The MLB playoffs are just around the corner, but before we all get caught up in the excitement of the pennant races, there’s one more important issue surrounding Major League Baseball that I think should...

Last Thursday, UCLA defeated Washington on a last-second shot from Larry Drew II, heroics that were followed by heralded freshman Bruin Shabazz Muhammad — who was clapping and crying for the ball at...

Does any team anger the Vegas oddsmakers like Georgetown does? This season’s Hoyas have gone from brilliant to miserable and back to brilliant time and again, sometimes in less than a week. Last weekend,...

My father still finds the time to remind me of life lessons. Eat your vegetables. Get your exercise. Do well in school. His favorite saying, though, is a little more profound: “The cover-up is always...

After the Baltimore Ravens’ victory over the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game, Ray Lewis is continuing to make waves — and not just because of the impending retirement of an all-time great. Rather,...

It’s easy to hate the New York Yankees. In American sports, the teams that spend the most money tend to provoke the most animosity. The “Evil Empire” is the most blatant example: If you’re not...

For Washington, a Game 5 elimination after a 6-0 lead was as heartbreaking as defeats come. For me, the game, the comeback and the series held a different significance. The fall of 2004 was a rough time...

There was an article published recently on ESPN.com that recounted how hip-hop star Snoop Dogg (now Snoop Lion) became a soccer fan. While traveling in Europe a decade ago, the rapper’s “Madden”...

We make them, bet on them, switch them and swear by them. The Giants will upset the Patriots. The Nationals will win the World Series. The world will end in 2012. Some predictions are reasonable, some...

Robert Griffin III stepped onto FedEx Field for his first regular season home game last Sunday amidst overwhelming fanfare. Fireworks were set off, and the entire crowd of rabid Redskins fans erupted into...

When I visited Central Kentucky for my annual pilgrimage to the beautiful Keeneland Race Course last weekend, the couches had long since stopped burning and the Wildcats’ blue-chip recruits were preparing...

When the Cincinnati Reds’ miraculous playoff run in 2010 began with an Aug. 10 brawl against the St. Louis Cardinals, the team announced with their actions that they had entered the upper echelon of...