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Dallas was rolling, so why upset the chemistry and the winning? Now that’s changed somewhat. The Cowboys lost to the Giants, which came after a struggle at Minnesota. In those two games, the Cowboys were 2-for-24 on third down. That’s on the quarterback. Against the Giants, Prescott was 17 of 37 for 168 yards and two interceptions, with a passer rating of 45.4. That’s awful. Give credit to the Giants…

Fade the fund manager with the brand-new Maserati, put your faith in the one who just bought a Honda Odyssey. At least, that’s what a recent research paper from a trio of finance professors, entitled “Sensation Seeking, Sports Cars, and Hedge Funds,” suggests. “We find that hedge fund managers who own powerful sports cars take on more investment risk,” wrote Yan Lu of the University of Central Florida, Sugata Ray…

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VIC MARKS The ghosted autobiography seldom excites much attention or enthusiasm in these sorts of columns but there have been two published this year that are much better than most. Absolutely Foxed (Simon & Schuster) tells us of Graeme Fowler’s cricketing life, which encompasses growing up in Accrington, playing cricket for Lancashire then England, mixing with knights – Sir Ian and Sir Elton – coaching a succession of cricketers from…

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The surviving members of the Brazilian soccer team that lost most of its players when its plane crashed in Colombia have been fined $30,000 for missing their final match of the season, according to a report. Nineteen players from the Chapecoense team were among the 71 of 77 people who perished when LaMia’s Avro RJ85 crashed Nov. 28 near Medellin en route to the Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico…

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As we’ve talked about before, former major league baseball players go on to do all sorts of things. Broadcasting, managing, coaching, politics, and so on. But this is a true rarity: Anthony Varvaro, a 32-year-old former relief pitcher who played parts of six years for the Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, and Seattle Mariners, is about to start a brand new career as a Port Authority police officer. He didn’t…

9:30 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Back in October, the Baltimore Orioles made headlines for not using baseball’s best closer in a do-or-die situation that begged for him to be used. A couple of months later, it could be happening again. To be clear, the purpose is now entirely different. In October, Zach Britton could’ve helped the O’s win the wild-card game. Here in December, Britton could…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Supreme Court seems to agree with Kevin Costner that there’s no better place to play baseball than on fields cut out of the corn. The court on Friday cleared the way for a 24-field baseball complex at the “Field of Dreams” movie site in Dyersville, upholding a lower court’s decision that the City Council properly rezoned the property from agricultural…

reader comments 83 Comcast’s latest price hikes include a significant increase in the company’s widely despised “Broadcast TV” and “Regional Sports Network” fees. The Broadcast TV fee is moving from $5 a month to $7 a month, while the Regional Sports Network fee is rising from $3 a month to $5 a month, according to notices sent to customers in several cities. Combined, that’s a change from $8 to $12 a month, giving…

“THE story of how all the pieces fit together seems like fiction,” admitted Richard McLaren, a Canadian lawyer, on December 9th as he unveiled the findings of a second investigation commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency into state-sponsored doping in Russia. But he found the evidence of an “institutionalised and disciplined medal-winning strategy and conspiracy” to be ultimately “immutable and conclusive.” The 144-page report determined that various levels of the…

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9:30 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Back in October, the Baltimore Orioles made headlines for not using baseball’s best closer in a do-or-die situation that begged for him to be used. A couple of months later, it could be happening again. To be clear, the purpose is now entirely different. In October, Zach Britton could’ve helped the O’s win the wild-card game. Here in December, Britton could…

Whatever the Boston Red Sox need or want, the Boston Red Sox seem to get these days. As a result, that’s prompted one prominent baseball writer with Hall of Fame credentials and Boston connections to anoint the Red Sox as baseball’s new “Evil Empire.” During an appearance on the Rich Eisen Show last week, Peter Gammons, currently of MLB Network, suggested the Red Sox now represent everything they used to…

We are St. Louis, a city that’s defined by unity: Everyone shares an unwavering love for the local baseball team and the magic that baseball can provide us. We are St. Louis, a city that’s divided by racial tensions, by the complicated compartmentalization of who’s “good” and who’s “bad.” It is thus timely that the Cardinals’ newest star — a face of the franchise — is…

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SAN DIEGO – Little leaguers were robbed of uniforms and equipment from their baseball field in Mission Valley, coaches said Sunday. Tim Grohman, coach and father of two kids who play for the Presidio Little League, said coaches discovered their equipment shed had been busted into Wednesday night at Sefton Field in Mission Valley. “Who steals from little leaguers?” said Grohman. The coaches and board members installed a new lock and…