by Andrew Mooney Four feet, eleven inches, and 90 pounds is hardly the prototypical physique of a world-class athlete, but as American gold medalist Gabrielle Douglas proved yesterday, it’s more than enough to perform...
by Andrew Mooney One of the biggest yawn-fests of a story in the buildup to this year’s Olympic basketball tournament was the idle bantering between this year’s US team and the original Dream Team from 1992. It seemed fitting...
by Andrew Mooney A couple of days ago, I wrote about a different way to think about the traditional Olympic medal standings, which reflected the unevenness of the playing field from which athletes from all over the world come to...
by Andrew Mooney This post can also be seen on Boston.com here. The Olympics are, to a large extent, rigged from the outset. The countries that have made regular appearances at the top of the medal standings at the last few...
by Theo Gerome This post can also be seen at Hot Corner Harbor here. July brings with it the Hall of Fame induction ceremony, and Barry Larkin, a more-than-worthy player, finally saw his name added to Cooperstown yesterday. With...
By Andrew Mooney This post can also be seen on Boston.com here. The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were remarkable for many reasons—the opening ceremonies, the human rights controversies, the Redeem Team—but the signature...
by Theo Gerome This post can also be seen at Hot Corner Harbor here. It seems like an eternity ago that we had the 2012 Hall of Fame elections, but this weekend, Barry Larkin and Ron Santo will finally be inducted into the...
by Nick Jaroszewicz Later this month, Barry Larkin and Ron Santo will join 297 other players, executives and managers in the Baseball Hall of Fame. There is always a long discussion on whether a certain player is a Hall of Fame...
by Andrew Mooney and Alex Koenig This post can also be seen on Boston.com here. The Celtics are in an interesting position heading into Thursday’s NBA draft. It’s arguable that it is time for the team to rebuild; three of...
by Andrew Mooney This post can also be seen on Boston.com here. In a season that has seen the Orioles spend 53 days atop the AL East and two perfect games in as many months, there can no longer be any doubt that we’ve...