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Last of the Redskins

What can sports mascots teach us about Native American relations today?
The Scarborough School Board changed from “Redskins” to the “Red Storm” eight years ago, at a time when high school and college teams around the country were trending away from using Native American mascots.
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  December 01, 2008
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Bad idea jeans

Sports blotter: "You’re looking at some years, son" edition

By MATT TAIBBI  |  November 25, 2008
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Magnum farce

Sports blotter: "CSI: Binghamton" edition

By MATT TAIBBI  |  November 19, 2008
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He choked big time

Sports blotter: "Ugly incident" edition

By MATT TAIBBI  |  November 12, 2008
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Quiet before the storm

Sports blotter: "Good call, coach" edition
There have been a lot of mysteries surrounding the Patriots in the Bill Belichick years, not surprising given the intense effort the team puts into maintaining airtight clubhouse and organizational secrecy in general.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  November 05, 2008
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BBs and b-balls

Sports blotter: "Inducing panic" edition
A few years ago, it looked like college athletes shooting strangers with BB guns was going to be the boutique sports offense of the 21st century.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  October 29, 2008
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Carter’s cajones

Jimmy makes Dubya look like a wimp
The Republican Party is rife with classic wimps and bullies.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE  |  October 27, 2008
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Cursed Aztecs

Sports blotter: "Late-night shopping" edition
San Diego State Aztecs basketball coach Steve Fisher lectures his players during the season about how to behave off the court, getting pretty specific about what he doesn’t want to see.   
By MATT TAIBBI  |  October 29, 2008
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Hello, Larry

Sports blotter: "End of an era" edition
Absolutely nothing is funny about the Lawrence Phillips case, so let’s not even go there — there isn’t a single laugh to be found in this past week’s news that the onetime Next Jim Brown was sentenced to 10 years in Cali.  
By MATT TAIBBI  |  October 16, 2008
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More bad news for the Mets

Sports blotter: "Very bad times" edition
Look, it just isn’t seemly for us non–New Yorkers to laugh too much about the continued suckdom of the New York Mets, specifically their bullpen.  
By MATT TAIBBI  |  October 09, 2008
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Husker don't

Sports blotter: "Next Lawrence Phillips" edition
Details right now are still sketchy, but Thunder Collins, a former University of Nebraska running back who was once considered a sure-fire NFL star, has been charged with murder.  
By MATT TAIBBI  |  October 02, 2008
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Hello, old friend

Sports blotter: "Past Pats" edition
There was a recent arrest of a onetime member of the Patriots defensive backfield — old friend Lawyer Milloy.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  September 25, 2008
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Zero hour

Sports blotter: "Credit where credit's due" edition
Everyone knows there is a double-standard in the NFL when it comes to arrests.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  September 17, 2008
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The ultimate Schill?

Number 38's political timeline
For a brief moment in late 2004, some people feared that Curt Schilling might pull through for President George W. Bush the way he did for the Sox.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  September 17, 2008
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Astro naught

Sports blotter: "More trouble for the Clemens family" edition
Always a darned shame when we hear that the Clemens family has fallen on hard times.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  September 10, 2008
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Heightened anxiety

Sports blotter: "Attack of the seven-foot tall driver" edition
Look, it’s not easy being seven feet tall.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  September 03, 2008
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Revenge of the toad

Sports blotter: "Irabu!" edition
Some sports-crime stories aren’t funny in any way — they’re just plain violent and tragic. But every now and then you get a story that’s just pure fun.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  August 27, 2008
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Tiger trap

Sports blotter: "Walking in Memphis" edition
There are a lot of famously troubled college sports programs out there, the majority of them football teams.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  August 20, 2008
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Mound wisdom

Cartoons of pitchers and catchers talking are a New Yorker staple. What is so funny about rubbers?
The first pitcher/catcher cartoon in the New Yorker was also the simplest.
By MIKE MILIARD  |  August 19, 2008
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Bang for T-Buck

Sports Blotter
Brett Favre walks into a bar.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  August 13, 2008

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