Insider MLB Player X: Baseball's best/worst cities
One of the most fun things about the early season is seeing where your first road trips will be. It's nice to start off with a homestand, but after sp…
Insider Driver X: What we're really scared of
This article appears in the May 3 issue of ESPN The Magazine. Whenever I interact with fans, whether it's at an official autograph session or just …
Insider Driver X: NASCAR's man behind the scenes
In the most recent issue of The Mag, there was a great column by the NBA's Player X about this guy who seems to be in the middle of every deal that ge…
Insider MLB Player X: Slumps drive us crazy
Brandon Wood. Jay Bruce. Milton Bradley. They're slumping pretty hard right now, so cut them from your fantasy teams ASAP! I'm kidding. If you own one…
Insider NBA Player X: Wes Wesley makes it happen
This article appears in the April 19 issue of ESPN The Magazine. Who is the most powerful person in the NBA? David Stern? No. LeBron James? No. Kobe …
Insider Driver X: We need acting lessons!
A while back I wrote about how busy drivers are during the so-called NASCAR offseason. I briefly mentioned the most unexpected aspect of becoming a Sp…
Insider MLB Player X: Enough with the drug talk
Remember a few weeks back when Rangers manager Ron Washington admitted he'd tested positive for cocaine? It didn't exactly surprise me or my teammates…
Insider NBA Player X: Refs play favorites
I was asked the other day what I think of the referees this season. My answer: I hate the referees. I was only kidding, kind of. Lately, the refs ha…
Insider Driver X: Why we race through pain
Because of the big crash at Atlanta and Denny Hamlin's knee surgery this week, there's been a lot of talk this season about racing while injured. Sh…
Insider MLB Player X: Road ruins relationships
So my NBA counterpart recently wrote that he thinks 60 percent of the married guys in his sport cheat. I think it's a much lower percentage in basebal…
