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Sports Illustrated
July 30, 2002
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Smelling like a Rose Each year Pete Rose gets more sympathy and more visibility than the last. Frank Deford explains why baseball has only its nonsensical Hall of Fame ban to blame   |
Sports Central
January 10, 2013
Kevin Beane |
Steroids, Character, and the Hall of Fame Good job, Hall of Fame voters. I'm not sure whether or not to keep off-the-field villains out of the Hall or not, but please continue to keep baseball cheaters out of the baseball Hall of Fame. Thank you. |
Sports Illustrated
December 18, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Time to Fess Up If Pete Rose hopes to be reinstated, he must admit he bet on his sport. |
Sports Central
December 9, 2003
Jeff Kallman |
And Now, the End is Near? Will Pete Rose eventually be enshrined in the Hall of Fame? |
Sports Central
April 5, 2005
Mark Chalifoux |
MLB's Opening Day Problem Cincinnati has a great baseball history and it gets tarnished with every mention of Pete Rose in the news. |
Salon.com
August 11, 2000
Allen Barra |
The battle behind Ali-Frazier I HBO's new documentary does justice to "the greatest sporting event of the 20th century," and reveals a side of Muhammad Ali we haven't seen before. |
Salon.com
November 5, 2001
Tom Schaller |
Don't be like Mike Jordan may be the greatest basketball player of all time, but as a role model, he's an airball... |
Sports Central
October 2, 2004
Damian Greene |
The Great Debate An analysis of ESPN's top-10 choices for the greatest sports debates of all-time, which can be easily answered, save for one: Who's the greatest athlete of all-time? |
Sports Central
November 20, 2004
Eric Williams |
It's the End of the Line, Evander Evander Holyfield has had a great boxing career, winning considerably more often than he's lost, but the accumulation of hard-fought rounds has taken their toll. |
Sports Central
July 9, 2009
Jonathan Lowe |
Shame in Their Fame? Next Tuesday will be a night when older baseball stars show off for the masses, and rising performers will stake their claim to future success. |
Salon.com
December 25, 2001
Charles Taylor |
"Ali" Will Smith flies like a butterfly, but what director Michael Mann does to the greatest fighter of all time just stings... |
AskMen.com
May 1, 2015
David Alm |
How The Rich Stole Sports The Pacquiao/Mayweather fight proves it: the rich have stolen sports. |
AskMen.com
June 24, 2003 |
Laila Ali The daughter of "The Greatest," Laila Ali has made a name for herself as a Super Middle Weight Champion and the biggest threat in women's boxing. She "bee" stinging all right. |
Salon.com
June 27, 2001
Allen Barra |
Death to hagiographers! The new wave in sports biography, including the latest revisionist look at Muhammad Ali, is to trash the once-hallowed subject... |
Salon.com
July 14, 2000
Allen Barra |
Lennox Lewis, heavyweight bore of the world Having trouble falling asleep? Try watching one of lackluster champion Lennox Lewis' fights. He'll knock you out without laying a glove on you. |
Science News
July 30, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
Ticket to Cooperstown Is it really getting harder to get into baseball's Hall of Fame? That's the question that an economist and two of his students set out to answer with mathematics. |
Sports Illustrated
October 30, 2002
Frank Deford |
Stuporstar Barry Bonds is as unloved as any player in sports history. |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: Pound-For-Pound Fighters Speculating about the best pound-for-pound boxers of all time is an open-ended conversation that varies from person to person. |
Salon.com
June 6, 2001
Larry Platt |
The darker side of Muhammad Ali A devastating book overturns the boxer's saintly image and redeems one victim of his racial stereotyping -- Joe Frazier... |
Salon.com
May 9, 2001
Allen Barra |
Bert Sugar on boxing The ring's resident raconteur talks about the state of the sport, his all-time heavyweights and this week's big fight... |
AskMen.com
Matt King |
Michael Jordan Is a Jerk - And I'm Thankful For That The worst player on the worst NBA team would still be a better player than anyone you've ever known. What separates the stars from the superstars? |
Salon.com
December 12, 2002
King Kaufman |
Bring back Charlie Hustle Pete Rose is unrepentant and unapologetic, but so what? He's done his time -- and forgiveness is the American way. |
Outside
October 2004 |
Halls of Fame: A List of the World's Best Our favorite shrines to greatness: International Swimming Hall of Fame... U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame... International Surfing Hall of Fame... U.S. Ski Hall of Fame... etc. |
Salon.com
January 3, 2001
Allen Barra |
Marvin Miller, Hall of Famer The union founder made ballplayers unimaginably rich. Will they ever have the guts to demand that he be enshrined in Cooperstown?... Also, why do people complain that there are too many college bowl games? |
Sports Central
January 20, 2010
Ross Lancaster |
The Hall of Why As you probably already know, a couple of weeks ago, Andre Dawson was announced as the only player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year. |
Inc.
June 2006
Darren Dahl |
Branding Muhammad Ali How far can the Muhammad Ali brand be taken? Some entrepreneurs share their ideas. |
Salon.com
October 4, 2000
Susan Shapiro |
"The Boxer's Heart" by Kate Sekules Bloodied, bruised and elated, one woman offers an elegant account of her love affair with boxing... |
Sports Central
December 21, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
Swinging Strike Three For Charlie Hustler Does a man like Pete Rose, whose comprehension of the baseball rules depends on what your definition of the rules is, understand what happens when you swing with two strikes and miss? |
Sports Central
April 10, 2006
Adam Russell |
Bonds, Rose Deserve Similar Punishment A number of comparisons can be drawn between the current Bonds situation and Pete Rose's of the late 1980s. One of them is the argument regarding the game's "integrity." |
Sports Illustrated
May 30, 2001
Frank Deford |
Kram goes for The Greatest knockout Author of Ghosts of Manila is no fan of Ali... |
Sports Central
May 20, 2006
Bijan C. Bayne |
Boxer Floyd Patterson: An Appreciation Floyd was a true success story, a ringside rags-to-riches -- a winner inside and outside of the ring. |
AskMen.com
Jose Espinoza |
Khan vs Judah Amir Khan demonstrates the persona of a crossover superstar in the making. "Success in the ring, in and of itself, isn't enough." |
Sports Central
December 3, 2006
Greg Wyshynski |
Why McGwire Belongs in Cooperstown There's not a single reason to keep Mark McGwire out of the Baseball Hall of Fame. |
Sports Illustrated
October 25, 2000
Frank Deford |
National Passed Time Baseball is still our game -- if we can stay awake. The bizarre thing about baseball is nobody disputes that the games are too long, and because of this the game is being terribly harmed... |
Inc.
June 1, 2003
Tahl Raz |
Sugar Ray Leonard's Toughest Fight The six-time champ is trying to build a business, promote a new generation of fighters, and clean up his sullied sport. It's not as easy as it sounds. |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: Boxing Knockouts Knockouts rival home runs, penalty shots and slam dunks as the most exciting plays in sports, and here's a list of the top 10 most memorable clock cleanings. |
Sports Central
January 10, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
It's Past Time to Fix the Hall of Fame Voting The good news on the Hall of Fame front: Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine are the first teammates to go into the Hall of Fame together on their first try. |
AskMen.com
May 1, 2015
Brin-Jonathan Butler |
Mayweather vs Pacquiao Why Manny Pacquiao could bring the downfall of Floyd Mayweather and end an era in boxing. |
Salon.com
June 28, 2000
Anthony York |
"I want to eat your children. Praise be to Allah" If there were a Torture Channel on cable, it would surely get ratings, and to that end, Mike Tyson is a gift from central casting. Since being knocked out and humiliated by Buster Douglas in 1990, Tyson has been all too eager to be your sociopath. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
Stepping Into the Ring Certain gyms in New York City, like Church Street Boxing Gym in the financial district, have become popular with Wall Street professionals. |
Sports Illustrated
August 30, 2001
Frank Deford |
End game When death strikes, sports get off scot-free... |
AskMen.com
Geoffrey Lansdell |
Top 10: Trash Talkers Trash talkers are athletes who save their antics for opponents in order to distract them and get them off their game. |
Sports Central
January 10, 2008
Sean Crowe |
The Obligatory "Jim Rice HOF Snub" Column Another year goes by and once again, the Baseball Writers' Association of America proves they lack the metal prowess required to elect baseball players to the Hall of Fame. |
AskMen.com
October 1, 2003
John Clarkson |
The Corrupt World Of Boxing Lost in a vortex of moral depravity, corruption and scandal, the sweet science has become seamy. Yet the fundamental paradox of the sport is intact: vile on the one hand, irresistible on the other. |
PC Magazine
February 19, 2008
Lance Ulanoff |
Why Sony Won the Format War Sony's Blu-ray proved it could out-market, out-punch, and over-match its pugilistic HD DVD rival. |
Sports Illustrated
August 14, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Hall fights his way back Now that his son has overcome diabetes to make the U.S. Olympic team in the 100-meter freestyle, Gary Hall Sr. could use a good finishing kick, the kind that can get him flight reservations, event tickets and housing for the Sydney Games next month. |
Sports Central
February 28, 2013
Corrie Trouw |
Disliked Mike On February 17, Michael Jordan turned 50. week. Media outlets used the milestone to remember and reevaluate Jordan's half century. Today, the boom of cheap cameras and social media have made our athletes more human. |
AskMen.com
Geoffrey Lansdell |
Top 10: Sports Personalities Being a sports personality requires self-confidence that borders on the megalomaniacal. Here is our list of the top ten people in sports who drive themselves to unique standards of public impact and scrutiny. |
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Which Is More Dangerous: Boxing Or MMA? There have been two recorded deaths in MMA; in boxing, there have been 70. |
Salon.com
January 17, 2001
Allen Barra |
PGA honchos to world: We're even bigger jerks than you thought! Plus: Why aren't Gary Carter and Joe Torre in the Hall? |
