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Spring Training on the Web
Pitchers and catchers! And now third basemen and center-fielders and the rest are heading to Florida or Arizona for the annual ritual called baseball. Here are some links to prepare you for the season.
Super Hype XLI
We have all the meaningless ephemera surrounding the big game in Miami. Click here.
Ski Racing: Kitzbühel is Cancelled!
The world famous downhill race at the Hahnenkamm in Austria was canceled this year due to global warming. Skiers are still trying to race down slushy hills and make the best of a diminished World Cup season. Americans Julia Mancuso and Bode Miller are both in podium position with only a few races left. Check in on the Alpine action.
NFL Playoff Guide Guide
Now that the conference finals are set—Pats at Colts, Saints at Bears—check our updated links so that you can crunch numbers, highlight match-ups, and work yourself into a frenzy.
Moneyball
Business is not one of our favorite sports. Nonetheless we find that pleasure requires cash, so here’s a guide to some financially-minded sites.
Spectating the Marathon
The idea of running 26.2 miles may make most of us nauseous. But 37,000 people disagree. They will be parading through New York to show us how wrong we are. The least we could do is rouse ourselves, grab a couple bear claws and a coffee, and cheer on these fools. Here’s a quick primer.
The World Series of History
Already a sport prone to steep in itself, baseball knows no greater temptation for self-mythologizing than the World Series. From this nostalgia hothouse past performances are fertilized, pruned, and re-presented as titled performances like the catch, the wave, or simply Buckner. Read more.
Major League Minutiae
It’s October, the month when baseball is no longer leisurely. It’s serious. Whether you’ve been following the 2430 games of the regular season, or you’re just tuning in now, here’s a guide to get you through the month.
The T.O. Squeeze
If there was one thing that might have made Cowboys’ wide receiver Terrell Owens sympathetic, it was the notion that behind the smirky veneer he was so conflicted as to be suicidal. And here we are, maybe. Read more
Madden '07
The football season ends. Strikes happen. And there are weekdays. For this, God created video games. And last August he did good. That’s when video game giant EA Sports released Madden ‘07. Read more.
The Champions League
It seems like just a few weeks ago that Barcelona beat Arsenal in the Champions League final, but Europe’s most prestigious soccer competition has begun again. Here’s a guide.
College football
For many, college football is the only sport, and for good reason. But it is also a sprawling mess of conferences, capped by a cryptic bowl system. To get to the bottom of it all, click here.
The Wooly Wilds of the Sports Web
The range of sporting information on the web is truly embarrassing. ESPN’s site alone could paralyze all but the most sports crazed. Here’s a guide.
The U.S. Open
When the U.S. Open tennis tournament was founded 125 years ago, it offered only one title: the men’s single championship. Now there are five. The Omnivore helps you keep track of it all.
Premiership Preview
The English Premier League kicks off Saturday, August 18th. If you already miss the international action of the World Cup, turn your attention to this cosmopilitan “football” league. The Omnivore takes you through the upcoming season.
The Dope on Doping
In the midst of all the to-do about drugs in sports, the Omnivore takes a look at some of the options out there for today’s performance enhancers. Should you take testosterone, The Clear, or EPO? And if you’re caught, what’s your excuse?
Besuboru, Beisbol, Baseball
However you pronounce it, you’re saying, ‘national pastime.’ The question is, what nation? More.
Sounding the National Pasttime
On the forefront of baseball acoustics is physicist Daniel Russell who is looking at how sound helps create a sweet spot on bats. This week’s Omnivore gets scientific with the sounds of the game. More.
The British Open
Floyd Landis may be returning to America after winning the Tour de France, but the Omnivore remains in Europe this week to take a belated look at the British Open. More.
The Tour de France
by Mike Stevens
We’ve gotten a late start on the Tour de France here at the Spectator. To catch up, we’re providing a compendium of cycling links, beginning with a Tour primer and a look at the 21 individual stages. More.
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