Female athletes have a rough road to hoe (oops that's a no-no). The reality is that athletic women have often been looked upon as "odd" or to put it bluntly, as lesbians or dykes.

Each year the Professional Hockey Writers' Association plays homage to the many players that have excelled during the course of the season under the lights with a spectacular awards show in Toronto, Canada.
On June 12th, Martin Brodeur, Sidney Crosby, Henrik Lundqvist and a handful of others are once again award finalists. The three mentioned are no strangers to receiving awards. Last year, Brodeur and Crosby were finalists for the Hart Trophy, which Crosby won and Brodeur and Lundqvist were finalists for the Vezina Trophy, which Brodeur went on to win.

I am so far removed from the racing scene that I could not tell you a sire or dam of any horse. Not even of the great or near great, thoroughbred or standardbred. I still follow but more from the periphery.
It has been more than a generation since we have seen a super horse win all three legs of the Triple Crown and Saturday afternoon we may have witnessed a legitimate threat to that drought in just his fourth race.

No Tiger? No Lorena? That sounds like the recipe for an awful weekend of professional golf. It sounds like there would be little reason to check out golf, what, with the NFL Draft on television. (I watched a lot of it. Why did my team, the Green Bay Packers, pick two QBs? Bromm gets hurt too much, and Matt Flynn? Really? I digress.) It turned out, though, that this was a great weekend for the sport.

Welcome to the latest edition of "Upon Further Review"... the draft reaction edition!

Knowing you have a $14.5 million dollar man in the bullpen to help you - especially when he's not doing it as a starter. What are the odds that Barry Zito will find his way out of troubles coming out of the bullpen anytime soon?

Just call me Carnac the Magnificent.
That is the character the late Johnny Carson used on the Tonight Show where he dressed up like a swami, put an envelope to his head and answered the question inside.
His sidekick, Ed McMahon, would repeat each and every answer eventually prompting Carson to come up with a pointed quip toward the end of the skit.
I have no punch line; however, I did have something to say in my last offering about the tenure of one Pat Riley and a solid reason why he should step down as head coach of the Heat.

Complete recaps and grades by every team for the 2008 NFL Draft

Answer me this? How am I to explain Hank Steinbrenner to my grandchildren?
It's bad enough that I raised a son who became a Yankee fan - it was a Mets' household until I moved to Florida to join BaysBall Nation, and the so-called smart one of the twins went to the dark side (of New York blue) - but what's up with the new mouth of the north?
It appears for all all intents and purposes the little Hankie has all of his father's mouth but not the sense of his brother Hal, the Quiet Man, a dozen years his junior.
Not one month into the season the team's co-chairman effectively called his new manager an idiot.

Who were the big winners and losers in this years first round. Video and analysis on all the first round picks...

The last DQI Mock Draft is here and it has a lot of changes, as many of the sites in the database did updates as late as today. This will be the final mock, barring any trades overnight...

It's playoff time! It all comes down to this as sixteen teams battle it out for the most coveted of NBA hardware - the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy. The storylines abound as the Celtics try to continue their amazing turnaround with a run at the trophy, the Suns get their arch nemesis Spurs in the first round, only this time they think Shaq is the difference maker, and the surprising Hornets try to keep their young team going and Kobe leads the Lakers against Iverson and Anthony....

After 1,230 regular-season contests, the stage is finally set for the second season...

The 2008 Major League Baseball season is officially underway, and it is ironic that an obscure statistician from Kansas is making the news, one who was ridiculed for many years. Today he is a chief decision-maker for the world champion Boston Red Sox, having gaining notoriety throughout professional sports - and acceptance to his metrics continues to grow...

The first and second round of the NCAA March madness tournament is in the books with the Sweet 16 round set to begin next Thursday...

This marks the end of a Dodgers era, the Dodgers will be moving spring training closer to home next year bringing an end to a rite of spring that many have fond memories of, and others revile. We take a look back at the history and the end of Dodgertown...

The man who has been the Green Bay Packers' starting quarterback for all but three games of the last 16 seasons, the only quarterback an entire generation of football fans even remember quarterbacking the Packers, is retiring...

Boomer Esiason's son Gunnar suffers from Cystic Fibrosis. This is his story of overcoming and playing the position his father mastered....

Another super fast track day at the combine as the defensive backs took their turns in the position drills and tests. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (CB), followed up his performance at the Senior Bowl by running a 4.33 and posting the longest broad jump at 10' 11" in Indy today solidifying his spot in the first round...

What a day on the track at the combine. This class of running backs will probably go down in history as the all time best to ever enter the draft. Its easily 8 players deep and possibly 10. We had Chris Johnson with an astonishing 4.24 second...

We have posted the complete list broken down by position of all NFL combine invitee's

The 2008 NASCAR season is revving up and fans are preparing for a historic event. On Sunday, February 17 at Daytona International Speedway, drivers will start their engines in the 50th running of the Daytona 500. The most highly anticipated NASCAR event of the season, maybe even of the decade. This year's Daytona 500 promises to be chuck full of action...