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- Snapping Out of .500 Doldrums - November 15, 2009
- Out time back at .500 proved fleeting. After finally putting together a winning week, we're back in the red again, going 6-7 to drop below .500 for the season (43-44-1)...
- Rediscovering Our Winning Ways - November 7, 2009
- Baby steps. Baby steps. We ended our two-week losing streak last week, going 7-6 last week and pulling our season record back to .500 at 37-37-1. That's not good enough...
- Time to End This Losing Streak - November 1, 2009
- Well, we're now officially in a hole, and dadgum it, we're gonna dig ourselves out of this ... starting now! Another awful week, going 3-10-1, puts us under .500 for the...
- Getting Back on the Winning Track - October 25, 2009
- So we decided to take our picks public last week for the first time ... and we laid a giant egg. But that's the way sports betting goes, even the perfect system (and...
- Spread the Wealth with RCS - October 17, 2009
- The way the point spread works, you have to win about 53 percent of your games to do better than break even. A successful NFL bettor usually achieves a winning...
- Top 10 College Football Entrances - September 3, 2009
- College football season is here. Just as the country buzzes with an anxious anticipation before every game, so too does every college stadium. Each team has its own way...
- Top 10 Stadium Design Flaws - August 26, 2009
- Seemingly every year, a new stadium makes its debut in an American professional sports league. And every year, they are bigger, better and more expensive. Oh, and...
- Top 10 Little League World Series Alumni - August 21, 2009
- Every summer, Williamsport, a small Pennsylvania town, for 10 days, becomes home to hundreds of 12-year olds, their families, their fans, and most of all, baseball. It...
- Top 10 Traditional American Sporting Events - August 21, 2009
- For such a relatively young country, America has moved pretty quickly to establish a long history of traditional sporting events. In fact, throughout the year the...
- 8 Questions with Michelle Beadle - August 20, 2009
- RealClearSports recently talked with Michelle Beadle, co-host of ESPN's newest show, SportsNation, airing on ESPN2 aily at 4pm EST. Previously, Beadle served as the New...
- 10 Questions with Joe Posnanski - August 16, 2009
- RealClearSports recently talked with Joe Posnanski, sports columnist at the Kansas City Star, and as of recently, Senior Writer at Sports Illustrated. "Joe Po's" newest...
- Top 10 Speeches in Sports - August 14, 2009
- Sometimes, it's just a simple game. But often, sports is much more than that. It's full of life lessons. It can teach you about failure, joy, disappointment, excitement,...
- 9 Questions With Clay Travis - August 11, 2009
- RealClearSports recently talked with Clay Travis, writer at AOL's FanHouse, and author of a new book chronicling the 2008 University of Tennessee football team, On Rocky...
- Top 10 Minor League Promotions - August 6, 2009
- There are many ways baseball teams try to lure fans to the ballparks. They give away bobbleheads, offer package deals for families, or, the most recent trend, feature an...
- Top 10 Most Disappointing Comebacks - July 29, 2009
- By now, you no doubt have heard the news: there will not be another Brett Favre comeback. Well, probably not: "I really believe this is it," said Favre. "I truly, truly...
- Top 10 Ongoing Sports Feuds - July 22, 2009
- The Montagues vs. the Capulets. Hamilton vs. Burr. The Corleones vs. the Tattaglias. Tupac vs. Notorious B.I.G. Feuds are nothing new. Throughout history, tempers have...
- Top 10 Worst MLB All-Stars - July 13, 2009
- With the yearly announcement of the MLB All-Star Game rosters, so too comes the inevitable controversy that always follows the selections. Who was snubbed? Who just...
- Top 10 All-Star Game Moments - July 13, 2009
- Baseball's All-Star Game has often been criticized for being boring and pointless, or for an apparent lack of effort from the players involved. While the Midsummer...
- When Animals Attack - July 6, 2009
- Though some mascots in sports are particularly fierce, usually their predatory natures are confined to menacing logos on jerseys or baseball caps. But from time to time,...
- 10 Questions with John Swofford - July 5, 2009
- RealClearSports recently interviewed John Swofford, the Commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference. He is also currently serving a two-year term as the BCS...
- Top 10 NBA Talent Producing Colleges - June 25, 2009
- While the number of international players has increased in recent NBA Drafts, it is still the same college programs that continue to be a factory for pro talent. Their...
- Top 10 Father/Child Athletes - June 20, 2009
- When Father's Day rolls around each year, it's a natural time to reflect on your relationship with your dad. Have you lived up to his expectations? Sure, it's true that...
- 12 Questions With Sen. Orrin Hatch - June 16, 2009
- RealClearSports recently interviewed Orrin Hatch, a Republican US Senator from Utah, a position he has held since 1977. Sen. Hatch has long been an outspoken critic of...
- Top 10 Can't-Miss Prospects Who Missed - June 11, 2009
- Before Stephen Strasburg, there was Todd Van Poppel, who Sports Illustrated dubbed, “the premier high school pitcher in the land” and the “next Nolan Ryan.” ...
- Top 10 Stanley Cup Stories - June 3, 2009
- Lord Stanley set forth his conditions for the Cup, the first of which was that, “The winners to return the Cup in good order when required by the trustees in order...
- Top 10 Iconic Trophies - May 27, 2009
- But, as exemplified by the miles between a youth league award and a gold medal, not all trophies are created equal. Over time, certain awards—be it a yellow jersey, a...
- Top 10 Famous Fans - May 22, 2009
- There is something oddly appropriate in the fact that Stephen King is a fan of the Boston Red Sox, a team with a history of curses and heartbreaking, gut-wrenching...
- Top 10 Weirdest Mascots - May 15, 2009
- UC-Santa Cruz should be proud – somehow, they made the mascot version of a banana slug look creepier than the real thing.For a while, the banana slug was the...
- 13 Questions With Jason Whitlock - May 6, 2009
- RCS: Your willingness to admit when you’re wrong is something we want to ask about. You certainly have an inclination to call a spade a spade, which is probably part...
- Top 10 NBA Least Valuable Players - May 5, 2009
- LeBron led his team to the best record in the NBA, and was clearly the Most Valuable Player by any measuring stick. But why should the most valuable player be the only...
- Top 10 Traditional American Sporting Events - April 30, 2009
- But tradition can’t be confined to a calendar. In April alone, we saw the Boston Marathon (the country’s oldest race) and the Masters (the unofficial start of...
- 11 Questions With Chuck Todd - April 23, 2009
- Todd: There’s the same amount of quid pro quos. Everything is done on the side. There’s sports agents and lobbyists, who probably come from the same DNA. There’s...
- 11 Questions with Gregg Doyel - April 15, 2009
- Doyel: They don't hate me that much. That's how I sleep at night, anyway. The people who are moved enough to vote on approval polls, like the people who complain on...
- Top 10 Worst Athletes to Ask for Financial Advice - April 15, 2009
- Blessed with millions of dollars at a young age, professional athletes often seem more concerned with inane spending and unwise investments than savings accounts and...
- RCS Interviews Gov. Jack Markell - April 9, 2009
- RCS: Governor, here are some of the facts surrounding your proposal that would make Delaware the only state east of the Mississippi to allow sports gambling: The state...
- Top 10 Lavish Ballpark Foods - April 8, 2009
- The two New York clubs, who will debut their new stadiums next week, are no exception. Besides all the stadium classics, fans will able to choose from pulled pork...
- RCS Interviews Dan Wetzel - April 1, 2009
- Wetzel: I don’t think you learn anything in training to deal cards or craps. I think you appreciate how great this job is. You’re never going to hear me complain...
- Top 10 Bubble Team Performances - March 26, 2009
- With the tournament in full swing, and Arizona having a chance to win and advance, we take a look at some great performances of bubble teams of the past. For our...
- Top 10 March Madness Shockers - March 24, 2009
- Though the first round offers the best canvas for a shocking result, our list of the Top 10 March Madness Shockers includes a game from the second weekend as well, and...
- Top 10 Luckiest in Sports - March 16, 2009
- One place where luck often plays a part is the world of sports. St. Patrick’s day or not, there are countless stories of once-in-a-lifetime lucky plays, circus-like...