Okay, so Duke University has a much, much better basketball program than Notre Dame. And the same can be said for lacrosse, and there could be some fringe sports out there in which they excel. Too lazy to look it up. But the football program is the weather vane of a school’s quality program, and […]

The launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery was scheduled for 5:02 p.m. ET, and while some minor league baseball attendees may have seen the launch, what they probably can’t see from the bleachers is the plethora of sports memorabilia on board. And before you get all El Guapo on me, I’m perfectly aware what that […]

Welp, there goes ESPN’s entire hockey department. (Maybe.) Barry Melrose is the center of a semi-opaque rumor that he’s going to be the next head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, even 24 hours after his parent company ran a story saying he was “enjoying his life as an ESPN analyst,” that he always gets […]

Here’s to hoping the Toronto Argonauts enjoy wide right field goal attempts, because former Colts and Cowboys “kicker” Mike Vanderjagt was signed by the CFL team for which he kicked over a decade ago.

And while the Argos’ optimism is admirable, it really does need to be asked: do they have a freaking clue why this […]

• Erin Andrews was supposed to sexify the National Spelling Bee, but THE GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS says that didn’t happen.

(If I didn’t share a picture of her, you wouldn’t have paid attention to this post.)
• Player access? What problem with player access? The NEW YORK TIMES’ Tyler Kepner gets an impromptu crash course on […]

It’s not that the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association doesn’t believe in instant replay — they might — it’s just they don’t believe every video that falls into their lap. The WIAA is under scrutiny for disqualifying state 3,200-meter winner Nicole Cochran, despite third party video evidence showing it wasn’t her, but her teammate who should […]