Insider The art of trash-talking
Player X is an anonymous NBA star. This is his fourth column. THERE ISN'T ENOUGH trash-talking in this league, and we're the worse for it. Players ar…
Insider A time for goodbyes
Coach X heads a top NCAA hoops program, with many March Madness appearances under his belt. This is his third column. IT'S THE END of the line for a …
Insider 'Players think of Boras as just a contract rep.'
Player X is an MLB star. This is his first column. Spring training is too long. I'm already bored. It's a snooze for any veteran. The most impressi…
Insider A month for big wins -- and big bonuses
Coach X heads a top NCAA hoops program, with many March Madness appearances under his belt. This is his second column. IF YOU COACH a team that mak…
Insider 'Every coach likes to think he matters. And we do. A little.'
Coach X heads a top NCAA hoops program, with many March Madness appearances under his belt. This is his first column. FEW COACHES REACH the Final Fou…
Insider These changes ain't half bad
IT WASN'T A SURPRISE to any of us in NASCAR when the news broke that Charlotte would host the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Why, you ask? Wel…
Insider 'They couldn't care less about a ring'
This appears in the Feb. 7, 2011 issue of ESPN The Magazine. It's Super Bowl time, which means right now there are 30 NFL teams whose seasons ar…
Insider Player X: Maintaining a marriage ... or not
By my count, Tiger got to 15. It's a big number, sure. But I know some guys in the NBA, MLB, and NFL who juggle even more girls than that. Some of the…
Insider Player X: It's always about the money
Suppose your boss told you that, from now on, you had to work 10 extra hours each week -- and, oh, by the way, you wouldn't be getting paid for the ad…
Insider Player X: Is Vick a good man? Who cares.
Redemption is crap. The talking heads want to argue about whether Michael Vick has cleared his name by playing the way he has this season. But the gu…
