The women’s basketball team at Division Three Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, finished its regular season Saturday night, to the relief, one might suppose, of senior co-captain Toni Smith.

Ephedra and Baseball; America’s Cup; The Flying Farmer; Women on High; Mid-life Snowboading Crisis; NBA Trades and more with Charlie Pierce; Titan Games

Yao Ming; USOC Reforms; Move over, Sisyphus; America’s Victory; Ice Boating; Annika and More with Charlie Pierce; The Springfield Spirit

It isn’t only jock straps or some secret brew to muscle up the little guys so they can whack the ball a hundred feet beyond the high and distant outfield wall – it’s bubble gum.

Mavericks v. Kings; Scott Howard-Cooper; A Murder of Crows; High School Hoop Hype Part 2; Letters; USOC circus and More with Charlie Pierce; Cassie Johnson’s Rink

I think they have arrived…

Olympic Controversy with John Powers; Connecticut Suns; Lego My Stanley Cup; Travis Phelps; Deferring All-Stars and More With Charlie Pierce; Superbowl and More with Charlie Pierce; Letters; Senior Weightlifter