Sally Jenkins wrote an article in Parade Magazine this past Sunday that followed her adventures of attending a game at the Dallas Cowboys new $1.15 billion stadium. Jenkins, of The Washington Post, is the daughter of great Texan sportswriter Dan Jenkins. Both were SI writers and possess a little cowboy (or cowgirl) in their styles, [...]
I always wondered what football players are thinking when laying on the ground doing leg lifts while Bill Parcells, Charlie Weis or Mark Mangino walked among them exhorting the players to strain themselves. While the players abs are tightening and ready to snap, do you think they focused on that pronounced little pouch of a [...]
It’s that time of the year where every writer and broadcaster fills time with speculation on who will win the Heisman award as college’s best football player. There are no billboards in Times Square, perhaps a sign of these economic times, and I haven’t followed the SID campaigns. All I know is that its a [...]
The central theme of the 2009 Hot Stove is the recession and lack of money to indulge in free agency and Yankee-like contracts. The truth is that attendance was once again up in 2009 (73,418,478) and that Major League Baseball has never let anyone look at their books. You’d need a forensic accountant to truly [...]
November 6, 2009 By Peter Mathews The Yankees can now celebrate their first World Series title in nine years; a feat the franchise has accomplished a record 27 times. It’s a long time coming since the 9/11 faithful were stunned by a Luis Gonzalez blooper, and when a young Marlins’ staff led by Carl Pavano, [...]
