Tone |
02-25-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Long Shotnew
Two decades after Steve Kerr helped lead the University of Arizona Wildcats to their first Final Four, he hopes to manage the Phoenix Suns to their first NBA championship.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
02-21-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Major League IV: Scripting the Sonics Movienew
The uncertainty surrounding Seattle's oldest pro sports franchise is worthy of a sequel to its cinematic progenitor. Here's the script.
Seattle Weekly |
Damon Agnos |
02-12-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
