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Blyleven: With the All-Star Game and trade deadline behind us, it’s time to look ahead to the playoffs. Let's break down the playoff races in each division, and predict who will come out on top.
Major League Soccer has picked Houston to host the 2010 All-Star Game.
Swin Cash and Nicole Powell helped the Western Conference get back on the winning track at the WNBA All-Star game.
All those warmups in the Rose Garden gave the lanky left-hander just enough oomph.
Back in 2003, Bud Selig added a twist to baseball’s All-Star Game. The league that won the game, the commissioner decreed, would earn home-field advantage for its representative in the World Series.
In 1966, the last time the All-Star Game was played in sweltering St. Louis, Red Schoendienst managed the Cardinals. He's still suiting up, giving you an idea of his incredible longevity.
Brewers closer Trevor Hoffman will replace Dodgers closer Jonathan Broxton on the National League squad for the All-Star game Tuesday night.
Tampa Bay first baseman Carlos Pena will replace Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia on the American League roster for Tuesday's game All-Star game.
Forget everything I’ve ever written suggesting that Bud Selig is to baseball what FEMA was to New Orleans. Forget all the sarcastic barbs and cutting criticism. Ignore the All-Star Game tie, the delayed response to steroids, the hemming and hawing and indecision and non-decision and a day-too-late decision.
Moving from a major market to a smaller one and from an economic boom to a bust, tickets for baseball's All-Star game will be cheaper this year.
Gonzaga's Josh Heytvelt hit the winning 3-pointer in the final minute, scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Reese's All-Stars to a 105-100 win over Hershey's All-Stars in a college senior All-Star game on Friday night.
Amare Stoudemire's performance should draw great reviews, whether it was a farewell performance to his Phoenix fans or an audition for the teams considering trading for him.
Shaq and Kobe were together again, and they combined to lead the West to a 72-67 halftime lead Sunday night at the NBA All-Star game.
Three-time champions together, now three-time All-Star MVPs. And leave it to Shaquille O'Neal to coin a nickname for himself and Kobe Bryant. "The Big Legendaries," O'Neal said. Long ago broken apart, Shaq and Kobe were together again Sunday. Just like the good ol' days, they were winners — and the only sign of any feuding was when they playfully fought over the MVP trophy they shared.
The All-Star Game should reward players based solely on their play in the first half of the season, not on anything else. Even if they are not all-league performers or among the most dominant players at their position for the entire season, if they have had a tremendous first half of the schedule, they should be in the All-Star game.
The home of hockey produced an All-Star shootout from start to finish. All that was missing was Rocket Richard.
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby expects to play in the NHL All-Star game on Sunday in Montreal despite having a sore left knee.
With the Kremlin walls and domes of St. Basil's Cathedral as backdrops, an international squad led by Jaromir Jagr defeated an all-Russian team 7-6 in the Continental Hockey League's All-Star game on a bitterly cold Saturday night in Red Square.
The NBA All-Star game is coming to the new Dallas Cowboys stadium in 2010 and plenty of good seats are available — more than 100,000.
Assistant coaches Jim Cleamons and Brian Shaw are trying to help the Lakers win the NBA finals, but they've also got their eyes on the USC head coaching job, vacated by the departure of Tim Floyd on Tuesday. (L.A. Times)
Marquee starters were long gone. So were nearly all the other pitchers. His bullpen empty, National League manager Clint Hurdle approached David Wright and asked whether he had the right stuff to take the mound and close out the All-Star game. Did the New York Mets third baseman think chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon or general manager Omar Minaya would mind?
Commissioner Bud Selig finally got around Wednesday to announcing what the rest of baseball has known for more than a year: The Los Angeles Angels will host the 2010 All-Star game.
Obama Responds to "Mom Jeans" Critics: "They're Comfortable"Last week, when President Obama threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the All-Star Game in St. Louis, he was probably more concerned with getting the ball over the plate than with his choice of attire. Call it a rookie mistake. The president's baggy pants were mocked as being...
* Assuming that he doesn't go missing again, Bartolo Colon looks ready to rejoin the White Sox's rotation after racking up eight strikeouts over seven innings of two-run ball in his latest Triple-A start.
T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com tells the amusing story of Chone Figgins being a last-minute addition to the All-Star game when Evan Longoria was scratched with an infected finger literally hours before the first pitch:
Justin Morneau is a bit miffed at last night's pregame protocol which had Sheryl Crow singing the United States' national anthem, but merely a pre-recorded instrumental version of "O Canada":
* Victor Martinez, who figures to be behind the plate tonight if Tim Wakefield pitches in the All-Star game, admitted yesterday that he's never caught a knuckleball "in my life." Good luck with that, Vic.
Here's president Barack Obama explaining his strategy for throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at tonight's All-Star game: _
Evan Longoria has been scratched from tonight's All-Star game because of an infected right ring finger that had to be drained and treated with antibiotics yesterday.
* Sam Mellinger of the Kansas City Star reports that MLB will announce soon that the All-Star game is headed to Kansas City in 2012. Mellinger adds: "It will be our first national sporting event since the Final Four in 1988, and it very well could be our last for decades."
Digital Eyes Will Chart Baseball's Unseen Skills As baseball's statistical revolution marches on, the last refuge for the baseball aesthete has been the sport's less quantifiable skills: outfielders' arm strength, base-running efficiency and other you-won't-find-that-in-the-box-score esoterica.
Mark Purdy of the San Jose Mercury-News is less than thrilled about the All-Star Game. I share many of his complaints, but he's off base with this one:
Josh Hamilton doesn't deserve to go to MLB's All-Star Game, here's why:Josh Hamilton doesn't deserve to go to MLB's All-Star Game, here's why:
* Ian Browne of MLB.com has an interesting note about 42-year-old Tim Wakefield's first All-Star selection: "Wakefield became the oldest player to make the All-Star team for the first time since Satchel Paige.
Wakefield among first-timers in AL The rosters for the 80th Midsummer Classic were just released. Here's a breakdown of the two squads. National League:
I've known Sports Illustrated's Tim Marchman -- in that way that people know each other on the Internet -- for a year or two now. And I thought we were friends and everything.
* Erika Gilbert of MLB.com reports that Roy Halladay is on track to return from his groin injury to start Monday against the Rays. Halladay threw a bullpen session yesterday, with manager Cito Gaston saying afterward that "he felt good."
* Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu and Royals manager Trey Hillman have been named to Joe Maddon's bench for the All-Star game, but I'm more interested in this note about the rest of his staff: "Toronto Blue Jays head trainer George Poulis and Oakland Athletics head athletic traine …
There won't be any problem identifying the Royals' rep this year. Following yesterday's attempt at the guessing the NL roster, here's a preview of the potential AL All-Star roster. Catchers Starter: Joe Mauer Backups: Victor Martinez
He would have skipped the game anyway My friend Jason is the guy behind that push to get Manny Ramirez into the All-Star Game. He's a great guy and a great blogger (his normal gig is here), but it seems things aren't working out exactly the way he planned:
If Jason Varitek can be an All-Star, why not me? Apparently the public shaming isn't going exactly as planned, because Manny Ramirez is getting a lot of All-Star votes:
The 2009 All-Star balloting has kicked off, and you can vote here.
The East Valley Tribune is reporting that the 2011 MLB All-Star Game has been awarded to Phoenix, which will be hosting for the first time.
Finally. Not that it wasn't a thrill to watch two baseball games' worth of outstanding defensive plays--and a lifetime's worth of errors by poor Uggla.
Babe's old teammate no fan of 'grubby' baseball playersMajor League baseball's oldest living former player talks about today's baseball players, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and his own baseball career.
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