Legendary WWE announcer Jim Ross has seen his work given new life thanks to dubbing his most famous calls over great sports highlights.  This meme has become an internet favorite in recent years as creative bloggers have used his commentary over everything from ferocious dunks to mascot fights to music award shows. All of those calls […]

During Wednesday night’s Yankees-Red Sox game on ESPN, Michael Pineda of the Yankees was ejected for having a large glob of pine tar on his neck. It was the second time that Pineda had a pine tar incident against the Red Sox this year, and the common sentiment among baseball fans and analysts is that […]

We all know hockey is king in Canada. But Toronto is a home to a team in three of the four major North American sports, as well as a Bills game once a year. How popular can the other major leagues be in a nation so nuts about the sticks and pucks? An interesting test […]

in Joe Lucia: I don’t get it. I don’t understand why people get so wound up with the placement of games that won’t happen for another four months. You already know which teams are playing each other. How silly is it to get so deeply involved in primetime matchups and weekly schedules months in advance when […]

Often, we throw out the phrase “YOU HAD ONE JOB” for certain things, but sometimes people just flat out make mistakes when it comes to awards voting. The most famous example of recent vintage is the Professional Hockey Writers Association voting for Alexander Ovechkin as a first-team All-Star at one position and a second-team All-Star […]

Ed Note: The following appears courtesy Ed Sherman and the National Sports Journalism Center. Today’s journalism lesson comes from Jeff Pearlman. Subject: How to write a 482-page book without ever getting access to the three main characters in the story. Pearlman’s latest, “Showtime,” is a detailed and entertaining account of the great Lakers teams during the […]