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...

Much has been made of the drawn-out negotiations for the services of Johnny Damon this off-season, in particular the belief that he and his agent, Scott Boras, misread the market and left money on the table.  Word is that the Yankees offered the free agent left fielder $14 million for two years, which...

I’ve always considered it something of a coincidence that I ended up attending the same university as my favorite all-time football coach.  I was, after all, a Packers fan and devoted Vince Lombardi supporter for a decade before deciding on Fordham (to none of the fanfare that yesterday’s...

With Michael Vick’s sentence drawing near an end, people are wondering if he will be reinstated into the NFL for the ’09 season, or if Commish Roger Goodell will impose a one-year suspension. If this suspension does take place, the UFL has already showed an immense amount of interest in Vick. The...

In the face of a limping economy, most would consider the idea of a new sporting league to be spontaneous to say the least, however a group of investors have come together and are launching the United Football League in October of 2009. The U.F.L is geared towards making professional football, affordable...