World Cup Worries; NBA Finals; No Cheese for You!; LPGA Commissioner; Game Time: A Baseball Companion; NBA Finals and More with Charlie Pierce; Cowboy Action Shooting

Bill Littlefield wonders about the future of sports and the “Annika Effect.”

Roger Clemens, who will post his 300th win in the major leagues soon, if not very soon, first pitched in the bigs 19 years and a week ago.

WNBA; Fan Friendly Diamondbacks; Stop, Speed Racer!; Racing Through the Century; Derby Owners Club; Sorenstam Commentary

Maybe nobody ever entirely understands anybody’s motives for doing anything, but one of the delights of working in the toy department is that sports offer us the illusion that motives — like final scores — are clear and simple. Along that line, I choose to believe that Annika Sorenstam is playing in the PGA Tournament [...]

A Duck. You just don’t name your team for an aquatic bird
That swims around in circles in a pond. It’s just absurd.

NHL Playoffs; Ottawa Senators; The new face of Sports Entertainment; Major League Baseball Update; Tale of the Textile Leagues; NBA Playoffs and More with Charlie Pierce; Sports Writing and Restraint; Table Hockey

It is often said of baseball that the game hasn’t changed much over the past century or so., but the manner in which the players have talked about the game has changed a good deal.

Kentucky Derby; Secretariat; The Happiest Little Prison in Bangkok; Beyond the Shadow of the Senators; Cross Country Lawnmower Man; Commentary; Scandalous College Coaches and More with Charlie Pierce; Atlatl