Desperate times, to paraphrase, call for… Ike Davis. Perhaps the most hopeful sign to come out of an otherwise desultory Spring Training for the Mets was the surprising success of young Ike Davis, son of former major leaguer Ron Davis.  The plan was not to rush him, even if it meant going with...

One of my favorite things about Sirius XM Radio — and probably the reason I got it in the first place — is the MLB package.  As most baseball fans know, it has live play-by-play of every game and the newly-rebranded MLB Network Radio (formerly XM Home Plate) on XM Ch. 175 / Sirius 210. When...

The more I watch and listen to broadcasts of other major league teams, the more I appreciate — get this — Michael Kay and John Sterling. In the last few days, as I’ve sampled quite a few games, it’s become even more noticeable how unabashed rooting is the norm for many team’s...

A new study by market research firm Brand Keys puts the Boston Red Sox, Indianapolis Colts, San Antonio Spurs and Detroit Red Wings at the top of their respective markets in team loyalty. The Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Raiders, Charlotte Bobcats and Atlanta Thrashers finished at the bottom in the index...

Five years ago, when the Yankees were scheduled to open the MLB season vs. Boston, I thought it was overkill.  Opening Day was enough, I reasoned, it didn’t have to be against Boston with all the craziness that the rivalry brings.  Plus it was coming off not only the Red Sox’s first title...

Though golf has for years been a favorite pastime of baseball players during the off-season, I’m not sure about Callaway’s attempt to tie the two sports together in a new campaign it launched today celebrating the long ball. The idea is that, with MLB Opening Day less than a week away, the...

Duane Ludwig via TheFightNerd.com Sometimes a tightly contested mixed martial arts matchup can resemble art — beneath the outward brutal, raw nature of the sport is a ballet of sorts.  Renzo Gracie describes it best when he talks of Jiu Jitsu and MMA in those terms. But MMA has also inspired other...

Yesterday being the 35th anniversary of his historic bout with Muhammad Ali that inspired the Rocky movie franchise, “The Bayonne Bleeder” Chuck Wepner found himself fielding a few calls from media over the past few days.  So by the time I got to him the other day, I expected he’d...

College basketball may be down to the Sweet 16 (from 11 conferences, now that is quite a bit of news in itself), but there is also a “Sweet 16″ of coaches that have joined Jim Boeheim and Mike Krzyzewski in providing signed shoes, basketballs and other memorabilia that will go to benefit...

Jelena Jankovic Everyone knows who the big winners were over the weekend… Northern Iowa, Cornell, Butler, even Duke and Ohio State, who had their most highly-ranked competition vanquished from the NCAA Brackets.  But there were two other winners, Ivan Ljubicic and Jelena Jankovic, that because...