On Deck: Russell in the Wind
By Will Martin Every once in a blue moon we come across a feel-good story where you hope someone finds the road back to redemption through a way of life, a passion or labor of […]
Sports
Mayweather & The Machine
By Keysha Hogan Stephen Espinoza, Showtime’s head of sports, is betting big on Floyd Mayweather’s staying power. For Mayweather, the power of his opponent’s left hook isn’t the only stress he faces. It is crucial […]
Blame It On The Neap Tide
By Will Martin How ironic that in a week that we celebrate an All-Star break, an anniversary moon landing, and the return to the diamond (to determine who shall be playoff worthy) the focus shall […]
The Preliminary Team USA Basketball Squad
By Craig Fields So even though the Olympics are three years away and the FIBA Basketball World Cup is next year, it’s never too early to get the USA squad figured out. Actually the league’s […]
Brooklyn Nets Making Major Moves
By Craig Fields Somebody call a doctor because the Brooklyn Nets front office is sick! The Nets front office including, GM Billy King and owner Mikhail Prokhorov, have definitely made moves this offseason that should […]
A Moment with Bo Porter
By Will Martin Recently Bo Porter made his first visit to Arlington Texas as the Astros skipper. The very day the Astros arrived-July 5th-was a birthday for Skipper Bo. It would mark my first visit […]
The All-Asterisk Game?
By Will Martin Up until about 2009 count me as among the many who would pore over every statistical factoid that tied into baseball’s midsummer classic. The starting pitchers, the lineups, the futures games amongst […]
It Only Took Three Months
By Will Martin Lo and Behold another Independence Day weekend comes to an end. With Sunday’s start start by Astros pitcher Erik Bedard one is reminded of the fickle fate of numbers on a day […]
2013 Confederations Cup Wrap Up
By Browning Stupp and Alex Bravo In a competition dubbed the ‘Festival of Champions’, it was fitting that the four semi-finalists were all previous winners of the FIFA World Cup. The results of the group stage […]
Homespun Wings of Fate
By Will Martin Baseball can be a funny game. At the plate you can fail 70% of the time and still be considered a success to bat .300. If you are a cellar dwellar in […]