Ebbets Field 100

April 7, 2013 by Terry Keshner · Leave a Comment

The move of the NBA’s Nets this season has allowed fans and journalists to speak a magical word that had disappeared from the lexicon of major sports leagues for more than 50 years: “Brooklyn.” Brooklyn is probably New York City’s most beloved and, possibly, provincial borough and the relocation of the New Jersey Nets to […]

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An Interview with ESPN’s Baseball Insider Jerry Crasnick

May 23, 2012 by Andrew Martin · Leave a Comment

ESPN has grown from a cable sports news channel to a media conglomerate over the past few decades. They have been able to accomplish this by providing comprehensive analysis in the world of sport through all forms of media- print, online, television, radio, and anything else I may be forgetting. As one of the major […]

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DC Opening Day Always a Historic Moment

April 1, 2011 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment

Opening Day in Washington today was notable for the absence of two persons, the first being President Obama. Â Starting with President Taft more than a hundred years ago in 1910, they have been there. Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon–so many have been there throwing out the first pitch in Washington, DC and the renewal of that […]

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Touring the Bases With…Gene Conley

March 15, 2010 by Bob Lazzari · Leave a Comment

The winning pitcher of the ’55 All-Star Game and the only person to win championships in two major sports, the man basically went an entire DECADE without a day off; Red Sox Hall of Famer Frank SullivanÂ told me that kind ofÂ streak should be in the sameÂ conversation asÂ DiMaggio’s.Â A truly remarkable and nice man….Click here to […]

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