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Batter up

January 30, 2009
When I saw your cover about shaking up sports, I thought, "Cool idea." Then, I opened up the paper and saw that your first idea was a salary cap for baseball.
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS  |  January 28, 2009

Bought and paid for

Balls and pucks
Boston haters will say that the Celtics purchased their 17th championship.
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  June 18, 2008
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Bases very loaded

Spurred by fans’ ’roid rage, new books focus on our national pastime’s dark side. Meet baseball’s seven deadly sins.
Even as the sun rises on the new Major League Baseball season, skies are cloudy for the game we love.
By MIKE MILIARD  |  March 19, 2008
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Skell of the year

Sports crime: 2007 in review
Much less funny than usual, was 2007.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  December 18, 2007
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Can't drive 55

Sports blotter: "Sammy Hagar" edition
This past week, we snared an early candidate for the next Justin Miller Award, given to the athlete who most bollockses up his professional-draft status with an avoidable pre-draft arrest.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  December 12, 2007
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Do mess with Texas

Sports blotter: "Houston has a problem" edition
The Houston Texans are like the soy cheese of the sporting world.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  December 05, 2007
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Bob's your uncle

Sports blotter: "Across the pond" edition
When was the last time England was relevant at all in the sporting world?
By MATT TAIBBI  |  November 28, 2007
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Bonds away

Sports blotter: "Barry's indictment" edition
This Barry Bonds thing is going to be a big story, no doubt, but trust me: even bigger news is probably coming.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  November 19, 2007
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Tennessee two-step

Sports blotter: "All offensive linemen" edition
Tough week for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where two football players were busted within a span of three days.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  November 14, 2007
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Pure idiocy

Sports blotter: "Genius of the year" edition
We’ve had some real winners light up the crime blotter this year.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  November 07, 2007
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A leafy, green substance

Sports blotter: "Copious amounts of pot" edition
Just when you thought the “supernaturally large quantity of marijuana” sports bust was a thing of the past.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  October 31, 2007
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Off point

Sports blotter: "Celtics fans still hate this guy" edition
Lots of class being shown this year by New York–area point guards.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  October 24, 2007
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Surely you can't be serious

Sports blotter: "Don't call me Shirley!" edition
Early nomination for collegiate crime-dweeb of the year goes to Fresno State defensive lineman Jason Shirley.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  October 17, 2007
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Brown out

Sports blotter: "All people named 'Brown' " edition
A few years ago it would have seemed unlikely that former No. 1 overall pick Kwame Brown would leave any legacy at all, but that situation has clearly changed.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  October 10, 2007
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Willie returns

Sports blotter: "Never fade away" edition
Remember Willie Williams?
By MATT TAIBBI  |  October 03, 2007
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Free the Juice

Sports blotter: "Return of Orenthal James" edition
As you surely have heard by now, O.J. Simpson is up to his old tricks again.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  September 26, 2007
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Texas two-step

Sports blotter: "Horns hooked" edition
The Texas Longhorns have been a real gift to the sports-crime-reporting industry of late.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  September 19, 2007
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Rocket science

Sports blotter: "Houston hydroponics" edition
Tough, tough summer for the Houston Rockets, arrest-wise.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  September 14, 2007
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And one

Sports blotter: "NBA Street" edition
Let’s play a game — it’s called “Celebrity Take-the-Hint.”
By MATT TAIBBI  |  September 05, 2007
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Zzzzzzz . . .

Sports blotter: "Sawing wood" edition
We get one of these about once a year, the jock-asleep-in-car-with-engine-running story.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  August 29, 2007
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Duck season

Sports blotter: "Somewhere, Izzy Alcantara smiled" edition
No one knows what got into Offerman — he’d never been arrested before.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  August 22, 2007
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Pugilism sound

Sports blotter: "Trouble in Washington" edition
It’s been a while since we heard much from the Washington Huskies.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  August 15, 2007
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True Wizardry

Sports blotter: "Puts up a brick!" edition
Question: what do you do when your team decides to offer you, a mere 20 year old, $12.5 million over five years?
By MATT TAIBBI  |  August 08, 2007

Fish fry

Sports blotter: "More tasing" edition
Add another one to the list.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  August 01, 2007
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Too high

Sports blotter: "T-High" edition
One wonders, at times, if there is some kind of Norse God of sports crime.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  July 25, 2007
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Squish the fish

Sports blotter: "Dolphin crime" edition
Hey New England, can I get a “Sucks to be you, you got a DWI, you LOSER!”
By MATT TAIBBI  |  July 18, 2007
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Tiger traps

Sports blotter: "What are they teaching at Clemson?" edition
Baseball players steal bases, basketball players steal basketballs, and that’s all acceptable behavior within the confines of the game.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  July 11, 2007
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Philly stakes

Losing it all
It’s definitely worse than the curse.
By ED CONDRAN  |  July 05, 2007
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Groundhog Day

Sports blotter: "Running out of ways to make fun of the Bengals" edition
It’s actually getting boring.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  June 27, 2007
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Murder most foul

Sports blotter: "This isn't funny" edition
Man, just what the hell is going on in the sports world?
By MATT TAIBBI  |  June 20, 2007

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