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1. Short Takes

   Into the Fold

   July 16, 2009 04:39 PM

   Regular watchers of ESPN —that is, all sports fans—may have noticed the network has begun allotting more airtime to the voices of fans. In July, a new show called Sports Nation will “focus on topics that dominate fans’ e-mail exchanges... Continue reading

2. Behind the News

   U.S. 67, Russia 52, Context 0

   August 21, 2008 04:28 PM

   Here is the extent that the powers-that-be in Beijing have been successful at de-politicizing these Olympics: This morning’s U.S.-Russia women’s basketball game, which should have carried all sorts of intrigue and comment, given the two nations’ recent bellicosity over the... Continue reading

3. Behind the News

   Remote Control

   August 15, 2008 04:32 PM

   NBC comes in for bashing from critics, both professional and otherwise, every four years,over its choices of what Olympics action to air, when to air it, and whether the action is live or taped. Beach volleyball isn’t a sport! How... Continue reading

4. Behind the News

   Tiki, Torched

   August 14, 2008 12:14 PM

   Although the NFL season is still a month off, desperate sports fans can get their Tiki Barber fix during the Olympics. The former New York Giant running back has moved on to broadcasting, of course, and when he’s not creating... Continue reading

5. Behind the News

   Booby Prize

   August 12, 2008 04:46 PM

   Contrary to what it may seem, many Olympics fans are interested in more than Michael Phelps’s attempt to chase the record for most gold medals won without benefit of a cheesy porn mustache, or prepubescent girls doing tumbling... Continue reading

6. Feature

   Endangered Species

   July 3, 2008 09:00 AM

   “All I ever wanted to be was a newspaper writer.” Those were the self-eulogizing words of Tony Kornheiser upon accepting a buyout from his newspaper home of nearly three decades, The Washington Post, in mid-May. Truthfully, the bon vivant... Continue reading

7. Feature

   Play (Hard!) Ball

   September 25, 2007 09:00 AM

   Last summer, celebrity sports columnist Jay Mariotti of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote the latest in a series of articles denigrating the Chicago White Sox and its fiery manager, Ozzie Guillen. It was the sort of piece that Mariotti has... Continue reading