Eli Manning, having been named the most valuable player of Super Bowl XLVI, was presented with a 2012 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport convertible on Sunday.
Gary Player spent much of his career in the shadow of record 18-times major winner Jack Nicklaus and the South African believes young Briton Rory McIlroy has as much natural talent as any golfer he has seen.
It was a difficult loss for us at home Jan. 29 — how and why we came out so flat is beyond explanation and unacceptable. What was even more difficult was watching a fellow competitor injured and laying unconscious on the ice.[...]
A gay hockey blog is featuring a notable series of posts about a high school player's experiences that are more about hockey than they are about being a gay hockey player.
A gay hockey blog is featuring a notable series of posts about a high school player's experiences that are more about hockey than they are about being a gay hockey player.
It's the best of the readers' comments on The Learning Network Reading Club's latest article, "Derek Boogaard: Learning to Brawl." A live Facebook chat with the reporter John Branch will be on Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. Eastern time. Bring your classes!
Send a quick note to jkramer@dmreg.com if you know an athlete who eclipsed his or her school's career points mark. We'll make sure that player gets his or her name on the High School Insider blog.
As I told my 14 year old son as he proudly wore Dave Diehl's Pro Bowl signed jersey to school, Football is a great sport because of the lessons it teaches us about life. Diehl's outstanding play confirmed what I believe ... protect your investments' blind side and you too could be champions.
The Feb. 5 column by Patrick Hite of the News Leader in Waynesboro, Va., describes a common modern-day tragedy ? the coach who is driven from the sport he or she loves because of too much parental interference. Rob Bennett has one less job these days. The Covington High School science teacher, who is also ...
Super Bowl Sunday is not just about the game. Sure, fans want to see the Super Bowl XLVI matchup of the New England Patriots (15-3) versus the New York Giants (12-7), but with Super Bowl Sunday also comes the wonderful opportunity to place prop bets on the game. These are bets that have virtually nothing to do with the actual play on the field. Cross-sport prop bets can be highly entertaining on ...
Kristen Schindler runs Crush Cancer softball clinics raise money for medical research and teach girls lessons for the sport and for life
"Scotland need to get the English distinctly upset under the Murrayfield floodlights"
I think we as a nation have come to terms with the idea of football as the national pastime, and second place is trailing by miles and miles. The fact that the 20 most watched TV shows EVER are Super Bowls underscores that point. ...
IN ONLY SEVEN of the first 45 Super Bowls was a defensive player chosen as the game's most valuable player. In a quarterback-centric sport, an enterprise where every rule change in anyone's memory has been designed to inflate the scoreboard totals, this does not exactly qualify as a surprise. The Big Supe is America's greatest sales vehicle, and offense sells.
When we lose is a good time to ask some fundamental questions. Why do we play international cricket?
A major part of cheerleading, and the most dangerous; is stunting. Nothing beats the feeling of successfully completing a new stunt. Every practice we spend a good chunk of time trying new stunts, and perfecting old ones. We have three different stunt groups made up of four people. The four parts of a stunt group are: the flyer (the girl up in the air), the two bases (the girls that hold the ...
Baseball, it appears to me, is the one sport where the best plans often go awry, and each season takes on different twists from the anticipated.
Calling all students ages 13 to 25: we're facilitating a discussion about violence in hockey (and other sports). Join us!
On the eve of its biggest spectacle, we are reminded that professional football is experiencing unparalleled popularity. Sunday's Super Bowl and its likely 100 million viewers, $3.5 million television ads, and extravagant halftime entertainment will reinforce the idea that football is the prem...
A few days ago on my high school girls basketball blog, the topic of midseason awards came up, and who is deserving at this point in the season. A reader posed an interesting question relating to the matter: "Can an MVP be from a team struggling?"
