I have a new SI.com column on Carlos Beltran and whether he needed permission for the Mets for knee surgery and what the Mets can do in response. Here’s an excerpt:
I have a new SI.com column on the guilty plea by Gilbert Arenas. Here’s an excerpt:
I have a new SI.com column on Gilbert Arenas being charged with a felony and the potential impact of a plea deal on his NBA career. Here’s an excerpt:
Lyle Denniston over at the fantastic SCOTUSblog has posted a recap of this morning’s oral argument in American Needle v. NFL. By this account, it sounds like the Court was generally skeptical of the NFL’s case.
I have a new SI.com column that looks at the fallout of Mark McGwire admitting that he used steroids. Here’s an excerpt.
With the American Needle v. NFL Supreme Court hearing just a couple of days away, there are some good commentaries to read including:
Our own Ed Edmonds was interviewed by Garrett Broshuis, a pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization and author of the Life in the Minors Blog, on the Curt Flood Act and Rights of minor league baseball players.
Consider the following hypothetical situation in light of the lingering dispute between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather over random drug testing. Following his dramatic back-to-back knockout losses to Carl (The Cobra) Froch and King Arthur Abraham, former undisputed middleweight champion Jermain (Bad Intentions) Taylor is a given a bout contract for his upcoming fight with Andre Ward that contains the following provision: Parties agree that, in addition to the pre-fight medical examinations required by the California State Athletic Commission, the Parties shall submit to pre-fight medical testing identical to that which is mandated by the New York State Athletic Commission. Taylors team promptly calls Wards promoter to ask why this provision is in the contract since California already has its own regulations for pre-fight medical examinations. The response: Ward is concerned that Taylor can be vulnerable to serious brain damage due to the nature of his recent knockout losses and believes that Californias pre-fight medical testing does not go far enough, as evidenced by the fact that Edwin Valero was cleared to fight in California on three occasions before evidence of an old head injury was found in a pre-fight CT scan in New York.
A few hours ago, I did a Washington Post Q/A on the Gilbert Arenas suspension and addressed some questions about his contract and what the Wizards can do. Arenas was suspended indefinitely by the NBA because of his behavior over the last day. After sounding contrite on Monday and Tuesday, he made some questionable choices, such as pretending (clearly in jest, but not with great timing) to shoot his teammates during Tuesday night’s Wizards-76ers game and making some questionable tweets. Here’s an excerpt of the Q/A:
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Greg Stohr of Bloomberg has a thoughtful commentary on American Needle v. NFL. He interviews several people, including me, for it. Here are some excerpts:
