MLB May 20, 2025
Now, It Depends on How You Define “Permanent”
That’s what Rob Manfred’s Trump-instigated releasing the late Pete Rose from baseball ineligibility says of Rule 21(d)’s punishment for betting on your own baseball team, says SC’s Jeff Kallman. Complete Story
NFL May 19, 2025
Why the NFL Needs More Divisional Games
Is there anything bad about going to an 18-game regular-season schedule in the NFL? It will even fix the “problem” that the Lions are trying to “solve” with the NBA-style change in the playoff format that they will be proposing. SC’s Anthony Brancato says that this is not the answer. Complete Story
Slant Pattern May 15, 2025
The Most Woebegone Cities in North American Sports
SC’s Kevin Beane looks at the most miserable sports towns, and while you might be able to guess some, No. 4 and No. 5 will surprise you. It’s the Slant Pattern! Complete Story
NBA May 14, 2025
Mavs, Spurs, Sixers Win Lottery
The annual NBA draft lottery was held Monday, with the Dallas Mavericks securing the top pick. But when will the corresponding extravaganza be held in the NFL? SC’s Anthony Brancato hopes ASAP. Complete Story
Other May 13, 2025
NASCAR Top 10 Power Rankings: Kansas
Kyle Larson dominated at Kansas, winning the AdventHealth 400 for his third win of the year. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell took the runner-up spot, followed by the Penske of Ryan Blaney. Check out the power rankings by SC’s Jeffrey Boswell. Complete Story
MLB May 12, 2025
This Saturday Massacre Brought a Pitcher Death Threats
SC’s Jeff Kallman isn’t laughing over the Social Media Stupids’ threats against Astros pitcher Lance McCullers, Jr. and his family. Complete Story
NBA May 8, 2025
Playoff Intensity Makes the NBA’s Long Season Worth It
SC’s Ross Lancaster thinks the gap between the quality of regular season and playoff basketball is growing every year. As he writes, it’s not be a bad thing when the playoffs deliver like they have so far. Complete Story
NBA May 6, 2025
Why the NBA Needs to Bust its Brackets
Why should the top-seeded Thunder have to play the fourth-seeded Nuggets, while the sixth-seeded Timberwolves get to play the seventh-seeded Warriors in the NBA’s Western Conference semifinals? SC’s Anthony Brancato says that the Thunder should play the Warriors and the Nuggets should play the Timberwolves. Complete Story
MLB May 5, 2025
Baseball’s Noble Woman
That would be MLB.com/ESPN analyst Sarah Langs, who enhances the game with her pithy statistical minings while fighting an insidious disease, and whom SC’s Jeff Kallman offers a belated, but sincere wish for many more birthdays than the one she and the game celebrated last Friday. Complete Story
Slant Pattern May 1, 2025
The World’s Earliest Week 1 College Football Preview
It’s back! It’s the world’s earliest Week 1 college football preview, with the likely preseason #1 going up against the preseasons #2, plenty of options for people who miss the Pac-12, or when Miami and Notre Dame were good at the same time. Complete Story
Other April 30, 2025
NASCAR Top 10 Power Rankings: Talladega
Austin Cindric surged late to win the Jack Links 500 at Talladega, earning his first win of the season. Ryan Preece finished second, followed by Kyle Larson and William Byron. Check out SC’s rankings! Complete Story
NFL April 29, 2025
If Eagles Could Sign Vick, Why Not Bond?
If it waddles like racism and quacks like racism, then it must be racism. The treatment of Shedeur Sanders and (even more so) Isaiah Bond stink to high heaven of double-standard bigotry. Complete Story
MLB April 28, 2025
The Red Death Hits Baltimore, and Other Smash Hits
Cincinnati’s precedent-setting massacre of the Orioles in Camden Yards led quite a baseball week, says SC’s Jeff Kallman. Complete Story
NBA April 24, 2025
The Cycling Stages of NBA Playoff Life
From year to year, the NBA appears to re-use and recycle the themes of their postseason. SC’s Jonathan Lowe guides us through those cycles, including the biological features of a newer one. Complete Story
NFL April 23, 2025
2025 NFL Draft Will Be Historic
It’s refreshing for a change to see every NFL team have not only a first-round draft pick, but their own, original pick. But is this the calm before the storm? SC’s Anthony Brancato doesn’t think so. Here’s why. Complete Story
MLB April 21, 2025
Brian Snitker’s Double Standard?
The Braves’ manager “wasn’t watching” a newcomer’s baserunning mistake and merely “talked” to him the following day — a mistake for which he disciplined a superstar-in-the-making almost on the spot almost six years prior. SC’s Jeff Kallman says there’s something badly wrong here. Complete Story
Slant Pattern April 17, 2025
A Controversy Where No One is Wrong
It’s not too often that sports debates or controversies arise where both sides of the issue are just completely right in their stance, but this one from the NHL comes close to that, and you might not have heard about it. It’s the Slant Pattern! Complete Story
Other April 16, 2025
NASCAR Top 10 Power Rankings: Bristol
Kyle Larson dominated at Bristol, leading 411 of 500 laps to win the Food City 500. Denny Hamlin, seeking his third-straight win, was second. Check out SC’s rankings! Complete Story
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