Don Banks: Roethlisberger, at least, guilty of serial bad judgment

The irony is once upon a time we were all so taken with Ben Roethlisberger’s maturity level. Remember when he first took the field as a Pittsburgh Steelers rookie in 2004 and made everything look so easy, almost effortless? It was as if he had been there and done that, even though we knew he [...]

Darren Eliot: Steven Stamkos in rare company, at last

Currently, the NHL has three 40-goal scorers: Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin and…Steven Stamkos.
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Spring Postcard: Orioles hope for right mix of youth and experience

This spring, SI.com’s baseball writers will be filing postcards from all 30 camps. To read all the postcards, click here.
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Peter King: Jets take good risk on Cromartie; mailbag

Three Things I Think I Think on this fine Tuesday:
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Seth Davis: Ohio State swingman David Lighty captains 11th annual All-Glue Team

During his first week of practice as an Ohio State freshman, David Lighty, a 6-foot-5 swingman from Cleveland, was so dominating in a full-court, zig-zag defensive drill that he nearly brought the exercise to a halt. “He was turning the guy over and over. The line of guys going next was all backed up,” Ohio [...]

Tom Verducci: Selig, committee considering radical realignment plan

When baseball commissioner Bud Selig named a 14-person “special committee for on-field matters” four months ago, he promised that all topics would be in play and “there are no sacred cows.” The committee already has made good on Selig’s promise by discussing a radical form of “floating” realignment in which teams would not be fixed [...]

Andy Glockner: Tuesday Update: At-large hopefuls looking to dodge bullets early on

It was a pretty good night for the bubblers on Monday. Not perfect, but not bad at all.
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Grant Wahl; U.S. keeper Howard discusses playing in Premiership, World Cup hopes, more

MANCHESTER, England — U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard may have joined Everton from Manchester United in 2006, but he still lives in the Manchester area, about 35 miles from Everton’s Goodison Park in Liverpool. I took the train out to see Howard on Monday, the day after Everton’s 5-1 win over Hull City and five days [...]

Andy Glockner: Breaking down the conference tournaments

The most poignant scenes of conference tournament season typically involve plucky clubs from small conferences that have played their way into a shot at NCAA tournament glory. Those moments can be magical, especially for the supporters of those schools, but they’re not where the bulk of the NCAA tournament bracket is forged.
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World Soccer: For many stars, national-team duty a revolving door

It was the ultimate expression of modern player power. In January, Sweden’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic announced he was “taking a break” from international football. The Barcelona forward will not play for the Swedish national team for the foreseeable future.
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Richard Deitsch: Is UConn’s march into history a good thing?

HARTFORD, Conn. — As Geno Auriemma left the locker room with his assistants for the second half of a game that was much closer than anyone in the state of Connecticut had imagined, the UConn coach could not resist mocking the monster he’s created over the past two seasons.
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Dan Shaughnessy: Once proud Orioles now have hope with young talent, franchise catcher

It hurts me to write about the Orioles.
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Jon Heyman: Injuries could spell another frustrating season for Cubs

MESA, Ariz. — When Cubs general manager Jim Hendry spotted legendary reliever Rollie Fingers standing behind the batting cage here at rickety, outdated HoHoKam Park, he good-naturedly yelled, “We might have to sign him.”
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Peter King: Free agency still is vastly overrated

I was thinking about all the cautionary tales we’d heard about free agency, about how even though the NFL was killing the salary cap, most every team was going to sit back and let the market settle because the pool of available players was so weak. No fourth- or fifth-year unrestricted free agents, which took [...]

Albert Chen: Spring Postcard: Reds enjoy new digs, status as sleeper pick

This spring, SI.com’s baseball writers will be filing postcards from all 30 camps. To read all the postcards, click here.
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