This week players are reporting to training camp, and in just over a month we'll get our first regular season game.  In between, comes an event that's become almost as big as the start of the season.  The release of "Madden NFL 10." (Friday August 14th) It's become a long running tradition for fans...

This being the day and age of the blogs, twitter, and facebook we are able to get some great firsthand accounts of what it's like to experience an NFL training camp.  From rookies (Gartrell Johnson) to vets (Lawrence Timmons and Greg Olson),  it seems that everyone is talking about the excitement,...

Add to the lists of firsts on Twitter, the ability to track a real-time nervous breakdown. Stephon Marbury — the ballplayer who makes any team he's ever played for better, just by leaving it — the one-time New York Knick, whose version of whispering sweet nothings into the ear of a young female intern...

Tour de France champion Alberto Contador said Monday that he "has never had admiration" for Lance Armstrong and "never will," and the cycling legend isn't too happy about his former teammate's harsh words. He tweets: Seeing these comments from AC. If I were him I'd drop this drivel and start thanking...

We've all had one of those days. Be it Karma, divine intervention, or just plain bad luck. Doug Mientkiewicz (yes I copy and paste that name every time it appears) prefers too look at it as Murphys Law. While driving his soccer mom mobile (Denali) to New Mexico today for a rehab assignment he had...

Scott Reifert, the Chicago White Sox vice president of communications,  updates his blog almost every day with some behind the scenes insight into the world of the southsiders.  Today was no exception.  But this latest blog entry was different, special, and perhaps even somewhat historic.  This entry...

Yesterday Bears running back Matt Forte promised to give away a signed football in a home made twitter contest. Ur chance at a personalized autographed photo of me is coming real soon!!!! I decided not to make it that hard this time! Good luck friends! In the minutes after that tweet I can only assume...

In his latest blog post Brendan Haywood points out some of the latest athletes to run into financial problems. . . . I read about ex-NBA star Antoine Walker being arrested for writing a million dollars worth of bad checks to Las Vegas casinos. That article kind of caught me off guard because he was a...

Jamal Anderson really needs to learn the difference between a twitter feed and a blog.  Which is surprising.  He's been on twitter for quite some time and has been a very active user.  Both in posting updates as well as interacting with followers.   Yesterday, however, something went a little wacky...

In his latest blog entry, Curt Schilling, asks and answers several key questions about the upcoming trade deadline as it relates to the Red Sox. First, the question burning on everyone's brain: Should the Red Sox pursue Roy Halladay, and if so, at what cost? I think so, but the cost depends on the topic...