Trent Green: Guest Monday Morning Quarterback

With Peter King on his annual four-week summer vacation, recently retired quarterback Trent Green took time away from moving his family into their Kansas City home to write today’s Monday Morning Quarterback column. Green, who played 15 seasons with the Rams, Dolphins, Chiefs, Redskins and Chargers, is in discussions with networks about doing some TV [...]

Arash Markazi: Beating out riders half his age, BMX legend Dave Mirra rules the day in Chicago

CHICAGO — This was supposed to be the beginning of a new era in BMX. With the opening of this season’s Dew Tour, the Nike 6.0 BMX Open was slated to be an opportunity to watch teenage riders such as Dennis Enarson and Garrett Reynolds, fresh off their high school graduations, take over as the [...]

Norman Chad: Playing a poker expert on TV doesn’t make you one in real life

LAS VEGAS — By day, I talk poker; by night, I play poker. This came as quite a surprise to Toni — a.k.a. She Is The One (And Then Some) — who assumed I just impersonated a poker player on TV to allow us to eat at Outback Steakhouse once a month.

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Jon Heyman: The best and worst free agents emerge

Cubs manager Lou Piniella allegedly told Milton Bradley “you’re not a player, you’re a piece of s—” one day, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, then batted him third the next. Which only shows that 1) Piniella has a deep sense of guilt, or 2) things can turn around in a hurry in baseball.

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At New Hampshire, Chase already is looming large

It’s not quite accurate to call what will happen Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway a 300-mile test session. But given the raised stakes that will be present when the Sprint Cup Series returns to the Granite State three months from now, it’s not altogether erroneous, either.
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Kindle treated for concussion after car accident

No one covers University of Texas sports like the American-Statesman beat writers.

Allan Muir: Mikko Koskinen kicks off run on goalies

Notes from day two of the NHL Draft: • There were no goalies taken in the first round (just the second time that’s happened since 1992) but the Isles used the initial pick of the second round on Mikko Koskinen. After being passed over in the previous two drafts, the massive (6-foot-5, [...]

Jon Wertheim: Wimbledon midterm grades

Rafael Nadal, the defending champion, stayed away from Wimbledon. Which gives him something in common with the rain. You remember, the Wimbledon rain, right? Wet stuff … fell from the sky … constantly disrupted play. The only umbrellas unfurled last week were used to repel the sun. And that may have been the biggest upset [...]

OU defensive end to transfer

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said Thursday that defensive end Jonte Bumpus has elected to leave the program.

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Truex brothers on display this weekend at Loudon

Life couldn’t have been much better Saturday afternoon at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for local favorite Martin Truex Jr., whose No. 1 Chevrolet was fastest in final practice for Sunday’s Sprint Cup Lenox Industrial Tools 301.
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At New Hampshire, Chase is already looming large

It’s not quite accurate to call what will happen Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway a 300-mile test session. But given the raised stakes that will be present when the Sprint Cup Series returns to the Granite State three months from now, it’s not altogether erroneous, either.
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Sorenson looks to pick up the torch lit by Kahne

After spending what he described as a whirlwind, hectic week in the wake of Richard Petty Motorsports’ lead driver Kasey Kahne’s victory last weekend at Infineon Raceway, the team’s namesake saw more of the same Saturday morning at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
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Football forecasts mixed for ‘09 Buffs

The great thing about the preseason college football magazines is they’re all so accurate.

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Jon Wertheim: Wimbledon mid-term grades

Rafael Nadal, the defending champion, stayed away from Wimbledon. Which gives him something in common with the rain. You remember, the Wimbledon rain, right? Wet stuff, fell from the sky, constantly disrupted play. The only umbrellas unfurled last week were used to repel the sun. And that may have been the biggest upset of Week [...]

Ted Keith: Wright and Mets teammates trying to adapt to spacious Citi Field

So often, David Wright can seem unflappable. It comes from the confidence of youth, the arrogance of success and the competitiveness of all great athletes, who are always measuring their performance against not just what their peers do but what they think they should be doing.

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