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• The Death of College Basketball NCAA hoops is past its prime. Here's what should replace it.
  Sam Eifling Dec. 19, 2006
  
• The Problem With Allen Iverson He wants to win, but he doesn't know how.
  Nathaniel Friedman Dec. 15, 2006
  
• John Wooden What the legendary coach gets wrong about basketball.
  Tommy Craggs Dec. 8, 2006
  
• Free Agency Follies Why are baseball GMs making so many stupid deals?
  Seth Mnookin Dec. 5, 2006
  
• Who's #2? The BCS' dumb obsession with finding America's second-best college football team.
  Chris Suellentrop Dec. 4, 2006
  
• The Autograph Man A baseball player answers his fan mail 15 years later.
  Bryan Curtis Dec. 1, 2006
  
• Color Commentators Why are sports broadcasters always making racial gaffes?
  Robert Weintraub Nov. 30, 2006
  
• Football Overload Assessing the NFL Network's first live regular-season broadcast.
  Robert Weintraub Nov. 22, 2006
  
• Mutual Contempt A Michigan fan and an Ohio State fan explain why they hate each other and who's going to win Saturday's big game.
  Jonathan Chait Nov. 16, 2006
  
• The Defense Doesn't Rest Why the NBA hasn't become an offensive league.
  Matthew Yglesias Nov. 14, 2006
  
• The State of the NFL The awfulness of NFL contracts and football's culture of disposability.
  Charles P. Pierce Nov. 8, 2006
  
• Cardinal Sin Why is everyone so annoyed that St. Louis is in the World Series?
  Larry Borowsky Oct. 25, 2006
  
• Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! Can the Tigers' success boost the spirits of a downtrodden city?
  Nate Cavalieri Oct. 20, 2006
  
• Letter From the Playoffs On Endy Chávez's catch in the sixth inning of Game 7 of the NLCS.
  Josh Levin Oct. 20, 2006
  
• Zapruder Films for Sports Junkies How YouTube is making life miserable for referees.
  Josh Levin Oct. 18, 2006
  
• Baseball's Middle Age The improbable ascendance of the middle reliever.
  Tommy Craggs Oct. 13, 2006
  
• In Search of Clutch Pitching Is Tom Glavine the best in baseball when the chips are down?
  Josh Levin Oct. 10, 2006
  
• Cocktail Chatter: Baseball Playoffs Edition How to fake your way through the postseason.
  Justin Peters Oct. 2, 2006
  
• The Secret Lives of Baseball Card Writers I worked for Topps and lived to tell about it.
  David Roth Sept. 27, 2006
  
• Does Donald Rumsfeld Cheat at Squash? That New York Times article explained.
  Michael Agger Sept. 25, 2006
  
• Dome Is Where the Heart Is How a not-so-beloved stadium became New Orleans' favorite building.
  Douglas McCollam Sept. 25, 2006
  
• Running With Slowpokes How sluggish newbies ruined the marathon.
  Gabriel Sherman Sept. 22, 2006
  
• Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Highlight Why football clips aren't as good as they used to be.
  Robert Weintraub Sept. 19, 2006
  
• How Can You Tell If an NFL Player Stinks? It's hard!
  Sam Eifling Sept. 15, 2006
  
• The Casual Sports Fan's Manifesto How to follow your team without turning into a crazed lunatic.
  Torie Bosch Sept. 14, 2006
  
• Dispatch From the U.S. Open A report from the outer courts.
  Dan Kois Sept. 8, 2006
  
• No Sleep Till Touchdown NFL coaches, the hardest-working men in human history.
  Justin Peters Sept. 8, 2006
  
• How Soccer Explains the World Basketball Championships Why does the United States keep losing in international sports?
  Robert Weintraub Sept. 1, 2006
  
• Agassi vs. Agassi Tennis' elder statesman battles his 21-year-old doppelgänger.
  Dan Kois Sept. 1, 2006
  
• All I Really Need To Know About Football I learned by playing Madden 07.
  Felix Gillette Aug. 29, 2006
  
• Are You Ready For Some Sarcasm? A promising debut for Tony Kornheiser on Monday Night Football.
  Robert Weintraub Aug. 15, 2006
  
• Tigers, Burning Kind of Bright Has Detroit emerged from two decades of baseball hell?
  Stephen Rodrick Aug. 14, 2006
  
• Honey, the Dodgers Are Coming Over What happens when you move to your team's hometown.
  Neal Pollack Aug. 10, 2006
  
• Shrinks in the Dugout Sports psychology is more popular than ever. But does it really work?
  Daniel Engber July 28, 2006
  
• Let's Roll! Why I moved heaven and earth to build a backyard bocce court.
  Alex Heard July 28, 2006
  
• Tour de Farce Floyd Landis' positive test shows why drug testing will never work.
  Brian Alexander July 27, 2006
  
• Requiem for a Rookie Card How baseball cards lost their luster.
  Dave Jamieson July 25, 2006
  
• The Tour de France Almost Killed Me My battle with L'Alpe d'Huez.
  Andrew Tilin July 18, 2006
  
• The Cubs Savior Chicago fans wait for their messiah. And wait, and wait …
  Justin Peters July 14, 2006
  
• The Head-Butting Butthead Zinedine Zidane caps off his brilliant, violent career.
  Robert Weintraub July 10, 2006
  
• In Defense of the World Cup Announcers They haven't been that bad. Seriously.
  Robert Weintraub July 7, 2006
  
• Why Diving Makes Soccer Great In defense of soccer's biggest villains.
  Austin Kelley June 27, 2006
  
• The World Cup Blame Game How the USA blew it before they ever got to Germany.
  Robert Weintraub June 23, 2006
  
• If You Can't Beat the Heat Then stop complaining about the referees!
  Josh Levin June 21, 2006
  
• I Want To Be Like Dwyane Why Wade is basketball's most lovable superstar.
  Sam Eifling June 16, 2006
  
• The True Story of American Soccer From The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup.
  Dave Eggers June 9, 2006
  
• Ice Guys Finish Last Why the NHL should stop wooing America.
  Chris Shott June 8, 2006
  
• Least Valuable MVP Why the Mavericks are better without Steve Nash.
  Matthew Yglesias June 7, 2006
  
• Pee No Evil Why are sportswriters pretending baseball's steroids era is over?
  Jeff Pearlman June 2, 2006
  
• Swiss Miss Bliss How I came to love Martina Hingis.
  Seth Stevenson June 1, 2006
  
• The Lamest Exercise in the World Why Pat Robertson should stop bragging about the leg press.
  Mike DeBonis May 26, 2006
  
• A Timeout To Kill The insidious clock-stopping menace that's destroying the NBA.
  Josh Levin May 23, 2006
  
• Birth of Clipper Nation Introducing Los Angeles' most popular basketball team.
  Kevin Arnovitz May 15, 2006
  
• On the Pleasure of Hating Kobe Bryant And the sadness of watching him exit the playoffs.
  Sam Anderson May 8, 2006
  
• The Weirdest Two Minutes in Sports How we misunderstand the Kentucky Derby.
  Tommy Craggs May 5, 2006
  
• You Always Forget Your First LeBron James' playoff debut: just as unremarkable as Michael Jordan's.
  Will Leitch May 2, 2006
  
• Upper Cuts Baseball's war on the cheap seats.
  Tommy Craggs April 17, 2006
  
• Lacrosse Players The elitism of preppies, the boorishness of jocks.
  Dave Jamieson April 7, 2006
  
• The Gators Are Greater Why Florida dominated the NCAA Tournament.
  Robert Weintraub April 4, 2006
  
• All Quiet in the Western Division Why aren't any baseball players speaking out against Barry Bonds?
  Jeff Pearlman March 30, 2006
  
• The Secret of George Mason What its Final Four basketball team and its unusual economics department have in common.
  Alexander Tabarrok March 28, 2006
  
• How's Your Bracket Looking? I'm in fourth place out of 3 million in ESPN's contest.
  Josh Levin March 27, 2006
  
• Fish Tales The dark art of catching world-record bass.
  Michael Agger March 24, 2006
  
• Cinderella's Dirty Secret College basketball's little guys are just as corrupt as the powerhouses.
  Jacob Leibenluft March 23, 2006
  
• Save the Tigers! The fabulous decline of Princeton basketball.
  Richard Just March 17, 2006
  
• Point-Guard Envy Learning to love the NCAA's annoying white guys.
  Robert Weintraub March 16, 2006
  
• Do-or-Die Baseball The World Baseball Classic proves baseball seasons don't have to be endless.
  Seth Stevenson March 14, 2006
  
• Go to Hell, Duke! To Hate Like This Is To Be Happy Forever, the apologia of an insane sports fan.
  Jason Zengerle March 3, 2006
  
• Doubting Thomas Isiah destroyed the Knicks. Can anyone save them?
  Michael Crowley March 1, 2006
  
• Bait and Switch Why sport fishing is the lamest sport there is.
  Nick Schulz Feb. 7, 2006
  
• Stealers How the referees handed Pittsburgh the Super Bowl.
  Robert Weintraub Feb. 6, 2006
  
• The Pittsburgh Steelers, Cryptodynasty How to win like an almost-champion.
  Josh Levin Feb. 3, 2006
  
• The Host With the Least Detroit fails to capitalize on the Super Bowl.
  Amy Hetletvedt Feb. 3, 2006
  
• Kobe Bryant's Juicy Bits An in-depth analysis of the Lakers star's 81-point game.
  Tommy Craggs Jan. 25, 2006
  
• Welcome to Miller Time So, America's top skier likes to drink too much. That's a surprise?
  Bill Gifford Jan. 13, 2006
  
• The Gloater How to savor a playoff victory.
  Felix Gillette Jan. 13, 2006
  
• Poor Bengals! A fan's NFL playoff confessional.
  Robert Weintraub Jan. 9, 2006
  
• Don't Mess With Texas How Vince Young and the Longhorns won it all.
  Robert Weintraub Jan. 5, 2006
  
• This Old Coach Why Joe Paterno should hang it up.
  Darren Everson Jan. 3, 2006