Steve Leblang 
The only thing that is so rare as a day in June–a day so slow that ESPN covered live women’s softball on the mothership–is a loss by the Oklahoma Sooners softball team. How rare? Well, they’re unbeaten so far this June. And there were unbeaten in May, too. And April. And March. In fact, this … Read more
Sure, there’s lots of actual sports going on this week. At one time, I had several friends who I’d often watch games with, often with camaraderie, food, drink and shared passion. One in particular has now become so conditioned to social isolation that he is adamant he cannot, will not, under ANY circumstance, want to … Read more
Entering this morning’s series finale with the Miami Marlins, the San Diego Padres sit in fourth place in the National League West, 8 games behind the division-leading Dodgers and 7.5 games behind the second-place Arizona Diamondbacks. Those two teams just happen to control larger media markets immediately to San Diego’s north and east, all the … Read more
I can barely hold a tennis racquet correctly, but I truly do love the sport, particularly as a backdrop during working hours. These days, that’s a loose definition, but I digress. For many years, long before ESPN got rights and before The Tennis Channel was born, a nascent HBO picked up U.S. rights to BBC … Read more
While tonight will feature an NBA Game 7 where the Boston Celtics will attempt to rewrite history and join their fellow Beantown-representing Red Sox as the only teams in their respective sports to win four consecutive times to take a seven-game post-season series, a somewhat less unique, but still impressive, story is unfolding in the … Read more
Yeah. I’m upset. Any Heat fan, or any Celtic despiser, would be. You don’t necessarily need me to tell you what happened in South Beach last night, but in case you were out enjoying life BOSTON.com’s Conor Roche can: Somehow, someway, the Celtics have forced a Game 7. After trailing 3-0 in the series, the … Read more
Memorial Day Sunday is about to happen again, and that means what little apssion I have about auto racing comes front and center. And this year, thanks to the growing popularity of F1, three different circuits will stage epic events back-to-back-to-back, on the West Coast, virtually from dawn to dusk. ABC will air the Monaco … Read more
I’m hardly a Red Sox fan, but I do love underdogs, and I adore Drew Barrymore. So for me the movie FEVER PITCH, which retells a love story of both team and life partner originally produced in England about Nick Hornby’s love for his football team with the American filter of the Sox’s improbable 2004 … Read more
Glen Kuiper is a 60-year-old one-time minor league baseball infielder who grew up in the highly diversified town of Racine, Wisconsin, the same hamlet that Kit Keller won the fictional AAGPL title for in A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN. He’s spent the majority of his post-baseball career as he did his on-field existence: second fiddle … Read more
There was joy amongst many Dodgers fans last night, and it wasn’t just because they rallied to defeat the National League-leading Braves last night 8-6 in rainy Atlanta (which, as a Mets fan, I was doubly happy about). A more important victory occurred with the announcement yesterday afternoon that you see at the top of … Read more