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Forget Cycling: Lance Armstrong's Complicated Legacy

Not to steal some thunder from Lance Armstrong before his big confession to Oprah is aired tonight--the Manti Te'o story has already done that--but I must make a confession of my own. I've got to get this monkey off my back. I've got to free myself of the burden I've been carrying around for so long ... More >>

The Straw That Fouls The Drink

"Reggie," says Joe Torre in the wake of the latest Reggie Jackson flap, "is just being Reggie." Yes, indeed, Reggie was just being Reggie when he made his inflammatory comments in the current issue of `Sports Illustrated. And once again we are reminded that the real Reggie is a self-centered jerk. ... More >>

Is R.A. Dickey Juicing His Balls?

Here's a quote from R.A. Dickey about his knuckleball: "The metaphor I would give is that if a traditional knuckleball is a butterfly, mine is more like a butterfly on steroids. It's more like a mosquito or a hummingbird than a butterfly, because of its velocity. It comes in and breaks late at the p ... More >>

Feds' Last Chance Is Andy Pettitte's Last Chance, Too

In case you're wondering why the U.S. Government is still pressing a case against Roger Clemens, think about it this way: years of work and millions upon millions of dollars have gone into investigations that have so far resulted in Barry Bonds being confined to his home for six months - and even th ... More >>

100 & Single: Rihanna's Post-Millennial Strategy For Setting Chart Records

​Pop-chart record-keeping can be as contentious as baseball's, and we've got quite the steroids-style asterisk forming atop Billboard's Hot 100. On the most recent chart, the most pervasive radio star of the last half-decade brushed past a couple of legends into the hall of fame. And like Barr ... More >>

Cathie Black, That Cosmo Girl, Deserves a Chance. For Now.

​Granted, it's hard to see how the tools for putting out Cosmopolitan (this month's lead article: "First, Take Off His Pants") and Seventeen ("Amazing Hair") instantly translate into running the nation's largest and most troubled public school system. But for the moment anyways, it might be wo ... More >>

Roger Clemens Indicted for Perjury

​Following in the not-so-great tradition of Barry Bonds, former Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens has been indicted by federal authorities on six charges, including perjury and making false statements to Congress, about his use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Graig Nettles over A-Rod?: Finally, Some Heat on The Lineup

​At last some heat during the latest installment of MSG's The Lineup. In Episode 4, Sparky Lyle and Gary Carter -- muddleheads both -- went against the majority (Elias Bureau Steve Hirdt, Will Leitch, and host Fran Healy) by choosing Graig Nettles over Alex Rodriguez as New York's all time bes ... More >>

Andrew Breitbart Responds to Our Coverage (and the Whole, Rotten MSM's) of the ACORN Story

Image (cc) shalf. Andrew Breitbart of Big Government, the web site that ran the ACORN pimp/prostitute videos, leading to the investigation that cleared ACORN of illegal activity in the events there recorded, didn't like our item on the investigators' report yesterday. But then, he doesn't like mu ... More >>

Jockbeat: As Another World Series Looms, A Look Back at a Tarnished One

​It's October, and the ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson once again haunts the autumn breezes. In Chicago, two attorneys with ties to the Chicago Baseball Museum organization are claiming that Eliot Asinof, author of the best seller about the 1919 "Black Sox" scandal, Eight Men Out, was wrong abou ... More >>

Jockbeat: Why is Jerry Crowe Such an Asshole?

First off, anything written about St. Louis Cardinals' first baseman Albert Pujols should begin with a sentence along the lines of "He's the greatest player in the game today, and the best player so far in the 20th century. And, probably, one of the 20 greatest players of all time." He didn't do ... More >>

Interview: Morning Joe's Willie Geist Talks Pat Buchanan's 'Thug Life' Tattoo

Way funnier than this photo would lead you to believe. Open-minded types that we are, we're finding ourselves increasingly entertained by MSNBC's Morning Joe, which we'll nominate as the best show to breakfast by--it has a kind of looseness that TV needs more of, plus it's actually aimed at adults ... More >>

Fan, Press A-Rod Reactions: No Role Model, But Babe Would Have Juiced, Too

After his admission that he used performance enhancing drugs from 2001 to 2003, Alex Rodriguez received the support of the Yankees organization ("Although we are disappointed in the mistake he spoke to today, we realize that Alex -- like all of us -- is a human being not immune to fault"). Fans and ... More >>

New York City's jobless rate soars; Toyota drives off a cliff; Sullenberger lands in limelight

Heaven can wait: Chesley Sullenberger live, in "US Airways Flight 1549 Full Cockpit Recording" To try to counter the sickening economic news, remember another horror story that actually had a happy ending. Sully Sullenberger knows what "sickening" feels like, although his voice in the above cockp ... More >>

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Interview: Jim Bouton on the Mitchell Report

A-Rod U-Turn?

Torre's gone, but the slugger may return

Kanye West's Graduation: A Preview

Analyzing A-Rod Through his Children's Book

The Talented Mr. Reyes

Stealing Mickey's Mantle

José Reyes could be the greatest—if he doesn't figure out just how much Mets fans want from him

Why America Loves NASCAR

(Hint: Because it's not black.)

Steroid Ball: Palmeiro’s Numbers Don’t Add Up

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Yankees Go Home

The Bombers' Current Run Officially Ends

Strikes and Balls

In Baseball's Labor Game, Reporters Miss the Signs

Letters

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Masters of Their Domain

Relax, Yankee Fans. Everything's in Good Hands.

Mo' Better Mets?

A Heavy Whiff of Uncertainty After Phillips’s Frenetic Deals

Here’s to the Losers

Thanks for the Memories, You Yankee Role Players. Now Get Out of Here.

Jock Lit

Need Relief? Summon the Pen.

The Voice of Treason

WFAN Takes On November’s Favorite Sport

Punch Like a Man

Big-Time Sports’ Domestic Violence Problem

Madison Queer Garden

Your Name Here

Legend in the Gray Flannel Suit

Joseph Paul Dimaggio, 1914-1999

Winterball Heats Up

Grading baseball's off-season moves