Richie Incognito Is the Bully the NFL Deserves
A new report details the terrible working conditions that led Jonathan Martin to flee the Miami Dolphins. But where exactly does the violent and macho league think those conditions come from?
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Where Do the Players Go After the Super Bowl?
Ninety guys dressed for the big game a year ago; 11 of them never played another snap. Ex-players are trying to plot a path for life after football
Hey Goodell, Don’t Boot Football’s Extra Point
The National Football League has turned kickers into athletes. What have those solitary sportsmen gotten for all their success? A league hell-bent on tinkering with their craft. Extra-point experts Morten Andersen and Martin …
The Persecution of Alex Rodriguez
Baseball broke all the rules and harassed its employees simply because they had the gall to outwit their boss. So that’s why they call it America’s pastime
Don’t Fall for the Quarterback Hype
Andy Dalton and Philip Rivers’ diverging fortunes show the failings of the NFL, a league where every signal caller is propped up as the hot new thing
The Absent NFL Activists
Don’t believe a football player lost his job thanks to homophobia? One fact from Chris Kluwe’s saga is indisputable: the league is no place for someone to speak his mind
The Government Does Not Control Your Football
The FCC’s plan to end blackouts will do nothing
Notes on a Scandal: Manti Te’o and the Media
As we start to take stock of 2013, a look back at the year’s most perplexing sports story
Charles Barkley Is Still Not a Role Model
Thursday night, Charles Barkley went on Inside the NBA and delivered a commentary about the use of “nigger” in locker rooms. Anyone who was expecting something along the lines of what Shannon Sharpe presented on The NFL Today on Sunday — an emotional appeal for black athletes to intervene and prevent the casual use of degrading racial …
Why We’ll Miss Tim McCarver
Fox’s beleaguered MLB broadcaster, who called his final game Wednesday night, reminded us of a better game
Entitlement: The Patriot Way
What tuck rule? The reaction to Sunday’s overtime loss reveals a fanbase with a persecution complex the size of the Natick Mall
The Unforgivable Carelessness of Mark Sanchez
The injured quarterback, who has likely played his last down for the Jets, does not deserve the press’s pity
The NFL’s First and Likely Last 14-Hour Endurance Contest
Scheduling conflicts gave professional football fans an orgy of television coverage Sunday. Television pros predict games likely won’t end at 2:38 a.m. anytime again soon.