tigersandjets

Some of you would've downplayed Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in 1947. There are countless institutions in this country that straight white males have dominated for decades, professional sports is one of them. It's difficult to see, from a straight white male perspective, how many...

Those who are trying to downplay the significance of this announcement, and those who harbor hatred and prejudice against gay people, this thread is not for you. I can't believe how many people there are who want to put this guy down or pretend that this isn't a huge step forward for the historicall...

Everyone needs to read this excellent Grantland piece for the definitive empirical reasons why this was a mistake: [link=(http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8369941/history-shows-washington-nationals-shut-stephen-strasburg-too-soon)]LINK[/link] In short, it's all about pitch counts vs innings...

I'd like to see some March Madness games in the Supedome, regardless of who's playing. But I'm wondering if I should wait for prices to drop, or if now is the best time to grab tickets. Right now, tickets are starting at $190 for the two semifinal games, $147 for just the championship game, and $...

...if we win this year? Only a handful of players who transferred, or left early for the draft, like Patrick Peterson, never won a NC. But basically, any LSU player since 2003 has had an opportunity to be on a NC team. And in a 10-year span, more than 90% of our players will have won a NC....

Gus Johnson, y'all...

Brian Wilson?...

as in espn talked about it for about two hours, until the pacquiao-mostly fight took the spotlight. now of course the lakers and bulls have the sports world's attention. not to mention verlander's no hitter and the kentucky derby. you cant even find a story about rondo on espn.com right now....

I don't think you guys realize but the players will have to get paid for those byes. The owners won't want to pay for another week of salaries that they aren't selling tickets for. ...

Are we still doing this? It says nominations due today in the title. Movies Best Soundtrack - Twilight: Eclipse, Somewhere (soundtrack is unofficial) Best Writing - The Kids Are All Right Career Ending Performance Breakthrough Performance Best Foreign Film Best Animated Film - The Ill...