The Rocket That Fell to Earth: Roger Clemens and the Rage for Baseball Immortality
SI.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- On Thursday nights here at the A.E. Mascaro Unit of the Boys & Girls Club, an athletically unexceptional gaggle of men gather to play a brand of pickup basketball one would indisputably describe as "bad."
Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Like the rest of you, “The Bad Guys Won” author Jeff Pearlman has read speculation surrounding the Mets’ interest in free agent OF Matt Holliday, but strongly urges Omar Minaya to turn his attention in the direction of….a third-baseman? If I know the Mets (and, sadly, I know the Mets), they’ll make a major play for [...]
SI.com (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
I spoke with Roscoe Word the other day. A standout defensive back at Jackson State in the early 1970s, Word spent his boyhood in Pine Bluff, Ark., dreaming of one day starring in the National Football League. When he was selected by the New York Jets in the third round of the 1974 Draft, Word thought he had it made. Lots of riches, fame, the good life.
The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The working conditions are terrible . None of his colleagues do their job . The whole damn operation is a waste of time . I'm just waiting for the "I don't believe in nothin' no more, I'm goin' to law school!" post. Not that I don't see where Pearlman is coming from. Press boxes are bad places to watch games. Reporters do ask inane questions. Athletes do give vapid answers. That whole...
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
If I had to name the most pompous, self-righteous and judgmental mainstream sportswriter around it would probably be Jeff Pearlman. At the same time, Pearlman is also one of the most talented sportswriters around. His pieces at Sports Illustrated and his personal blog are daily must-reads, no matter how much I disagree and am annoyed with what he is writing. His article posted...
crashburnalley.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Is your Friday evening feeling empty without World Series baseball? Turn that frown upside down — have I got the cure for you! No, but seriously, this article by SI.com’s Jeff Pearlman really needs a good FJM’ing. Since those guys are off being all successful and stuff, someone else has to do it. Loyal readers of [...]
The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Jeff Pearlman brings the Mark McGwire sanctimony : Worst of all, however, McGwire was a baseball thief. At the very moment his 341-foot home run landed behind the outfield fence, he robbed Roger Maris of the most important record in professional sports. He robbed the Maris family of future income from 61-related merchandising and events. He robbed the Hall of Fame -- which swooped up...
SI.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
When most people think of Mark McGwire, one of three things enters their minds:
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... most pompous, self-righteous and judgmental mainstream sportswriter around it would probably be Jeff Pearlman. At the same time, Pearlman is also one of the most talented sportswriters around. His pieces at Sports Illustrated … Jeff Pearlman / Bill Baer / Craig Calcaterra / Mark Newman / — Fall Classic stretches to Halloween for just second time — PHILADELPHIA...
