8 days ago - Rangers outfielder Marlon Byrd says he has nothing to hide and no problem with people knowing he takes supplements provided by Victor Conte.
373 days ago - Welcome to today’s Examiner online exclusive “Hot Read,” a quick-hitting volt of humor into the lovable wide world of sports — the way we see it.
401 days ago - I was certain Danica Patrick was going to win the Indianapolis 500 Sunday. Just positive. After all, this 2008 is a year, when, surely, women have been more prominent in sports than ever before — and in every way: good, bad and sad.
415 days ago - The Sports Curmudgeon’s bile has been rising at the general level of tackiness he has witnessed in sports, and so he has requested time to vent.
541 days ago - Most of you never heard of Ralph Beard, or if you did, had forgotten him by the time he died a few weeks ago just short of 80. But back in the 1940s, Beard was a terrific All-American, who led Kentucky to two national basketball championships and the United States to a gold medal in the 1948 Olympics. He already was a first-team NBA All-Star when it was revealed he had taken money from gamblers to shave points in games at Kentucky.
551 days ago - With the new year mercifully beckoning, the world of competitive sports should resolve to take a dip in boiling water with a bar of soap and a wire brush — then give itself a nice scrubbing.