Women's sports have been very, very slowly making progress. My granddaughter is ten, perhaps when she's 30 women's team sports may have reached the point where they are able to draw fans and generate profit. But the going has been tough...

The NBA is going to face a hard reality soon. That reality is that there is money over in Europe and American players are going to be more than willing to take that money. It's a shift that has happened slowly but something that was destined to happen eventually

Padraig Harrington looked unlikely to start in this week's Open Championship at Royal Birkdale due to a wrist injury. After winning a warm up event at the Irish PGA Championship, the defending Open Champion was barely able to practice at Birkdale. On the eve of the Championship, his status was still in doubt. In fact, first alternate Heath Slocum was ready to go in his place.

Richie Sexson of the woeful Seattle Mariners is simply the latest example of the silliness of Major League Baseball's love affair with high-priced superstars whose production is pathetic

After years of struggles, PBC Chairman Clay Bennett and the City of Seattle have come to an agreement which will move the Seattle Supersonic to Oklahoma City for the 2008-2009 season. Ever since Bennett has had his influence in the Seattle SuperSonic in 2006, he has wanted to move the team to there. Now, his dream is coming true...

Did game two of the finals seem familiar to anyone? Following a 38-10 discrepancy in free throws in Boston's favor in Game 2, disgraced former NBA ref Larry Donaghy's legal team seized the moment to publicly outline new allegations of altered games, including a pair of specific examples: a 2005 playoff series between the Houston Rockets and the Dallas Mavericks, and the infamous Game 6 of the Western Conference finals in 2002...

Welcome to the latest edition of "Upon Further Review", it's the dead period for football and their fans. Sure there's OTA's and mini-camps and all that stuff, but how exciting are those things really? Guys wearing shorts, no contact, veterans not doing much other than stretching and running and having to watch rookies and guys not good enough to make the final roster practice. Talk about a snooze fest. BUT, the fact of the matter is it all means football, real football, is creeping ever closer and that's cause for excitement in itself. With all that said, let's take a look at some of the happenings from around the NFL recently, shall we?

EXCLUSIVE: The Tampa Bay Sports Net has in its possession the conversations between Rays' pitcher Matt Garza and catcher Dioner Navarro on the mound, when Garza got a close-up look at what Navarro wears on his face, in the dugout when they met again and in the runway leading to the visitor's clubhouse.

Almost a month ago I penned a piece about the entertainment at Tropicana Field - (Rays Missing a Beat on In-house Fun) - and how the departure of John Franzone, aka John the Maestro, has left a huge void inside the stadium.
Having been inside the House of the Tilted Roof this entire homestand, there has been something else that has been gnawing at me but I just couldn't put my finger on it until Sunday's homestand finale with the White Sox.

How many times have we as fans watched baseball games in which an umpire has obviously missed a call? Personally, I've run out of fingers and toes to tally up.

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.

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

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...