SG Sports: Fighting For Fame While Battling Mental Illness
by ExAddict (image) Late last summer, a controversy erupted in National Hockey League circles after three prominent on-ice enforcers passed away during...
Watching Too Much Sports Can Kill You, FYI
You have your casual sports fans, and then you have the crazies ... those people that take things way too seriously and get overly wrapped up in what is,...
Worlds Greatest Athlete Injured, May Retire
(image) Every July 4th, a group of great athletes descend upon Coney Island to compete in a legendary competition of skill and intestinal fortitude: The...
Did the Warriors Just Pull Off the Biggest Upset in Playoff History?
(image) If its true that everyone loves an underdog, then it must be true that everyone (outside of Dallas, perhaps) loves the Golden State Warriors. If...
A New Adventure For a New Christine
(image) Los Angeles Times sports columnist Mike Penner is about to go on the biggest hiatus of his life. Its not so much where hes going thats a big...
The Pitcher Who Goes Both Ways
(image) Though the switch-hitting batter has been a mainstay of baseball for over a century, there have been only a handful of ambidextrous pitchers, all...
Chris Gores Footage Fetishes: Sport Movie MVPs
It takes more than an exceptional physique to deliver a realistic performance in a sports film, it requires great acting skill. Sure, in some cases, doubles...
Game, Set Match
(image) Wimbledon's finally going to pay women tennis players the same prize money the men get. Venus Williams, who works her ass off on the court,...
Seattle Thumbs Its Nose at Big Sports Handout
Amongst all of the earth shattering political changes that last week's election brought to this country, a slightly less impacting but still significant...
Chris Gore's Footage Fetishes: The Best Football Movies Ever
Let me interrupt your regularly scheduled SG news to inject some testosterone into your media junkie diet -- I'm talkin' sports. Few would argue...
Girls Rule. Boys Drool, but Damn, Do They Love Football!
They're calling it the "boy crisis." As a blogger, my emphasis is on West Coast literature and art, but as an educator, an educated woman...



