SAMMY SOSA HANGS UP CLEATS FOR ABACUS?

Pittsburgh Pirates' ace Ian Snell will not take the mound for his scheduled start tonight. In the Sammy Sosa 'I threw my back out while sneezing' Hall-Of-Fame for absurd sports injuries, Snell earned a spot in one of the Hall's wings as he blistered his hand while cooking a chicken salad. I don't know if this is really how Snell got injured, but I will say it sounds about as believable...

Nothing was as it seemed in Major League Baseball in 1998. Greg Vaughn, who sucked, hit 50 home runs. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were suddenly the greatest sluggers in history, and by orders of magnitude. Barry Bonds discovered the pleasures of veterinary-grade hormones. And Kerry Wood was, at least for a little while, the greatest pitcher who ever lived.

Sure, Bud Selig's official title is the Commissioner of Baseball, but his only real concern nowadays seems to be doing creative rewriting of baseball's history in regards to steroids in the hopes of removing the stain from his own legacy. Frankly, he has as much chance of doing that as Jose Lima has to reach 300 major league wins. Still, hope springs eternal and the self-absorbed...

What: Panel Discussion on Sports Litigation Where: Yale Law School.  See map. When: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 4:10 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Moderator: MICHAEL MCCANN (Professor at Vermont Law School; Legal Analyst at Sports Illustrated) Panelists: HAL BIAGAS (Deputy Counsel, National Basketball Players Association; plays a lead role in collective...

Even though the player won't be eligible for playoff rosters, the Tigers would be smart to add a bat to help their offense in the final month. They swung and missed on Ryan Klesko but trading with a team like the Giants, who are all but eliminated in the NL West, they might still be willing to work a trade. Same with the A's, who have Mike Piazza and are looking to trade him. You...

I believe I heard in the promo that on today's 30 Clubs in 30 Days show on MLB Network that covers the Chicago Cubs that they're going to announce their all-time greatest Cubs team. That seems pretty easy for the most part and I'm not sure of their criteria, but let's see if we can guess. C - Gabby Hartnett 1B -Mark Grace 2B - Ryne Sandberg...

Well, Bonds finally broke the record and really, is anyone outside of San Francisco excited about it? Just to clarify one final thing, since a few Bonds supporters have made comments on this site about whether or not we can be sure the charges in "Game of Shadows" are 100 percent true or not. If anything in that book was incorrect, the athletes mentioned in its pages (Bonds, Gary...