MLB September 14, 2026
The Immaculate Intro
Effervescent Red Sox left-hander Payton Tolle started Sunday with the team’s first game-opening immaculate inning since 2002, says SC’s Jeff Kallman. Complete Story
NFL September 10, 2026
NFL Weekly Predictions: Week 1
The NFL season is back, with the usual mix of rivalries, new coaches, new players, illicit affairs, and legal issues. The Rams and 49ers square up down under, and the Sunday slate features a Giants and Cowboys Sunday night battle. Complete Story
Slant Pattern September 9, 2026
Football Picks For Second Week of September
We pick NFL games! We pick college football games! We pick CFL games! Okay, we pick one of each. And “we” is SC’s Kevin Beane. It’s all in this week’s Slant Pattern! Complete Story
NFL September 8, 2026
2026 NFL Preview: Super Bowl LXI Will Be “L.A. Confidential”
Three months after the Dodgers win the World Series, L.A.’s two NFL teams will slug it out in Super Bowl LXI. Damn Dodgers, damn Rams, and damn Chargers? That’s what everyone will be saying. Complete Story
MLB September 8, 2026
This Time, It’s For Real
Arte Moreno is selling his beleaguered Los Angeles Angels, says SC’s Jeff Kallman. Complete Story
College Football September 1, 2026
Week 1 College Football Preview
Week 1 has a habit of making the offseason feel very long, very quickly. Expectations that have spent months building finally meet a real-world opponent, and not every assumption survives the weekend. Complete Story
MLB August 31, 2026
A Giant Disaster, and Other Dog Days Afternoons
The unscheduled-on-Sunday Giants got eliminated mathematically. Call it a mercy killing, says SC’s Jeff Kallman. Complete Story
Slant Pattern August 26, 2026
Livestreaming the 2nd Round of the ATP Winston-Salem Open
SC’s Kevin Beane gives us the blow-by-blow of a match between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jenson Brooksby in Winston-Salem, and lucky for us, it’s a corker. Complete Story
MLB August 25, 2026
Realignment, and It’ll Feel So Good
SC’s Jeff Kallman suggests a few ways for baseball to end postseason saturation, diluted championship, and tanking. Complete Story
MLB August 24, 2026
MLB Owners Need to Vote Yes on “Proposition 154”
Should the baseball season be over seven months long, as it is now, thanks to the steady lengthening of the playoffs? SC’s Anthony Brancato believes that it’s time to make baseball great again, when the entire season was often not even six months long. Complete Story
MLB August 18, 2026
Will Trump Intervene in MLB Labor Dispute?
There is still more than enough time to head off a lockout in Major League Baseball. But how? SC’s Anthony Brancato draws the map of the precise road to Rome. Complete Story
MLB August 17, 2026
Field of Dreams Game: Field of Gab
SC’s Jeff Kallman says Netflix’s in-game player interviews got too much in the way of play during the Field of Dreams game. Complete Story
College Football August 13, 2026
Are the Days of Non-Conference Blockbusters Numbered?
Non-conference scheduling has been a hot topic this offseason. SC’s Ross Lancaster looks at why the CFP committee holds the keys for the future of P4 non-conference scheduling and lists the five top non-conference games for 2026. Complete Story
MLB August 11, 2026
Split Season is Minor League Idea
The road to a labor stoppage in baseball is shrinking rapidly. But instead of salary caps and wage floors, there is another alternative: use the schedules to promote “competitive balance.” The NFL has been doing this for literally decades. Complete Story
MLB August 10, 2026
On T.J.’s Farewell and Cooperstown Case
Tommy John said farewell in a statement when he couldn’t make the Yankees’s Old Timer’s Day this weekend. SC’s Jeff Kallman makes his Hall of Fame case. Complete Story
Slant Pattern August 6, 2026
CFL Week 9 Power Rankings
Haven’t been keeping up with the CFL this year? SC’s Kevin Beane has you covered as he power ranks all the teams and tells you why they find themselves where they do in his rankings. It’s the Slant Pattern! Complete Story
MLB August 5, 2026
Can MLB Be Made More Like the NFL?
Not many are optimistic that The Lockout to End All Lockouts in America’s Old Pastime can be averted. But SC’s Anthony Brancato takes some cues from America’s New Pastime and is somewhat more sanguine. Complete Story
MLB August 3, 2026
Heart, Stones, and Tarik Skubal
The Dodgers landed Tarik Skubal. Stop screaming and start thinking, says SC’s Jeff Kallman, because the Dodgers already are. Complete Story
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