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Slate Magazine - Oct 8, 2008
Throw a rock in Chicagoland these days, and you're liable to hit a mourning Cubs fan who's old enough to remember Gabby Hartnett's spry youth. "All of a sudden, I was sitting here, sobbing," 89-year-old Edith Konya …
Slate Magazine - Sep 25, 2008
On Wednesday, Sports Illustrated's Jon Heyman reported that National League scouts aren't fond of the New York Mets relief corps. To put it in the words of one NL talent evaluator: "Their bullpen is bleeping brutal.'' …
Slate Magazine - Sep 9, 2008
When Tom Brady left Sunday's season opener with an injured knee, his New England teammates didn't want to believe what they'd just seen. "I was like a little kid at the candy store just hoping you would see that No. 12 …
Slate Magazine - Sep 4, 2008
San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman has decided to play this season with two torn ligaments in his left knee, despite recommendations from four doctors that he have surgery now. The Chargers' willingness to …
Slate Magazine - Aug 1, 2008
I was driving home late in the last afternoon of the Manny Ramirez Era in Boston, listening to the local ESPN radio outlet, when, suddenly, it seemed that the two hosts had decided that what the situation called for …
Slate Magazine - Sports Nut - Jul 14, 2008
Derek Jeter is quite good at playing baseball. As such, he'll earn north of $30 million this year in salary and endorsements. Despite a poor offensive season by his standards, fans voted Jeter to his ninth All-Star …
Slate Magazine - Sports Nut - Jul 10, 2008
Brandon Jennings, hoops experts say, was the most talented high-school basketball player in the country last year. Don't expect to see Jennings in the NCAA Tournament next March, though. On Tuesday, the player's lawyer …
Slate Magazine - Sports Nut - Jul 7, 2008
Remember in the early 2000s when men's tennis became close to unwatchable—booming serves, points that were over before you blinked, synthetic rackets blasting serves 130 miles an hour? With Rafael Nadal dethroning …
Slate Magazine - Sports Nut - Jun 28, 2008
The great horse-doping scandal of 2008 began last month when trainer Rick Dutrow admitted to giving his Thoroughbreds—including Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown—monthly injections of Winstrol, an anabolic …
Slate Magazine - Jun 27, 2008
Why it matters that racehorses are on the juice. [more ...]