Football, bloody hell. Except the man who said that has only one week left as manager of Manchester United. A turbulent, historic and highly eventful week in football was capped off yesterday with more than one managerial send off, the odd tear here and there and a realisation that from now on individuals who we [...]

I’m going out on a whim to say this major league baseball season will be one of the best ever. After yesterday’s Opening Day feats, however, I’m not sure that whim is really anything to talk about. It was a historical day, 24 hours after the now AL West Houston Astros beat up on the [...]

Arizona Diamondbacks 2012 – Finished third in NL West Record: 81-81 In a division that gave us the World Series champions of 2012, it’s easy to forget about the Arizona Diamondbacks. The San Francisco Giants’ success, coupled with the fact that the division-rival Dodgers are spending more money than any team in the major leagues, [...]

Alex Rodriguez said back in 2009 that he only took steroids between 2001 and 2003 whilst with the Texas Rangers. But as of Tuesday, that theory has changed – unless you are A-Rod of course. The Miami News Times said this week that the three-time AL MVP bought human growth hormone (HGH) and other performance-enhancing [...]

The Atlanta Braves have embraced brotherly love by signing outfielder Justin Upton – along with B.J. Upton – this winter and in the process have put together the best outfield trio in the league. The Upton brothers were born three years apart and having played for so many years against each other in their back [...]

Picture a world where Messi, Christiano Ronaldo and Robin van Persie decline the obvious opportunity to represent their country at the World Cup. You can’t really do that because only injury would keep them away from the biggest tournament in world football, but if you managed to envisage how that would go down and what [...]

Since I took in my first Dodger game back in 2004, it has been an up and down ride for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Sat behind the first base line, I witnessed a 7-4 win against the Atlanta Braves. That day Shawn Green hit two home runs in what was a stellar season for the [...]

Spring Training is around the corner, so close in fact I can almost smell it. There is always something so great about baseball expectation that you just don’t get with other sports. When pitchers and catchers report, followed by position players, you always believe your team has a chance. Whether that belief is held throughout [...]

The Baseball Writers Association of America threw a shutout last night and as a result none of the candidates on this year’s Hall of Fame ballot surpassed the 75% threshold needed to gain entry into Cooperstown. The two biggest names were Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds and neither of these key figures during the steroid [...]

It didn’t take long for big names to move to big places as the January transfer window got off to a blistering start this week. Demba Ba has moved to Chelsea, Daniel Sturridge penned a deal at Anfield as expected and Joe Cole has been linked with a move back to  former club West Ham. [...]