The NCAA tournament generates huge profits, so how about paying the college students who make it happen?
March 8, 2022
If you just gotta pick a GOAT, take a look at Tom Brady's defensive squads
September 23, 2021
"Every now and then a postseason comes along that defies the trend and is loaded with playoff pugilism."
Originally published May 5, 1994
“Four young Napoli fans festooned in a crazy-quilt mixture of Brazil and Argentina garb serenaded the sleeper cars, singing "Un Maradona, c'è solo un Maradona!' to the tune of 'Guantanamera'; 'One Maradona, there's only one Maradona.'”
Originally published July 3, 1990
The drawings become anti-targets, a record of pitchers striving to avoid the bull's-eye that any major leaguer could park in the bleachers.
Originally published May 9, 2000
“Around 10 o’clock Muhammad Ali entered the ring. The audience in the the theatre rose to its feet and cheered. Actually, they said, 'Ali bomaye.' ['Ali, kill him.'] The tribal spirit is very contagious”
Originally published November 7, 1974
“Basketball still is the most democratic of all sports — it belongs to the streets and the poor. The only essentials are a hoop, a ball, a pair of sneakers, and another kid who can go 'one on one' with you. And it was these kids that made the evening so beautiful.”
Originally published April 10, 1969
“You’ve gotta understand, top skaters were like rock stars, traveling all over the world, living the life … and Gator was the wildest of them all”
Originally published December 8, 1992
“The essential hallmark of the Yankees has changed in the decade since George Steinbrenner purchased the club in 1973. By now, at every level in the organization — from the guard at the gate to the principal owner in his private box —the Yankees are marked by a broad streak of paranoia”
Originally published April 12, 1983