Holding on to Big Mo
Like most West Brom fans this week, I'm still basking in "shock of the season" glory. But I've been an Albion supporter for more years than I care to …
Ignorance is bliss
I'm spending the weekend deep in the heart of baseball mythology -- Cooperstown, New York. Ironically, I'm not here for the "National Pastime," but to…
La dolce vita comes once in blue moon
For all the talk of Saturday's Manchester City-Chelsea fixture being a statement game, what makes this fixture so mouthwatering is that the old nouvea…
Clash of the fraying titans
Not too long ago the first Manchester United-Liverpool game of the season would be an EPL title barometer. Not anymore. While the Red Devils are …
No More Time For Experiments
As sure as Brett Favre throws interceptions to the New Orleans Saints' defense, if there is an international week then there will be a news release fr…
For U.S. soccer, caution trumps ambition
The U.S. national team is on hiatus during the international break, but the U.S. Soccer Federation isn't. It was announced Monday that coach Bob Bradl…
EPL's 25-man rule benefits English soccer
The final week of the summer transfer window promises to be busier than a TMZ hack on the Katy Perry beat. But while managers look for the next "teena…
Can Roberto Martinez turn Wigan around?
Gertrude Stein once wrote: "a rose is a rose is a rose." But not every Roberto Martinez is the same. The insurance agent variety received the final …
Boing! Boing!
"Morning Joe" starlet Roger Bennett recently asked me the question I dread most at this time of year: "So, what about your Baggies this season?" I ass…
Who's in charge? Blanc is
The Tour de France may have completed its long journey Sunday, but the gears keep shifting for that other French showcase to the world -- the running …
