Baseball needs government intervention
The congressional steroids hearing last March was an instant classic, and the one Wednesday might have been even better. Encore! Ideally, of course, there won't be any more such hearings....
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Cheers for Palmeiro’s last at-bat could be start of new beginning
WITH TWO OUTS and two on in the bottom of the ninth inning yesterday afternoon, the Rafael Palmeiro saga officially turned back into a baseball-only story. What other conclusion can...
Forgiveness is in air at yard as team’s fallen hero signs in
IT WAS big, almost as big as the girl waving it over her head. It was bright orange with black lettering, and it read, "Welcome Back Raffy." It was held...
Fans can make a stand — by sitting at home
SO, Rafael Palmeiro is still lawyering up. Fine. He spent the last nine days of his 10-day steroid suspension in silence and solitude. If it's good enough for him, it...
Anthony saves face; message saves lives
OFFICIALLY, THE gathering in a vacant lot behind Johns Hopkins Hospital yesterday afternoon was the kickoff of a state-run anti-violence project. Unofficially, it was a 'Melo welcome-home block party. The...
NBA, colleges doing just fine
Ask most people who have a grasp of both college and pro basketball, and they'll tell you that an age minimum of 20 for the NBA is a good thing....
Respect comes in 9 crazy minutes
Most of the nearly 17,000 orange-clad fans inside Allstate Arena never gave up on the No. 1-ranked team in America, but you have to think the rest of America had....
As a voice is stilled, memories are stirred
IT WAS THE spring of 1977. I was 12 years old, living in Landover, pondering my upcoming ascent to high school and sitting at a crossroads. I needed a baseball...
Bird simply speaks truth
Part of the reason Larry Bird was so admired during his NBA career was the belief he was smarter than everybody else, blessed with better perception and better vision. You...
Can Philly handle this?
Don't be alarmed by the bright light in the skies over Philadelphia. It's only a rare astronomical phenomenon, a Harmonic Knucklehead Convergence. Terrell Owens and Allen Iverson, both in one...