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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Whether you like it or not, last night's National League victory has already determined that the representative from the Senior Circuit will have home-field advantage for the 2012 World Series.
The majority of fans aren't happy with the change that was implemented in 2003 by Bud Selig, but instead of asking whether the All-Star game should be connected to the World Series, perhaps we should be asking a different question.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Sometime during spring training, parity snuck into the luggage of MLB players and made the trip across country to nearly every division in baseball.
The worst team in the AL East is playing .500 baseball. Albert Pujols forgot how to swing a bat while young guns Mike Trout and Mark Trumbo have the Angels in playoff contention. The Nationals and Phillies have ditched tradition to switch places at the top and bottom. And the Pittsburgh ... Read More
Monday, July 9, 2012
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 11:52 AM.
The Washington Nationals have put themselves in an interesting situation. Win now (possibly risking the best piece in the organization), or wait for the future?
The club with the National League's best record heading into the All-Star break, declared at the start of the season that ace pitcher, Stephen Strasburg, would be held to a strict limit for pitching in the 2012 season. The number: 160 innings. The expected date: early September. ... Read More
Friday, July 6, 2012
When most of us were young our parents likely told us at one point that sharing was a good thing. Either the members of the SEC didn't have a mother or they weren't listening.
For six years now a team from the SEC has claimed the BCS national championship. Not too long ago I detailed the significance of this streak in an article that questioned; Is the SEC's dynasty the best ever? ... Read More
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Football fans have presented an economics test to the NFL.
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, since 2007 attendance at NFL games has deteriorated by 4.5%. While the state of the American economy may be the go-to scapegoat, the problem may be more fundamental.
NFL fans are sending a message. The experience of attending a live game doesn't justify the cost, and the NFL must ... Read More
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
If predicting a champion was as easy as reading an arbitrary rating, the sports world would be a boring place. Thankfully though, games aren't played on paper -- they're played inside of television sets.
Even though analysts and the average viewer know ... Read More
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The USC Trojans will win the 2012 national championship.
Say that to yourself a few times and the sentence starts to grow a question mark at the end.
An SEC team has claimed the past six championships, so it may seem ludicrous to claim the crystal ball will land elsewhere anytime soon. But the talent and returning experience of USC -- mixed with a schedule where the Trojans ... Read More
Monday, July 2, 2012
When Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels intentionally beaned Nationals phenom Bryce Harper to "welcome him" to the big-leagues, the veteran hurler should have realized he was wasting his time.
Harper's response was non-verbal but spoke louder than any thud of a 90 mph fastball between the shoulder blades. The youngest player in all of the MLB, Harper hustled down to first after being plunked. ... Read More
Friday, June 29, 2012
The first and only time I stepped into a professional sports hall of fame I was blown away by the experience.
Canton, Ohio's mark on the sports world -- the Pro Football Hall of Fame -- is everything I wished my history field trip would have been.
My entire life I had envisioned the hall, filled with busts of all the enshrined members -- the pinnacle individual achievement for any football ... Read More
Thursday, June 28, 2012
This is a test -- a reading test to be specific.
Put your pencils down and focus on the paragraph directly below this one. Don't take too long, however, as you only have 15 seconds to complete the exercise. You will have one question to answer from the passage. Any questions? Ready? Go.
Put your pencils down and focus on the paragraph directly below this one. Don't take too long, however, as you only have 15 seconds to complete the exercise. You will have one question to answer from the passage. Any questions? Ready? Go.
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Since its inception in 1998, Operation Sports has grown from a small community driven news ... Read More
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Understanding the Heisman trophy isn't as easy as choosing the best player in the nation.
College football's highest individual honor has followed an unwritten set of rules that go beyond performance on the field. Instead of being driven by stats, the Heisman has been dished out in a process that reveals a deep-rooted desire to turn the award into a package deal that represents all that is great ... Read More
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
All the complaining finally paid off. The hated BCS is dead as we know it and a four-team college football playoff is coming in 2014.
Like an argument with the world's most stubborn parents, we knew we were right, but the BCS check-cashers wouldn't listen. We weren't speaking their language apparently. We kept talking in common sense -- or cents -- and ... Read More
The NFL has been the technological innovator of the professional sports world. Officials have instant replay to help correct tough calls. Football players and coaches use video to prepare for opponents and improve their own skills. Analysts break down replays to bring a new dimension of understanding to spectators. And fans are spoiled with instant replay and video on demand that allow us to scrutinize ... Read More
Monday, June 25, 2012
Earlier this season the New York Yankees were as close to rock bottom as the team could be to start a year. Stuck in fourth-place and 4.5 games behind the division leading Rays, 13-12 was not what New York had expected to start the 2012 campaign as May 3rd rolled up on the calendar.
For a team that measures success in championships, things could only go up from there. That ... Read More
Friday, June 22, 2012
The quarterback is arguably the most important position in all of sports.
It would be tough to find someone with more responsibility for the success of a team on every single offensive possession. Quarterbacks not only touch the ball every play, but they are in control of getting the ball into the hands of the running back or the receiver. As if that wasn't enough, they also must read defenses -- pre-snap and ... Read More
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