Boxing trainer Freddie Roach takes us inside his and fighter Manny Pacquiao's strategy for Saturday's WBO welterweight championship and explains why his Parkinson’s is no obstacle as a trainer.
Continue reading...Monday, November 2, 2009
From now on I’m putting this space in my column up for sale. And why not? I’m just following the lead of the sports world, where every inch of turf, every minute of airtime, can be had for a price. By Matt Taibbi
Continue reading...Monday, October 5, 2009
The New Orleans Saints quarterback and reigning Offensive Player of the Year on his gadget addictions and secret love of romantic comedies
Continue reading...Friday, September 18, 2009
Whether you’re a lifelong fan of America’s Team or a Dallas hater, the new 100,000-seat Cowboys Stadium — the largest NFL arena ever built — is pigskin’s new mecca.
Continue reading...Monday, September 14, 2009
The Cincinnati Bengals linebacker and star of Dhani Tackles the Globe takes us into his world.
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 12, 2009
For one thing, there’d be no more of these keep-your-hands-off-the-receiver, high-octane-offense, no-lead-is-safe mockeries of a football game. Oh, and fewer talking-baby ads. By Matt Taibbi
Continue reading...Friday, July 10, 2009
Two proven methods, and hard-won advice from some of the best-known travelers in the world.
Continue reading...Friday, April 17, 2009
Over the past decade, a lethal bacteria called MRSA has leaped from hospitals to farms to the playing fields. Now it may be a bigger concern than a blown-out knee.
Continue reading...Monday, November 17, 2008
Bitching by multimillionaire athletes may be reaching a crescendo, but it’s been a long time coming. Way before there was Barry Zito and Vince Young, there was one Amos Rusie.
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 8, 2008
You are guilty of bringing Access Hollywood values to the honorable tradition of figuring out why Wily Mo Pena can’t hit a curveball. For this you shall pay.
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 30, 2008
So what if pro football is nearly flawless? There’s always room for improvement. Here, free advice from an NFL fan on what he’d love to see from the upstart UFL.
Continue reading...Monday, September 29, 2008
In his inaugural column Matt Taibbi celebrates a new football season and makes the case that Pennsylvania pol Arlen Specter’s unsportsmanlike conduct — not Bill Belichick’s spy cams — spoiled the last one.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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