In 1965 a 58 year old Satchel Paige took the mound for the Kansas City Athletics and simultaneously altered what we had come to understand as the correlation between age and professional sports. Though Paige faced just 10 batters during the ’65 season, his appearance gave grounds for the modern

Last week Major League Baseball celebrated the 40th anniversary of the designated hitter. The position, originally constructed to inject more offense into an otherwise slowing game, has added new life to the sport while singlehandedly deitizing one-dimensional players like Edgar Martinez, Frank Thomas, and Harold Baines. The sport of basketball

The 2010 draft class featured it all: the lightning quick point guard, a trio of promising big men, lanky and multitalented wings, and several front office Hail Marys. Just weeks away from season’s end, we’ll look back at the first three years from one of the most talent laden classes

Forgive us David Stern, in a week where the NBA took a backseat to college hoops, the professional ranks stepped graciously aside only to give us a slew a noteworthy moments that we’re just now digesting. The Miami Heat have dominated headlines of late but week 21 also saw the

It is too early to say that Cavalier’s owner Dan Gilbert struck gold the summer of 2011? Landing top pick Kyrie Irving seems an assured victory in Cleveland but it’s just now that Gilbert’s draft haul is beginning to truly take shape as a resounding success despite a climb in