Tags | Domains | Searches | Statistics | Options | Advanced Search
|
Tags | Domains | Searches | Statistics | Options | Advanced Search |
Slate Magazine - Oct 1, 2008
Back again, it's Slate's surface-level guide to baseball's postseason, written for those of you who think SportsCenter is that indoor soccer complex off Route 41. Don't know Chone Figgins from Henry Higgins? We're here …
Slate Magazine - Sep 17, 2008
A week before NFL training camps opened in late July, an Indianapolis Colts defensive lineman named Quinn Pitcock delivered a message to his employer: I quit. [more ...]
Slate Magazine - Aug 29, 2008
This year's installment of HBO's football reality show Hard Knocks opens with a long shot of the Pacific Ocean, waves breaking on the footprint-scarred beach. "1 DAY BEFORE TRAINING CAMP" flashes on the screen. From …
Slate Magazine - Jul 23, 2008
In June 1989, a 17-year-old Californian named Michael Chang defeated Stefan Edberg in the French Open final to become the youngest men's Grand Slam champion in history. I was 11 that spring, and I woke up early every …
Slate Magazine - Jun 5, 2008
The Boston Celtics are expected to win Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night, which certainly makes sense if you look at the numbers. The Celts finished the season nine games ahead of Los Angeles. Their scoring …
Slate Magazine - May 29, 2008
The most famous card in the history of pictures on cardboard is the T206 Honus Wagner, so rare that one of them sold for more than $2 million last year. The most well-known card of the modern era is the 1989 Upper Deck …
Slate Magazine - May 16, 2008
I can't tell you what Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown will do in this Saturday's Preakness. But I can tell you what he'll be doing a year from now: servicing mares in a breeding shed, for up to $100,000 a date, that …
Slate Magazine - May 8, 2008
After three straight seasons of warm-weather cities greeting a hard-won Stanley Cup with a yawn, the 2008 NHL playoffs have been a boon for old-fashioned hockey fans. Original Six franchises have locked horns …
Slate Magazine - Apr 17, 2008
As we come to the end of the Greatest NBA Regular Season Ever™, I think we all have to admit that we're a little disappointed with the wind-down. All the playoff berths were decided before the season's final day, and …
Slate Magazine - Apr 9, 2008
In the introduction to Arnie and Jack, Ian O'Connor's new book on the rivalry between Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, the author asks Tiger Woods if something was missing from his career for the lack of a great rival …